Extension and Community Development Questions and Answers

Q: Extension term originated in ...........

The keyed year is 1866.Standard extension education texts in India state that the term 'extension' originated in England in 1866, with a system of university extension, the teaching of university subjects to people outside the university, which was taken up first by Cambridge and Oxford universities and later by London and other universities. The idea was later carried to the United States, where it became agricultural extension.1867, 1868 and 1869 are neighbouring years with no such place in the textbook account, which is the trap in an option set this close.

Q: The knowledge base for a technology usually derives from ......................

The knowledge base usually derives from basic research.Basic (fundamental) research seeks to understand principles and phenomena without an immediate practical aim. The understanding it produces is the knowledge on which a technology is built. Applied research then uses that knowledge to solve a practical problem, and technology development and testing turn it into a usable product or practice.So applied research, development and testing come later in the chain. They depend on the knowledge base rather than being its source.

Q: ..................... plays a vital part in realizing the aims and objectives.

The answer is curriculum.In education, aims and objectives are realised through the curriculum: the planned set of learning experiences, content and activities that an institution offers. A curriculum is designed from the objectives, and it is the means by which learners are actually led towards them.Planning and management organise the work of an institution, and examination measures how far the objectives have been achieved. Each supports the process, but it is the curriculum that carries the objectives into the learning itself.

Q: ..................... is decision-making process.

The decision-making process is programme planning.Extension programme planning is a series of decisions: what the situation is, which problems and needs come first, what objectives to set, what solutions and methods to use, and how to evaluate the results. Each step means choosing among alternatives, which is why it is called a decision-making process.Technology is the knowledge or product being extended, social development is the broad goal, and a need is a gap that planning identifies. None of them is itself a decision-making process.

Q: Community development programme was launched in India ......................

The Community Development Programme was launched on 2nd October 1952.India's Community Development Programme began on Gandhi Jayanti, 2 October 1952, with 55 pilot projects, as a nationwide effort for the all-round development of rural areas through people's participation. It was followed in 1953 by the National Extension Service.The other dates are close distractors: 3 and 4 October are the wrong days, and 2 October 1953 is the right day of the wrong year, the year in which the National Extension Service was launched.

Q: ................... is one of the principle of extension education.

The principle is participation.Participation is one of the principles of extension education: people learn and change best when they take part in planning and carrying out programmes themselves. Other principles include working with people's interests and needs, the grass-roots approach, cultural difference, learning by doing, adaptability and the use of trained specialists.Time, goal and objective are elements of a programme. They are not listed among the principles of extension education.

Q: Long form of KVK ......................

KVK stands for Krishi Vigyan Kendra.Krishi Vigyan Kendras, 'farm science centres', are district-level institutions of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research for on-farm testing, frontline demonstrations and training of farmers and farm women. The first KVK was set up in 1974 at Puducherry.The other options keep the initials but not the words. The centres are about agricultural ('Krishi') science ('Vigyan'), not 'Knowledge', 'Vidyan' or 'Vishesh'.

Q: The following is phase of Training :

The phase of training is the post training phase.Training is usually described in three phases: the pre-training phase, when needs are identified, trainees selected and the programme planned; the training phase, when the course is delivered; and the post training phase, when the trainees are followed up and the impact of training is evaluated.'New era', 'old era' and 'future era' phases are invented terms that do not belong to any model of training.

Q: Panchayat Raj is a system of :

Panchayat Raj is a system of local self-government.Panchayati Raj, given constitutional status by the 73rd Amendment Act, 1992, is a three-tier system of elected bodies at village, block and district levels. The people of the area elect their own representatives and govern their local affairs, which is what makes it self-government.'Local government' and 'local administration' can describe bodies run by officials appointed from above, which lack the element of self-rule. Panchayats are institutions below the State government, not the State government itself.

71.

Extension term originated in ...........

A.1866
B.1867
C.1868
D.1869

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2025, SET Exam - 2025,

Answer: A

The keyed year is 1866.

Standard extension education texts in India state that the term 'extension' originated in England in 1866, with a system of university extension, the teaching of university subjects to people outside the university, which was taken up first by Cambridge and Oxford universities and later by London and other universities. The idea was later carried to the United States, where it became agricultural extension.

1867, 1868 and 1869 are neighbouring years with no such place in the textbook account, which is the trap in an option set this close.

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72.

The knowledge base for a technology usually derives from ......................

