IC71 AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE - 15

Q1.The Threshold yield is the average of past _____ yield multiplied by the level of indemnity.
   a) Three years
   b) Four Years
   c) Five years
   d) Three or Five years
 
Q2.Weather-based crop insurance arrived in India during ___ season by way of a pilot launched by ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company in Mahabubnagar district of Andhra Pradesh.
   a) Kharif 2000
   b) Kharif 2001
   c) Kharif 2002
   d) Kharif 2003
 
Q3.Which is also another way of getting food and food security in India and the livestock sector not only provides essential protein and a nutritious human diet through milk, eggs, meat, etc but also plays an important role in the utilization of non-edible agricultural by-products?
   a) Poultry
  b) Animal husbandry
   c) Livestock maintenance
   d) None of these
 
Q4.Which estimates are prepared in the month of June/July when the National workshop on Improvement of Agricultural Statistics is held?
   a) First advance estimates
   b) Second advance estimates
   c) Third advance estimates
   d) Fourth advance estimates
 
Q5.Lack of awareness regarding modern agricultural tools like HYV (High Yielding Variety) seeds, new agrochemicals etc. represents____.
   a) Production risk
   b) Technology risk
   c) Personal risk
   d) Credit risk
 
Q6.Which has been in existence for more than two centuries in India and Expected to be organized on a coordinated basis to function as effective agencies for cattle development?
   a) National Diary Development Board
   b) Gaushalas and Pinjarapoles
   c) Military dairy farms
   d) None of these
 
Q7.Draught breeds are primarily used for_____.
   a) Producing bullocks used as motive power for tilling the fields
   b) Produce milk
  c) Cross-breeding with exotic breeds
   d) Reproduction purposes
 
Q8.Which is highly infectious disease caused by viruses and Although in India it does not account for the death of indigenous cattle except young stock, yet there is a huge loss due to the great reduction in milk production and the inability of affected animals to perform, agricultural operations?
   a) Hemorrhagic Septicemia
   b) Black Quarter
   c) Foot and Mouth disease
   d) Rinderpest
 
Q9.A cultivator with a landholding of 2 hectares or less, as defined in the land ceiling legislation of the concerned State/UT is called as
   a) Small farmer
   b) Marginal farmer
   c) Heavy farmer
   d) Less farmer
 
Q10.In the Cattle Insurance scheme, what should be the age of Bullocks for claiming insurance?
   a) 2 years to 10 years
   b) 3 years to 20 years
   c) 3 years to 12 years
   d) 4 years to 30 years

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