LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ECONOMICS
FIRST SEMESTER – NOVEMBER 2010
EC 1951 – AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
Date : 02-11-10 Dept. No. Max. : 100 Marks
Time : 1:00 – 4:00
PART – A
Answer any FIVE in about 75 words each (4 x 5=20)
- Define agricultural labour.
- What is a package programme?
- Mention the importance of Land Development Banks.
- Make out a brief resume of cooperative marketing .
- What is small man’s bank?
- What are the causes for rural indebtedness?
- What are the factors determining cropping pattern?
PART- B
Answer any FOUR in about 250 words each (4 x 10= 40)
- State the importance of operational flood, white revolution –I & II.
- Make out a brief resume of ‘New forest Policy” and Social forestry.
- Explain in detail the role of agriculture in economic development.
- what are the achievements and failures of agricultural sector during the first five year plan?
- Evaluate the development of Dairy and Poultry in India.
- What are the success and failures of fisheries industry in India?
- Discuss the development of rural disparity during sixth five year plans.
PART- C
Answer any TWO in about 900 words each (2 x 20= 40)
- “India has the hope of attaining self sufficiency and self reliance through Green Revolution Discuss.
- Land Reform is a failure in India-Discuss
- Discuss the various problems of Indian Economy before and after Independence. Give your own suggestion to rectify the same
- “Sixty years of our developmental efforts through five year plans are not bringing success to solve food problem, even now around forty percent are under poverty line”-Discuss
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