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 |