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NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA
University Village, Nnamdi Azikiwe Expressway,
Plot 91, Cadastral Zone, Jabi, Abuja
Faculty of Agricultural Sciences,
Dept. of Agricultural Economics and Extension
PoP Exam Question October/November, 2019

Course Title Rural Community Development
Course Code ARD 504
Credit Unit: 2
Total Score 70 Marks
Time Allowed: – 2 Hrs
Instruction: Answer compulsory question 1 (25 mks) and any three (3) questions (15 mks each)

Question One
a. Define the term rural community (3 mks)
b. What is rural community development? (4 mks)
c. List and expatiate any four (4) problems of rural community development (6 mks)
d. Mention only the two (2) major types of settlement in rural community (2 mks)
e. Advance two (2) advantages and two (2) disadvantages of any of the settlement types mentioned above (in 1d) (4 mks)
f. What are the three (3) major factors affecting social change (6 mks)

Question Two
a. What is Innovation? 4 mks
b. Highlight and discuss any four (4) major dimensions of innovation (8 mks)
c. Mention any three (3) major problems of institutions and infrastructural communities (3 mks)
Question Three
a. Explain any four (4) functional components of rural development. (6 marks)
b. The problem of community development in any country centres on two (2) main factors . State the factors (6 mks)
c. What do you understand by the term of Community (3 mks)

Question Four
a. Define community development (3 mks)
b. Outline three (3) objectives of Community Development (6 mks)
c. List four (4) the Principles of Community Development? (6 mks)

Question Five
a. What is the full meaning of the acronym ‘IRDA’ (1 mk)
b. Explain three (3) sources of change (6 mks)
c. Mention and discuss four (4) major sociological factors that can help develop a society (8 mks)

Question Six
a. Enumerate five (5) Rural Development Programmes in Nigeria. (5 marks)
b. Explain in details any two of Rural Development Programmes in Nigeria mentioned above. 10 marks