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This section includes 15 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Economics knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Which scholar argues the following Plantations have no significant advantage over peasants [for] crops for which centralized processing and marketing are not necessary Cocoa and coconuts are typical examples of a lack of large scale economies Peasants can grow and process these crops in small lots with no large capital requirement beyond small indigenous tools and facilities ? |
| A. | Yujiro Hayami |
| B. | Raanan Weitz |
| C. | Hans Singer |
| D. | Tim Dyson |
| Answer» B. Raanan Weitz | |
| 2. |
Which of the following statement about rural and agricultural development is true ? |
| A. | Rural development is the same as agricultural development |
| B. | The agrarian community requires a full range of services such as schools merchants banks and so on |
| C. | Household nonfarm income is uncorrelated to farm productivity and uncorrelated to farm productivity and household incomes in Kenya |
| D. | China’s rural population receives little income from nonfarm income |
| Answer» C. Household nonfarm income is uncorrelated to farm productivity and uncorrelated to farm productivity and household incomes in Kenya | |
| 3. |
Which of the following NOT a cause of food insecurity, according to Nic Maunder, a specialist on Ethiopia ? |
| A. | War and bad governance |
| B. | Corruption and mismanagement |
| C. | Poor roads |
| D. | Aid from developed nations |
| Answer» C. Poor roads | |
| 4. |
Which of the following is not true about the specialized farm ? |
| A. | Such a farm is the most advanced |
| B. | Such a farm usually emphasizes |
| C. | Such a farm is labor intensive |
| D. | Such a farm uses advanced technology and takes advantage of economies of scale. |
| Answer» D. Such a farm uses advanced technology and takes advantage of economies of scale. | |
| 5. |
Which of the following is not true about most farmers in LDCs ? |
| A. | The staple crop is the chief sources of food |
| B. | labor is underutilized except for planting and harvesting seasons |
| C. | On the traditional farm, output is always greater than consumption |
| D. | cultivators farm only as much land as their |
| Answer» E. | |
| 6. |
Which of the following is not among the most advanced global food chain cluster with headquarters in the US ? |
| A. | cargil/Monsanto |
| B. | ConAgra |
| C. | Novartis/ADM |
| D. | Procter & Gamble |
| Answer» E. | |
| 7. |
Which of the following is not a major factor raising LDC agricultural labor productivity ? |
| A. | new biological chemical mechanical inputs in production |
| B. | new technical and organizational knowledge from greater specialization |
| C. | expanded markets for agricultural output |
| D. | massive government intervention |
| Answer» E. | |
| 8. |
Which of the following is not a consequence of growing agricultural commercialization ? |
| A. | An increase in the number of landless laborers |
| B. | An increase in rural poverty |
| C. | Women gain in decision making power |
| D. | Workers nutrition is reduced |
| Answer» D. Workers nutrition is reduced | |
| 9. |
Which of the following is a form of urban bais ?_x005F_x000D_I- Government may set price floors on food and price ceilings for industrial goods_x005F_x000D_II- Tax incentive and subsidies to infant industry_x005F_x000D_III- Tariff and quota protection for industry_x005F_x000D_IV- Spending more for education training housing, health and transport in urban areas than in rural areas. |
| A. | I, II , III only |
| B. | I, II and IV only |
| C. | II, III and IV only |
| D. | I, II, III and IV |
| Answer» D. I, II, III and IV | |
| 10. |
Which of the following colonial policy contribute further to today’s agricultural underdevelopment in Africa ?_x005F_x000D_I. Colonial governments compelled farmers to grow selected crops_x005F_x000D_II. Colonialism often changed traditional land tenure systems from individual control to communal_x005F_x000D_III. Colonialists failed to train African agricultural scientists and managers_x005F_x000D_IV. Research and development concentrated on food production and small farmers and herders. |
| A. | I and II only |
| B. | I and III only |
| C. | III and IV only |
| D. | II and III only |
| Answer» D. II and III only | |
| 11. |
Which index combines measures of calorie availability (in relation to requirement) the growth of per capita daily energy supply food production food staples self-sufficiency, and variability of food production and consumption ? |
| A. | food sufficiency index |
| B. | food security index |
| C. | food self-intake index |
| D. | food growth index |
| Answer» C. food self-intake index | |
| 12. |
Most of Latin America has been characterized by ______ large land-grand estates owned by the few and ________ small poor holdings that rarely provide adequate employment for a family ? |
| A. | multitudinous latitudinous |
| B. | latifundios, minifundios |
| C. | feudum, nocere |
| D. | grameen, repetto |
| Answer» C. feudum, nocere | |
| 13. |
In food demand growth equation D = Φ + a E, a is the income elasticity of demand for food E is the per capita income growth and Φ is ? |
| A. | Poverty rates |
| B. | food security index |
| C. | change in the quantity of food demanded per capita |
| D. | population growth |
| Answer» E. | |
| 14. |
Amartya K. Sen emphasizes that having enough to eat depends on ? |
| A. | society’s system of entitlement |
| B. | an egalitarian income distribution |
| C. | low poverty rates |
| D. | society’s high Gini concentration |
| Answer» C. low poverty rates | |
| 15. |
A set of alternative commodity bundles that a person can command in a society using the totality of rights and opportunities that he possesses is known as ? |
| A. | Production possibilities |
| B. | entitlement |
| C. | income distribution |
| D. | egalitarianism |
| Answer» B. entitlement | |