Extension and Community Development Questions and Answers

Answer: B

The statements giving the meaning of monitoring are I, II and III.

Monitoring is the regular watching of a programme while it runs. It finds weaknesses of implementation, tracks progress at intervals, and tells the managers where the programme stands against its plan.

'To achieve the subject matter' says nothing about checking a programme, so statement IV is wrong and the options that include it fail.

Evaluation, in contrast, is the judgement made at the end or at stages about whether the programme met its aims.

Answer: A

The bodies in the three tier system are the village panchayat and the Zilla Parishad (I and IV).

The three tiers of Panchayati Raj are the Gram Panchayat at the village, the Panchayat Samiti at the block and the Zilla Parishad at the district. Of the four statements, the village panchayat and the Zilla Parishad belong to it.

Self help groups and mahila mandals are voluntary community groups, not tiers of local government, so options with II or III are wrong.

Answer: D

The key gives (A) is correct but (R) is wrong.

The assertion states a social goal: care of the needy, homeless, abused and street children is a national responsibility, and the key accepts that those in government service and business should take part in it.

The reason, that it is very difficult to change the attitude of people, is not accepted, because attitudes can be changed by education and example. So the reason is wrong and the options that call it correct fail.

Answer: B

The assertion is not correct and the reason is correct, so the answer is (A) is not correct but (R) is correct.

The two terms are used interchangeably, but the statement that they are the same is not correct. Extension is an educational process that teaches farmers and families, while transfer of technology includes extra functions such as supplying inputs and agricultural services, as the reason says.

The options that accept the assertion fail, and the one that rejects both denies the correct reason.

Answer: C

The assertion is not correct and the reason is correct, so the answer is (A) is not correct, (R) is correct.

Entrepreneurs are not only born. Training, experience and the right conditions can develop the qualities of an entrepreneur, so the saying that they are born and not made is not accepted.

The reason is correct: financial and promotional support from the government, such as loans, subsidies and training, helps to create entrepreneurs. The options that accept the assertion are wrong.

Answer: D

The steps run I, II, III, IV, V, VI.

An evaluation begins with the objectives, then selects a sample, collects the information, analyses the data, looks for significant changes and ends with the report.

The other options put collection before the objective, the report before the analysis, or sampling after data are collected, so they break this order.

Sampling follows the objective because the sample is chosen to answer the question the evaluation was designed for.

Answer: C

The order is Community Development Programme, National Extension Service, Community Development Block, Democratic Decentralization (III, IV, I, II).

The Community Development Programme began in 1952, the National Extension Service followed in 1953, community development blocks were then taken up as the unit of the programme, and democratic decentralisation (Panchayati Raj) came after the Balwant Rai Mehta Committee in 1957 and was started in 1959.

The other options put Democratic Decentralization first or the block before the programme.

Answer: B

The key gives III, II, IV, I, VI, V, VII.

The steps start with personal evaluation, then analysis of the business idea, making it legal, drafting the business plan, getting finance, setting up the shop, and trial and error to improve it.

The other options start with analysis or the plan before the person has judged his or her own fitness, or set up the shop before getting finance.

Legal formalities, such as registration and licences, come before finance because lenders usually ask for them.

Answer: B

The correct matching is iv iii i ii.

The Indira Awaas Yojana provides shelter for rural poor families. The Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana gives road connectivity to villages. The integrated women sanitary complex is a sanitation measure, and the Integrated Child Development Services is a scheme for women and child welfare.

The other codes pair the schemes with the wrong fields.

The Indira Awaas Yojana gives financial help to build houses, and the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana, started in 2000, builds all-weather roads to villages.

Answer: C

The correct matching is v iv ii iii.

Mobile creches look after the children of construction workers and so are matched with the child's health. The International Wool Secretariat is matched with exports of woollen goods, and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research is matched with research. UNESCO is the body for education, science and culture.

The other codes give ICAR regulation or UNESCO exports, which do not fit.

Mobile creches began for the children of women labourers on building sites, so their role is the care and health of the child.