UGC NET/JRF EXAM, December 2020/June 2021 Paper-II (HOME SCIENCE)

Ministry of Information and Broad Casting Grant License to Operate Community Radio.

International literacy day is celebrated on 8th September to raise awareness and concern for literacy problems. International literacy day was founded by UNESCO.

PCPNDT Act was enacted to prevent sex selective abortion. Pre-conception, pre-natal diagnostic technique was enacted in 1994. The Act provides for the prohibition sex selection before and after conception and for the regulation of prenatal diagnostic techniques for the purpose of detecting genetic abnormalities or metabolic disorder or chromosomal abnormalities or cogenital malformations or sex linked disorders and for prevention of their misuse for sex determination leading to female foeticide.

Monitoring is the process of assessing the progress of a project based on predetermined indicators of the programme.

Participatory Learning and Action (PLA) is a type of Qualitative research. It is used to gain an in depth understanding about community situation. Natural resources can be studied through mapping. Transect diagram or maps are diagrams of the main land use zones in a community. They compare main features, resources, uses and problem of different zones.

Behaviour change communication (BCC) is a communication strategy which encourages individual community to change their behaviour. Advocacy is the act of speaking on the behalf of another person. It is about influencing and persuading individual or institution to change their opinion.
• Common elements between BCC and Advocacy are :-
• Both rely on persuasion techniques
• Both seek to bring in behaviour change
• Both need strategic planning.

Bill Boards, Kiosks and Banners are used in outdoor publicity.
Bill Boards : A bill board is a large outdoor advertising structure, typically found in high traffic areas.
Kiosks : A kiosk is a small, temporary, stand-alone booth used in high-traffic area for marketing purpose.
Banner : Banners are used primarily for an advertising purpose to publicize the product or services.

Communication is the process by which two or more people exchange ideas with each other. It is a systematic, universal and functional process.

KVK (Kishan Vigyan Kendra) is an integral part of the national Agricultural Research system (NARS), aims at assessment of location specific technology modules in agriculture and allied enterprises, through technology assessment refinement and demonstration.
Major functions of KVKs in extension are -
• Organizing Vocational Training for Rural Youth.
• Organizing training for farmers.
• Conducting research for new farming technology.