Social Science (087) — AI-generated practice question

1. Crop Insurance against Drought:
The government provides crop insurance to protect farmers against losses due to drought, flood, cyclone, fire, and disease. The farmer can claim compensation for her lost kharif crop, directly addressing her production loss.

2. Kisan Credit Card (KCC) / Grameen Banks / Cooperative Societies:
These provide loans at lower rates of interest, helping the farmer meet immediate financial needs such as buying seeds and inputs for the next season, addressing her credit hardship.

Together, crop insurance covers the loss already suffered, while credit facilities help her rebuild and resume farming.

Source: Chapter 4, Technological and Institutional Reforms

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• The passage explicitly names crop insurance against drought, Grameen banks, cooperative societies/banks for lower-interest loans, and the Kisan Credit Card (KCC) as government measures.
• Examiners expect you to name two distinct schemes and link each to a different aspect of hardship — here: (i) compensation for crop loss, and (ii) access to credit for recovery.
• Do not invent schemes not mentioned in the passage (e.g., PM-KISAN is not in the source text).
• Always end with the source citation when passages are provided.