ICAR AIEEA (PG): Master's entrance, Veterinary Science and Animal Sciences · India · NTA for ICAR
Original practice questions written to the published syllabus · not past papersRural sociology and the methods used to take animal-health knowledge to farmers, with the history of livestock and dairy development programmes in several regions.
In the exams: ICAR AIEEA-PG 14 (Veterinary Extension); TNPSC Extension 10; RPSC (Operation Flood, schemes, livestock census, insurance); Nepal NLEV Social Science 6
ICAR AIEEA-PG, Animal Sciences group (Code 14), Veterinary Extension
Definitions and philosophy of extension, principles, adoption stages and adopter categories with their percentages, attributes of innovations, communication models (Lasswell, Shannon-Weaver, Berlo, Schramm, Leagans), Dale's cone, teaching methods and discussion formats, programme planning steps, Bennett's hierarchy, PRA tools, rural sociology concepts and the history of Indian rural development and livestock programmes.
How our questions for ICAR AIEEA spread across the units of Veterinary & Animal Husbandry Extension Education. Difficulty: 29 easy, 55 medium, 26 hard.
| Principles of extension | 16 | |
| Communication and audio-visual aids | 11 | |
| Programme evaluation | 11 | |
| Extension teaching methods | 10 | |
| Programme planning | 10 | |
| Rural sociology | 9 | |
| Livestock and dairy development programmes: village breeding schemes and cooperative dairy development | 9 | |
| Livestock development schemes | 8 | |
| Tribal and urban communities | 7 | |
| Community development | 7 | |
| Role of local government institutions | 7 | |
| Shelters and sanctuaries for unproductive and stray cattle | 5 |
Choose an answer, then open the working. Each explanation says why the right answer is right and why the others are not.
Which of the following is a primary group in Cooley's sense?
A. A farm family that eats, works and decides together every day
Cooley's primary groups are small, face-to-face, intimate and lasting, with the family as the classic case. A milk union, a professional association and a party branch are secondary groups: large, formal and built for a specific purpose.
The Sixth Schedule of the Constitution of India provides autonomous district councils for tribal areas in which states?
C. Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram
The Sixth Schedule covers tribal areas of Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram. Scheduled Areas in states such as Jharkhand, Odisha and Rajasthan are governed under the Fifth Schedule instead.
In Rogers' adopter categories, what percentage of adopters are early adopters?
B. 13.5 per cent
Innovators are 2.5 per cent, early adopters 13.5, early majority 34, late majority 34 and laggards 16 per cent.
A block has 2,400 dairy households, and adoption of a new practice is expected to follow Rogers' normal distribution. How many households would fall in the early majority?
C. 816
Early majority = 34 per cent: 0.34 x 2,400 = 816. 324 is the early adopters' 13.5 per cent, 60 the innovators' 2.5 per cent and 384 the laggards' 16 per cent.
According to Rogers, at which stage of the innovation-decision process are mass media channels relatively more important than interpersonal channels?
C. At the knowledge stage
Mass media are relatively more important for creating knowledge, while interpersonal channels, especially near-peers, are relatively more important for persuasion and decision. Confirmation also depends largely on interpersonal reinforcement.
In PRA, the principle of checking information through several methods, sources and team members is called:
A. Triangulation
Triangulation is cross-checking. Optimal ignorance and appropriate imprecision mean collecting only what is needed at the precision needed; handing over the stick means letting local people lead the drawing and analysis.
How was the first phase of Operation Flood initially financed?
A. By selling skim milk powder and butter oil donated by the European Economic Community through the World Food Programme
Phase I was financed largely by the sale in India of EEC-donated skim milk powder and butter oil supplied through the World Food Programme, with later World Bank support. No milk cess, central bank grant or land-backed member loans funded it.
A veterinarian inspecting an overcrowded goshala finds thin animals, heavy tick loads and several downer cows. Which action best combines welfare and extension principles?
B. Work with the managing trust on a stocking, feeding and health plan, and treat or humanely manage the downers
Working with the managing trust on stocking density, feed, parasite control and the care or humane management of non-ambulatory animals improves welfare while gaining the institution's cooperation. Abrupt closure without follow-up, releasing animals onto roads or ignoring the problem all worsen welfare.
The Balwantrai Mehta Committee of 1957 recommended a Panchayati Raj structure with how many tiers?
D. Three tiers
It recommended gram panchayat, panchayat samiti and zila parishad. The Ashok Mehta Committee later recommended two tiers.
Which state was the first to inaugurate Panchayati Raj, at Nagaur on 2 October 1959?
B. Rajasthan
Rajasthan inaugurated Panchayati Raj at Nagaur on 2 October 1959; Andhra Pradesh followed soon after.
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