Life of Farmers in Venkatapuram

Q. Why do farmers often have to borrow money from moneylenders or brokers? Select the most suitable option(s).

1. Sometimes, banks refuse to give them loans.
2. They need it to buy seeds, fertilizers and pesticides.
3. They need it to pay for their children's education.
4. They need it to buy a house.

Q. Identify the categories into which the government classifies farmers.

1. Marginal
2. Large
3. Medium
4. Small

Q. Arrange the following steps in farming in the correct order of its occurance from bottom to top.

1. Harvesting
2. Weeding
3. Sowing
4. Ploughing

Q. Why do farmers in Venkatapuram have to borrow money from brokers ?

1. To buy inputs for farming.
2. Bank loans have high interests.
3. To educate their children.
4. Bank lones are difficult to get.

Q. Nearly two-fifths of all rural families in Andhra Pradesh contain people employed as _____ labourers.

1. civil
2. demolition
3. agricultural
4. construction

Q. Choose the major problem faced by the big farmers.

1. They do not get loans from banks.
2. They are unable to find labourers to work in fields.
3. Income from farming activities has not increased much in the past few decades.
4. Farming is always hugely profitable.

Q. What is the best possible way to obtain maximum profit by selling groundnuts?

1. Wait for the price to rise
2. Sell the groundnuts in the prevailing market price
3. Sell dried groundnuts
4. Sell groundnuts after processing and packing it professinally.

Q. Which government scheme from the list below would be suitable for a labourer who has recently lost his job?

1. Kanyasree
2. National Rural Employment Generation Scheme
3. Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
4. Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

Q. Farmers in Venkatapuram harvest their groundnut seeds in which month ?

1. January
2. February
3. June
4. May

Q. Select the suitable term from the list below which best represents the job of a farm labourer.

1. Intellectual Job
2. Unskilled job
3. Technical Job
4. Skilled job

Q. During the harvest season, male labourers earn rupees while female labourers earn rupees per day.

1. 50-100
2. 120-150
3. 80-100
4. 150-200

Q. A is a legal document that ensures that the parties involved act as per the written conditions.

1. contract
2. cheque
3. signature
4. promise

Q. Using water from borewells for irrigation is not a permanent solution to solve the issue of water scarcity. Why?

1. Borewells are not always available
2. The water from borewells is not suitable for cultivation
3. Borewells dry up with time
4. Digging borewells is expensive

Q. When do farmers in Venkatapuram sow groundnut seeds ?

1. June
2. December
3. January
4. November

Q. Which of the following is most applicable in the context of the following sentence:

Agricultural labourers possess large areas of land.

1. False
2. True
3. Partially true
4. None of the above

Q. In which of the following situation does a farmer stand to lose money because of contract farming?

1. The company buys the product at a pre-fixed price.
2. They have to sell the product at market price.
3. They have to sell the product at a pre-fixed price which is more than the market price.
4. They have to sell the product at a pre fixed price which is less than the market price.

Q. Nearly _______ of all rural families in Andhra Pradesh are agricultural labourers.

1. one fifth
2. two fifths
3. three fifths
4. four fifths

Q. When do farmers in Venkatapuram sow groundnut seeds ?

1. November
2. June
3. December
4. January

Q. Arrange the following steps in farming in the correct order of its occurance from bottom to top.

1. Harvesting
2. Weeding
3. Sowing
4. Ploughing

Q. Farmers in Venkatapuram harvest their groundnut seeds in which month ?

1. January
2. February
3. June
4. May

Q. To be classified as a small farmer in India, an individual should possess more than ________ and less than ______ of land.

1. 1 hectare, 2 hectares
2. 5 hectares, 6 hectares
3. 1 hectare, 9 hectares
4. 9 hectares, 10 hectares

Q. Why do farmers in Venkatapuram have to borrow money from brokers ?

1. To buy inputs for farming.
2. Bank loans have high interests.
3. To educate their children.
4. Bank lones are difficult to get.

Q. Which of the following is most applicable in the context of the following sentence:

Agricultural labourers possess large areas of land.

1. Partially true
2. None of the above
3. False
4. True