State agricultural university MBA (ABM) admission · India · State agricultural universities via ICAR AIEEA-PG Group 19
Original practice questions written to the published syllabus · not past papersStorage and market infrastructure for agriculture: the public programmes that fund it, how warehouses work, and how stored produce becomes collateral for credit through warehouse receipts.
In the exams: agricultural development bank officer recruitment, farm engineering and storage (present)
How our questions for State agricultural university MBA admission spread across the units of Agri Infrastructure & Warehousing. Difficulty: 22 easy, 23 medium, 0 hard.
| Material handling | 7 | |
| Types of warehouses | 6 | |
| Functions of warehouses | 5 | |
| Warehouse documentation | 5 | |
| IT in warehouse management | 5 | |
| Agricultural infrastructure and the schemes that fund it | 4 | |
| Warehousing capacity and storage gaps worldwide | 4 | |
| Agriculture Infrastructure Fund | 3 | |
| Warehouse receipts | 3 | |
| Collateral financing against stored produce | 3 |
Choose an answer, then open the working. Each explanation says why the right answer is right and why the others are not.
A programme pays a credit-linked capital subsidy for small rural godowns built by individuals and cooperatives. What is its main purpose?
A. Letting small farmers store near home, delay sales and borrow against stock
Rural godown subsidies aim to put storage close to small farmers so they can hold produce and pledge it instead of selling at harvest. Roads, railhead silos for a food agency and the replacement of public reserves are different policy goals.
Further reading: Acharya and Agarwal, Agricultural Marketing in India
A government credit facility for agricultural post-harvest infrastructure would most plausibly list which of these as an eligible borrower?
C. A farmer producer organisation
Such facilities typically list farmers, FPOs, primary cooperatives, marketing cooperatives, SHGs, joint liability groups, agri-entrepreneurs, start-ups and public agencies. The other options have no link to agricultural post-harvest infrastructure.
Further reading: Interest subvention and credit guarantee design
How does storage help stabilise agricultural prices over the year?
B. By absorbing supply at harvest when prices are low and releasing it in the lean season
Stockholding moves supply from the glut season to the lean season, lifting harvest prices and lowering lean-season prices, which narrows the seasonal swing. It does not remove produce permanently, reverse the seasonal pattern or fix prices.
Further reading: Kohls and Uhl, Marketing of Agricultural Products
Cross-docking in a distribution warehouse means:
D. Moving goods from inbound to outbound vehicles with little or no storage in between
Cross-docking transfers goods straight from receiving to shipping, cutting storage time. Re-bagging into small packs is break-bulk, and swapping stock between depositors is not a warehouse function.
Further reading: Bowersox et al., Supply Chain Logistics Management
A field warehouse, in storage-backed lending, is best described as:
C. Storage at or near the borrower's premises, controlled by an independent custodian for the lender
Field warehousing lets a lender finance goods without moving them, by placing them under a collateral manager's control. Location in fields or drying yards has nothing to do with it; port warehouses are a separate type.
Further reading: Lacroix and Varangis (1996)
A flour mill's own grain store used only for the mill's stock is an example of a:
C. Private warehouse
A private warehouse is owned and operated by a firm for its own goods. A public warehouse stores for anyone paying charges; bonded holds duty-unpaid imports; a government warehouse is publicly owned.
Further reading: Acharya and Agarwal, Agricultural Marketing in India
Which is a basic principle of material handling?
C. Minimise handling
Every handling step adds cost and risk without adding value, so handling is minimised, loads are unitised and flow is straight-line. Handling bag by bag, zig-zag paths and wasting height all raise cost. In practice this means minimising the number of times goods are handled.
Further reading: Frazelle, World-Class Warehousing and Material Handling
A stack of 50 kg bags has a base area of 40 square metres. Each bag occupies 0.4 square metres lying flat and the stack is 12 bags high. How many tonnes does the stack hold?
C. 60 tonnes
Bags per layer = 40 / 0.4 = 100; x 12 = 1,200 bags; x 50 kg = 60,000 kg = 60 t. One layer only gives 5 t; 1,200 is the bag count; 600 confuses tonnes with quintals.
Further reading: Capacity arithmetic
Which statement about the holder of a negotiable warehouse receipt is correct?
B. The lawful holder can take delivery on surrendering the receipt and paying outstanding charges
A negotiable receipt passes title to the holder, who can claim the goods, subject to the warehouse keeper's lien for charges. Holding it does not give a share in the warehouse.
Further reading: FAO/World Bank, Designing warehouse receipt legislation
A warehouse owned by a marketing cooperative for storing its members' produce is a:
B. Cooperative warehouse
Ownership by a cooperative for members defines a cooperative warehouse. Bonded warehouses relate to customs; private warehouses serve a single firm's own goods.
Further reading: Acharya and Agarwal, Agricultural Marketing in India
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