Exam Details

Subject Introduction to Plantation Management
Paper
Exam / Course Post Graduate Diploma in Plantation Management
Department School of Agriculture (SOA)
Organization indira gandhi national open university
Position
Exam Date December, 2016
City, State new delhi,


Question Paper

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POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN PLANTATION

MANAGEMENT (PGDPM)
IS") Term-End Examination
o o December, 2016

MAM-001 INTRODUCTION TO PLANTATION
MANAGEMENT

Time hours Maximum Marks 50
Note: Attempt any five questions. Question no. 1 is compulsory. All questions carry equal marks.

1. Mention harvestable part of the following crops: 1x5=5

Tea

Pepper

Rubber

Cinnamon

Cardamom

Fill in the blanks: 1x5=5

is the highest tea producing state in India.

Cardamom is known as the of the spices.

The brand 'Malabar Garbled' is associated with crop.

The first plant oil used by man is .

Cashew is a native of

2. Answer the following: 2x5=10

Two cultivars of coffee

Two uses of black pepper

Two coconut products

Two health benefits of tea

Two forms to which latex of rubber can be processed

3. Write short notes on any four of the following: 2 1/2x4=10

Contract farming

E-Team

Monsoon coffee

Public -Private Partnership in Plantation

HACCP

4. Define any five of the following: 2x5=10

Plantation Crop

Ad-valorem tax

Total Quality Management

Economic globalisation

Planning

Opportunistic entrepreneurship

5. What do you know about any four of the following: 2 1/2x4=10

Extension activities of the Coffee Board of India

Stakeholders of contract farming

Primary functions of the Tea Board of India

Six Sigma

Actionable subsidies

6. What is Plantation Management?

Mention the roles of Plantation Management.

Write three factors which make plantation management important to managers.

7. Define entrepreneur. Differentiate between entrepreneur and entrepreneurship.

Classify entrepreneurs based on type of business.

8. Write briefly on the following: 5x2=10

Area, production and productivity of tea and coffee.

Strength of Indian Coconut Industry.


Departments

  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • National Centre for Disability Studies (NCDS)
  • School of Agriculture (SOA)
  • School of Computer and Information Sciences (SOCIS)
  • School of Continuing Education (SOCE)
  • School of Education (SOE)
  • School of Engineering & Technology (SOET)
  • School of Extension and Development Studies (SOEDS)
  • School of Foreign Languages (SOFL)
  • School of Gender Development Studies(SOGDS)
  • School of Health Science (SOHS)
  • School of Humanities (SOH)
  • School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-Disciplinary Studies (SOITDS)
  • School of Journalism and New Media Studies (SOJNMS)
  • School of Law (SOL)
  • School of Management Studies (SOMS)
  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts (SOPVA)
  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts(SOPVA)
  • School of Sciences (SOS)
  • School of Social Sciences (SOSS)
  • School of Social Work (SOSW)
  • School of Tourism & Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSM)
  • School of Tourism &Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSSM)
  • School of Translation Studies and Training (SOTST)
  • School of Vocational Education and Training (SOVET)
  • Staff Training & Research in Distance Education (STRIDE)

Subjects

  • Crop Production Technology
  • Human Resource Marketingand Financial Management
  • Introduction to Plantation Management
  • Poor Harvest Management and Value addition