India · National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management (MANAGE), Hyderabad · pg
CAT only (CAT 2025 for the 2026-28 batch), then essay, group discussion and personal interview. CAT component = candidate's score / highest score x 55.
The admission policy says GD/PI may include subjects that test aptitude for agriculture and management. Weights in earlier years are not verified.
Official source: https://www.manage.gov.in/ABM-Admissions/AdmissionPolicy-2026.pdf
Original questions written to this exam's published syllabus and pattern. Not past papers.
1. A crop earns a profit of 50,000 rupees per hectare in a good season (probability 0.6), 20,000 in a normal season (probability 0.3) and a loss of 30,000 in a bad season (probability 0.1). What is the expected profit per hectare?
B. 33,000 rupees
E = 0.6(50,000) + 0.3(20,000) + 0.1(-30,000) = 30,000 + 6,000 - 3,000 = 33,000. 39,000 treats the loss as a gain; 13,333 is the unweighted average of the three outcomes; 36,000 ignores the bad season.
Business Statistics & Quantitative Methods · Probability
2. A farmer whose crop failed after using a company's seed comes to the dealer visibly upset. The dealer's first aim should be to understand the farmer's feelings and point of view without judging. This is
B. empathic listening
Empathic (therapeutic) listening seeks to understand the speaker's feelings and perspective without judgement, which is the first need with an upset customer; facts can be checked afterwards. Critical listening judges evidence and logic, discriminative listening separates sounds and tones, and appreciative listening is for enjoyment.
Business Communication · Listening
3. In one country, a fresh vegetable moves through an export chain with written standards, a domestic supermarket chain with preferred suppliers, and open wholesale markets supplying street vendors. What does a value-chain analyst conclude?
D. The same commodity runs through parallel channels with different prices, rules and risks, and each should be mapped separately
Transitional food systems commonly have parallel traditional, modern domestic and export channels. They differ in price, quality requirements and governance, so a map draws them as separate paths. There is no reason prices should be equal when attributes, standards and services differ.
Agri Value Chain Management · Global food systems
4. Which pairing of a household shopping mission with the format that usually serves it best is correct?
B. A weekly stock-up trip is best served by a large, wide-range, low-price supermarket or hypermarket
Stock-up trips need range and value, which large supermarkets, hypermarkets and discounters supply. Top-up and for-tonight missions favour proximity and speed, which is why convenience stores and rapid delivery serve them. Warehouse clubs and edge-of-town hypermarkets suit bulk and stock-up buying, not quick trips.
Food Retail & Agri-food Retail Management · The international food market
5. A farm-advisory post received 340 likes, comments and shares. It reached 8,500 unique accounts, and the page has 20,000 followers. Which statement is correct?
C. Engagement rate is 4% by reach but 1.7% by followers, so the report must state which denominator it uses
By reach: 340 / 8,500 = 4%. By followers: 340 / 20,000 = 1.7%. Platforms and analysts use different denominators, so the base must be stated. The swapped version reverses the two calculations, the denominator plainly changes the result, and engagement rate can be calculated per post.
Business Communication · Social media, blogs and podcasts
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