Question : Mechanization of Indian agriculture on a considerable scale is not possible due to
Option 1: small holdings
Option 2: lack of tractors
Option 3: the poverty of the peasants
Option 4: indifference of the people
Correct Answer: small holdings
Solution : The correct answer is small land holdings.
Mechanization of agriculture is a long-standing demand for Indian Agriculture to increase its per-hectare productivity. One of the challenges in this task is that farmers in India have small landholdings with an average land size of less than 2 hectares which makes mechanization a costly affair. Other issues are lack of power, skill shortage, etc.
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Question : Poverty in less developed countries is largely due to
Option 1: voluntary idleness
Option 2: income inequality
Option 3: lack of cultural activities
Option 4: lack of intelligence of the people
Question : What is the reason behind most people working in the agricultural sector?
Option 1: People get higher returns in agriculture.
Option 2: Due to political pressure
Option 3: Other sectors do not absorb people from agriculture.
Option 4: Most of the people are interested in working in agriculture.
Question : Which of the following books is not authored by Nirad C. Chaudhuri?
Option 1: A Passage to India
Option 2: Scholar Extraordinary
Option 3: Autobiography of an Unknown Indian
Option 4: The Continent of Circe: An Essay on People of India
Question : People, such as small farmers and seasonal labourers, who regularly move in and out of the poverty line are classified as__________.
Option 1: occasional poor
Option 2: churning poor
Option 3: always poor
Option 4: usually poor
Question : Given $\small 2^{2}+4^{2}+6^{2}+......+40^{2}=11480$, then the value of $\small 1^{2}+2^{2}+3^{2}+......+20^{2}$ is:
Option 1: 2870
Option 2: 2868
Option 3: 2867
Option 4: 2869
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