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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