LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

B.A.

RF 45

DEGREE EXAMINATION – ECONOMICS

FOURTH SEMESTER – APRIL 2007

EC 4501 – INDIAN ECONOMY – I (AGRI. & DEVELOP.)

 

 

Date & Time: 24/04/2007 / 9:00 – 12:00            Dept. No.                                                      Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

 

Part – A

 

Answer any FIVE questions in about 75 words each.                      (5 x 4 = 20 marks)

1. Mention the important causes for low productivity in agriculture.
2. Define “Disguised unemployment”
3. What is ceiling on land holdings?
4. Distinguish between IAAP, IADP and Package Programmes.
5. State the importance of “Farm size and Productivity’
6. Mention the reasons for the failure of cooperative societies.
7. Give an account of Regulated Market and Market intelligence

Part – B

 

Answer any FOUR questions in about 250 words each.                  (4 x 10 = 40 marks)

8. What are the sources of irrigation in Indian agriculture? Mention the importance of multipurpose river valley project.
9. Bring out the role of agriculture in economic development.
10. Mention the success and failures of agricultural development during the “First Five Year Plan”.
11. Define the concept “Food Security” What are the causes and remedies of food problems in India?
12. Discuss the development of agriculture during Ninth and Tenth five-year plans.
13. How does sub-division and fragmentation affect productivity in agriculture?
14. Define crop and cropping pattern. What are the factors determining cropping pattern?

 

Part – C

 

Answer any TWO questions in about 900 words each.                    (2 x 20 = 40 marks)

15. Evaluate the performance of land reforms in India.
16. Critically examine the working of Green revolution in India.
17. List out the success and failures of agriculture development in India during the plan period.
18. Examine the working of cooperative sectors in India for the development of agricultural sector.

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