ICAR AIEEA-PG (Master's admission and PG scholarship) · India · National Testing Agency for ICAR
Original practice questions written to the published syllabus · not past papersSelling to farmers: how demand for seed, fertiliser, pesticides and machinery behaves, how those markets are structured and regulated, and how dealer networks work.
In the exams: agribusiness management PhD entrance and fellowship examinations, marketing of agricultural inputs (present); light in agricultural master's entrance examinations
ICAR AIEEA-PG Group 19 (Agri-Business Management) and SAU MBA-ABM admission
Light coverage: basic facts on fertiliser grades and subsidy, seed classes, input laws, channel levels and simple margin arithmetic.
How our questions for ICAR AIEEA-PG spread across the units of Management of Agricultural Input Marketing. Difficulty: 21 easy, 10 medium, 1 hard.
| Fertiliser market structure | 8 | |
| Nature of demand for agricultural inputs | 4 | |
| Promotional media for input marketing | 3 | |
| Seed marketing: policy and trade practices | 3 | |
| Fertiliser subsidy | 3 | |
| Pesticide market profile | 3 | |
| Tractor and farm machinery market segments and shares | 3 | |
| Dealer and distributor networks | 3 | |
| Farmer buying behaviour for pesticides | 1 | |
| Regulatory controls on inputs | 1 |
Choose an answer, then open the working. Each explanation says why the right answer is right and why the others are not.
A profit-maximising farmer uses a variable input up to the point where
B. the value of its marginal product equals its price
Profit is maximised where VMP = input price. Using the input until marginal product is zero (or total output is maximum) ignores the input's cost; that is the technical, not economic, optimum.
In the AIDA model used to plan promotion, the letters stand for
C. Attention, Interest, Desire, Action
AIDA is Attention, Interest, Desire, Action. The alternatives mix in terms from adoption-process models (awareness, evaluation, trial, adoption), which is a different framework.
Under India's Seeds Act, 1966, which statement about seed certification is correct?
B. Certification is voluntary, but notified kinds sold must meet minimum germination and purity and be labelled
Certification under the Act is voluntary; uncertified seed can be sold as truthfully labelled seed but must still meet the minimum limits and label requirements. Compulsory certification applies in some other countries, not under the 1966 Act.
A crop needs 120 kg N per hectare, all supplied as urea. How much urea is needed per hectare?
D. 260.9 kg
Urea = 120 ÷ 0.46 = 260.9 kg. Multiplying by 0.46 (55.2 kg) gives the N in 120 kg of urea, the reverse calculation; dividing by 0.18 (666.7 kg) uses DAP's N content.
The largest single cost in producing urea is usually
A. the natural gas or other feedstock used to make ammonia
Urea is made from ammonia, which is synthesised using hydrogen usually derived from natural gas; the feedstock and energy dominate cost. Phosphate rock and potash are raw materials for P and K fertilisers, not urea.
The Abuja Declaration of 2006 set a target for African fertiliser use of
B. 50 kg of nutrients per hectare
The Africa Fertilizer Summit in Abuja in 2006 set a target of raising average use to 50 kg of nutrients per hectare. The target is in nutrients, not product.
In India, the tractor horsepower band that has for many years accounted for the bulk of sales is
C. 31 to 50 hp
The 31–40 and 41–50 hp segments together have long made up most Indian tractor sales, suiting mid-sized holdings and haulage. Very small and very large tractors are niche segments in India.
A carrying-and-forwarding (C&F) agent in an input company's channel typically
D. stores and dispatches stock for the company on commission without taking title
The C&F agent is a service provider: it holds company-owned stock and dispatches it to distributors for a commission. Distributors and dealers take title and bear stock and credit risk.
The Diploma in Agricultural Extension Services for Input Dealers (DAESI) in India was started by
A. MANAGE, Hyderabad
MANAGE (the National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management) started DAESI in 2003 to give input dealers formal training in agronomy, plant protection, input laws and extension.
Under India's Insecticides Act, 1968, the body that registers each pesticide product for specified crops and uses is the
B. Registration Committee
The Central Insecticides Board advises on policy; the Registration Committee registers products. The Central Seed Certification Board is under the Seeds Act.
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