A.Basic Research
B.Applied Research
C.Technology Testing
D.Technology Development

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2025, SET Exam - 2025,

Answer: A

The knowledge base usually derives from basic research.

Basic (fundamental) research seeks to understand principles and phenomena without an immediate practical aim. The understanding it produces is the knowledge on which a technology is built. Applied research then uses that knowledge to solve a practical problem, and technology development and testing turn it into a usable product or practice.

So applied research, development and testing come later in the chain. They depend on the knowledge base rather than being its source.

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73.

..................... plays a vital part in realizing the aims and objectives.

A.Planning
B.Management
C.Curriculum
D.Examination

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2025, SET Exam - 2025,

Answer: C

The answer is curriculum.

In education, aims and objectives are realised through the curriculum: the planned set of learning experiences, content and activities that an institution offers. A curriculum is designed from the objectives, and it is the means by which learners are actually led towards them.

Planning and management organise the work of an institution, and examination measures how far the objectives have been achieved. Each supports the process, but it is the curriculum that carries the objectives into the learning itself.

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74.

..................... is decision-making process.

A.Programme planning
B.Technology
C.Social development
D.Need

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2025, SET Exam - 2025,

Answer: A

The decision-making process is programme planning.

Extension programme planning is a series of decisions: what the situation is, which problems and needs come first, what objectives to set, what solutions and methods to use, and how to evaluate the results. Each step means choosing among alternatives, which is why it is called a decision-making process.

Technology is the knowledge or product being extended, social development is the broad goal, and a need is a gap that planning identifies. None of them is itself a decision-making process.

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75.

Community development programme was launched in India ......................

A.3rd October 1952
B.4th October 1952
C.2nd October 1953
D.2nd October 1952

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2025, SET Exam - 2025,

Answer: D

The Community Development Programme was launched on 2nd October 1952.

India's Community Development Programme began on Gandhi Jayanti, 2 October 1952, with 55 pilot projects, as a nationwide effort for the all-round development of rural areas through people's participation. It was followed in 1953 by the National Extension Service.

The other dates are close distractors: 3 and 4 October are the wrong days, and 2 October 1953 is the right day of the wrong year, the year in which the National Extension Service was launched.

Discuss in Forum

76.

................... is one of the principle of extension education.

A.Time
B.Goal
C.Objective
D.Participation

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2025, SET Exam - 2025,

Answer: D

The principle is participation.

Participation is one of the principles of extension education: people learn and change best when they take part in planning and carrying out programmes themselves. Other principles include working with people's interests and needs, the grass-roots approach, cultural difference, learning by doing, adaptability and the use of trained specialists.

Time, goal and objective are elements of a programme. They are not listed among the principles of extension education.

Discuss in Forum

77.

Long form of KVK ......................

A.Knowledge Vidyan Kendra
B.Knowledge Vishesh Kendra
C.Krushi Vishesh Kendra
D.Krishi Vigyan Kendra

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2025, SET Exam - 2025,

Answer: D

KVK stands for Krishi Vigyan Kendra.

Krishi Vigyan Kendras, 'farm science centres', are district-level institutions of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research for on-farm testing, frontline demonstrations and training of farmers and farm women. The first KVK was set up in 1974 at Puducherry.

The other options keep the initials but not the words. The centres are about agricultural ('Krishi') science ('Vigyan'), not 'Knowledge', 'Vidyan' or 'Vishesh'.

Discuss in Forum

78.

The following is phase of Training :

A.New era phase
B.Old era phase
C.Post training phase
D.Future era phase

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2025, SET Exam - 2025,

Answer: C

The phase of training is the post training phase.

Training is usually described in three phases: the pre-training phase, when needs are identified, trainees selected and the programme planned; the training phase, when the course is delivered; and the post training phase, when the trainees are followed up and the impact of training is evaluated.

'New era', 'old era' and 'future era' phases are invented terms that do not belong to any model of training.

Discuss in Forum

79.

Panchayat Raj is a system of :

A.Local government
B.Local administration
C.Local self-government
D.State government

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2025, SET Exam - 2025,

Answer: C

Panchayat Raj is a system of local self-government.

Panchayati Raj, given constitutional status by the 73rd Amendment Act, 1992, is a three-tier system of elected bodies at village, block and district levels. The people of the area elect their own representatives and govern their local affairs, which is what makes it self-government.

'Local government' and 'local administration' can describe bodies run by officials appointed from above, which lack the element of self-rule. Panchayats are institutions below the State government, not the State government itself.

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