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State agricultural university MBA admission Sector-specific Agribusiness Electives: practice questions

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 papers
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22written to this exam in this subject
11syllabus units

What this subject covers

Short business courses on individual input and livestock industries: seed, fertiliser, agro-chemicals, dairy, feed, poultry, farm power and renewable energy.

In the exams: agricultural development bank officer recruitment, animal husbandry, fisheries and farm engineering (heavy); agricultural field officer recruitment in banking, crops, soils, horticulture and animal husbandry (heavy)

Where the 22 questions fall

How our questions for State agricultural university MBA admission spread across the units of Sector-specific Agribusiness Electives. Difficulty: 16 easy, 6 medium, 0 hard.

Fertiliser manufacture and demand (ABM 512)3
Seed programmes and certification (ABM 514)3
Farm power and its cost analysis (ABM 517)3
Livestock business3
Agro-chemicals and the Insecticides Act (ABM 513)2
Dairy plant management and dairy marketing (ABM 527)2
Floriculture business2
Feed plant management and regulation (ABM 520)1
Poultry and hatchery business (ABM 522)1
Farm machinery business1
Renewable energy institutions (ABM 529)1

6 practice questions, worked

Choose an answer, then open the working. Each explanation says why the right answer is right and why the others are not.

1 · Agro-chemicals and the Insecticides Act (ABM 513) · easy

Under India's Insecticides Act, 1968, which body registers pesticides for import, manufacture and sale?

  1. The Registration Committee constituted under the Act
  2. State agriculture departments under the Seeds Act
  3. The Bureau of Indian Standards under its own Act
  4. The food safety regulator under the food safety Act
Answer and working

A. The Registration Committee constituted under the Act

The Registration Committee registers insecticides; the Central Insecticides Board advises. States issue manufacturing and selling licences under the Insecticides Act, not the Seeds Act; the food safety regulator sets residue limits but does not register pesticides.

2 · Agro-chemicals and the Insecticides Act (ABM 513) · easy

In the WHO classification of pesticides by acute hazard, Class Ia denotes active ingredients that are

  1. extremely hazardous
  2. slightly hazardous
  3. unlikely to present acute hazard
  4. moderately hazardous
Answer and working

A. extremely hazardous

WHO classes are Ia extremely hazardous, Ib highly hazardous, II moderately hazardous, III slightly hazardous and U unlikely to present acute hazard in normal use.

3 · Seed programmes and certification (ABM 514) · easy

Which sequence correctly describes the seed generation system used in India?

  1. Breeder, nucleus, certified, foundation
  2. Nucleus, foundation, breeder, certified
  3. Foundation, breeder, nucleus, certified
  4. Nucleus, breeder, foundation, certified
Answer and working

D. Nucleus, breeder, foundation, certified

The breeder maintains nucleus seed, multiplies it to breeder seed, which becomes foundation seed and then certified seed for farmers. Placing foundation before breeder reverses the purity order.

4 · Seed programmes and certification (ABM 514) · medium

Under India's Seeds Act, 1966, what is the legal position of seed certification and labelling for notified kinds and varieties offered for sale?

  1. Certification is compulsory; labelling is voluntary
  2. Labelling is compulsory; certification is voluntary
  3. Both certification and labelling are compulsory
  4. Both are voluntary unless seed is exported abroad
Answer and working

B. Labelling is compulsory; certification is voluntary

The Act requires notified kinds sold to meet minimum germination and purity and be labelled, but certification by a certification agency is voluntary; uncertified seed can be sold as truthfully labelled seed.

5 · Farm power and its cost analysis (ABM 517) · easy

Which of these is a variable (operating) cost of a tractor rather than a fixed cost?

  1. Depreciation
  2. Insurance and taxes
  3. Fuel and lubricants
  4. Interest on investment
Answer and working

C. Fuel and lubricants

Fuel and lubricants rise with hours used. Depreciation (straight-line), interest, housing, insurance and taxes are the fixed (DIHT) costs that occur whether or not the tractor works.

6 · Livestock business · easy

What does the WTO Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures allow member countries to do?

  1. Ignore international standards as long as imports fall by agreement
  2. Subsidise exports of livestock products without any limit at all
  3. Restrict imports on health grounds when backed by science or standards
  4. Restrict imports freely to protect domestic producers from competition
Answer and working

C. Restrict imports on health grounds when backed by science or standards

The SPS Agreement permits health-based measures that rest on scientific risk assessment or international standards (WOAH for animals, Codex for food, IPPC for plants). It does not permit disguised protection or govern export subsidies.

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