Acharya Nagarjuna University (ANU) 2005 M.A AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AND FARM NAGEMENT - Question Paper

M.A. (Final) DEGREE EXAMINATION,
DECENBER 2005.
Second Year
Economics
(B - Agricultural Economics and Rural Development)
Paper V (B) - AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AND FARM MANAGEMENT

Time : 3 hours Maximum : 100 marks

part - A (4x5=20 marks)
ans any 4 questions, provide only short answers not exceeding eight phrases.
All ques. carry equal marks.

1. Nature of Agricultural Economics.

2. Land and Labour in Agriculture.

3. Returns to scale.

4. Procurement prices.

5. legal regulations of Diminishing Returns.

6. Opportunity cost principle

7. Farm Budgeting.

8. Farm management surveys.

part - B (5x7=35 marks)
ans any 5 ques..
Write medium length answers of 12 phrases.

9. discuss the role of agriculture in economic development.

10. Examine the Rational and Irrational stages in production resources.

11. define the cost relationships and profit maximisation.

12. Elucidate the price stabilisation measures in agriculture sector in India.

13. Critically analyse the inplicationa if New Articultural Technology.

14. discuss the Cobb-Douglas production function.

15. provide a note on farm enterprises.

16. State the terms used in farm management.

17. explain the use of farm records.

18. Critically analyse the minimum support price policy.

part - C (3X15=45 marks)
Write full length essay on any 3 ques..
All ques. carry equal marks.

19. Elucidate the productivity patterns in Indian Agriculture.

20. How do you apply production function analysis in agriculture?

21. Expmine the risk and uncertainity in Indian Agriculture.

22. Critically examine the importance of price policy in improving the standards of residing of the cultivators.

23. State the positive and negative effects of agricultural Taxation.

24. Critically evaluate the use of farm planning.

Earning:   Approval pending.