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B.TECH
(SEM VIII) THEORY EXAMINATION 2022-23
RURAL DEVELOPMENT: ADMINISTRATION AND PLANNING
Time: 3 Hours Total Marks: 100
Note: Attempt all Sections. If require any missing data; then choose suitably.

SECTION A
1. Attempt all questions in brief. 2 x 10 = 20
a. What do you mean by Rural Administration?
b. What is Self help group?
c. Define Bureaucracy.
d. Difference between development and training
e. Define administration.
f. What is Sustainable Livelihoods?
g. Define Population composition
h. What do you mean by rural credit?
i. Define Community Based Organizations?

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SECTION B

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2. Attempt any three of the following: 10x3=30

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a. Write an overview of policies and programmes for rural development in the agricultural
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b. Discuss in brief Baroda experiment and the Marthandam experiment.
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c. What is NABARD? Explain the importance of NBARD for rural development. 06
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d. Explain the elements and the needs of HRD in the rural sector?
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e. Define women's entrepreneurship. Explain the problems and diagnosis of women's
entrepreneurship.
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3. Attempt any one part of the following: 10x1=10

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a. What is meant by rural development? Explain the basic elements of rural Development.
b. Differentiate between government and non-government organisations.
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4. Attempt any one part of the following: 10x1=10

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a. What is the Panchayati Raj System? Explain the emergence and growth of panchayati
raj institutions in India.
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b. Explain in brief the financial organizations in Panchayati Raj Institutions.

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5. Attempt any one part of the following: 10x1=10

a. What do you mean by "community-based organisations"? And also explain the

importance of community-based organisations in rural areas.
b. Write down the Structure of rural finance with appropriate example.

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6. Attempt any one part of the following: 10x1=10

a. What do you mean by Human Resource Development? Explain the dimensions of HRD
for rural development.
b. How did Tagore contribute to rural development?

7. Attempt any one part of the following: 10x1=10

a. What do you mean by rural industrialization? Explain the appropriate technology used in
rural industries and also explain their importance.
b. Explain the Gandhian approach to the development of rural industrialization in India.

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