LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034

M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ECONOMICS

RF 46

FOURTH SEMESTER – APRIL 2006

                                                 EC 4952 – AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS

(Also equivalent to EC 4950)

 

 

Date & Time : 27-04-2006/9.00-12.00         Dept. No.                                                       Max. : 100 Marks

 

 

PART – A

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

1. Define package program. What is multiple cropping?
2. Mention the various problems of agriculture before independence of India.
3. Define marketable surplus. What are the factors determining marketable surplus?
4. Justify agriculture taxation in India.
5. Mention the importance of farm size and productivity.
6. Distinguish between ‘support price’, ‘issue price’ and ‘procurement price’.
7. Mention the reasons for the failure of Second and Third five-year plans in India.

PART – B

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

8. Mention the applicability of supply and demand theory in agriculture.
9. Discuss the importance of Law of returns and explain the law of variable proportion and its importance in agriculture sector.
10. Critically examine the working of banking and non-banking financial institutions.
11. Make out a brief resume of food subsidies and food security in India.
12. State the important role played by agriculture sector for the development of Indian economy.
13. Define agriculture marketing. What are the defects of agriculture marketing? How will you rectify the same?
14. Evaluate the performance of Seventh and Eighth five-year plan for the development of agriculture sector in India.

PART – C

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

15. Critically examine the progress of Green revolution in India.
16. Examine the performance of Ninth and Tenth five-year plans for the development of agriculture in India.
17. Discuss the success and failures of land reform policies in India. Mention the future plan of government of India.
18. Differentiate Cobb-Douglas production function with Homogeneous production function and mention the same in agriculture sector. How does Rajkrishna model of production function is superior than Nerlovian model.

 

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LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ECONOMICSFIRST SEMESTER – APRIL 2007EC 1951 – AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
Date & Time: 03/05/2007 / 1:00 – 4:00      Dept. No.                                       Max. : 100 Marks

Part  – A
Answer any FIVE questions in about 75 words each. (5 x 4 = 20 marks)1. Define marketable surplus.2. Why are the formers sensitive to price changes?3. Bring out the relationship between farm size and productivity.4. Distinguish between package programme and intensive agriculture area programme.5. State the importance of regulated markets and market intelligence.6. Make out a brief resume of Spillman production function.7. Mention the objectives of agricultural price policy.
Part – B
Answer any FOUR questions in about 300 words each. (4 x 10 = 40 marks)8. Discuss the importance of support price, procurement price and  issue price.9. Justify agricultural taxation in the Indian context.10. State the importance of supply and demand theory. How is it applicable to agriculture?11. Bring out the applicability of Law of returns and Laws of variable proportions in agriculture.12. Describe the superiority of Raj Krishna model over Nerlovian model. How are they applicable?13. Bring out the drawbacks of land reform policies.14. Cooperative credit societies are perfectly successful in fulfilling their objectives – Discuss.
Part – C
Answer any TWO questions in about 900 words each. (2 x 20 = 40 marks)15. Critically examine the development of agricultural sector during plan periods.16. Evaluate the performance of Green revolution in India.17. Banking and NBFI sectors are playing a dominant role in fulfilling the objectives for the development of agriculture sector in India –Discuss.18. Discuss the causes and remedies of food problems in India. State the importance of food security in India.

 

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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)

 

1. Define agricultural labour.
2. What is a package programme?
3. Mention the importance of Land Development Banks.
4. Make out a brief resume of cooperative marketing .
5. What is small man’s bank?
6. What are the causes for rural indebtedness?
7. What are the factors determining cropping pattern?

 

PART- B

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

 

8. State the importance of operational flood, white revolution –I & II.
9. Make out a brief resume of ‘New forest Policy” and Social forestry.
10. Explain in detail the role of agriculture in economic development.
11. what are the achievements and failures of agricultural sector during the first five year plan?
12. Evaluate the development of Dairy and Poultry in India.
13. What are the success and failures of fisheries industry in India?
14. 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)

 

15. “India has the hope of attaining self sufficiency and self reliance through Green Revolution Discuss.
16. Land Reform is a failure in India-Discuss
17. Discuss the various problems of Indian Economy before and after Independence. Give your own suggestion to rectify the same
18. “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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