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UPSC Prelims 1990 · Agriculture · Farm Money
Stock-farming refers to
- (a) Accent on agricultural production to build a buffer stock.
- (b) Cooperative farming.
- (c) Farming concentrating on the rearing of cattles and sheep.
- (d) Large scale capital-intensive commercial farming.
Show the answer and explanation
Answer: (c) Farming concentrating on the rearing of cattles and sheep.
Stock farming means rearing cattle and sheep.
Why the others are wrong
(a) “Stock” here is livestock, not grain stock.
(d) Large-scale capital farming is commercial farming.
The trap
“Stock” suggests buffer stocks.
🔒 Livestock = “stock”. Ranching = large-scale stock farming.