Construction of knowledge test to measure the knowledge of rashtriya krishi vikas yojana (rkvy) beneficiary farmers about recommended interventions of maize crop

Due to the dearth of a suitable scale for measuring the Knowledge of beneficiary farmers of RKVY about recommended interventions of maize crop in the Udaipur district of Rajasthan, it was necessary to construct a test for the purpose. Therefore, an attempt has made to develop a test for measuring the Knowledge of beneficiary farmers of RKVY about recommended interventions of maize crop. Pertinent items were collected covering seed mini kits, field demonstrations, farm mechanization, micro-nutrient application and plant protection equipment. After getting a jury opinion on the items, item difficulty index, item discrimination index, the reliability and validity were worked out. For administering the knowledge test, a respondent were given one mark for each correct answer and a zero mark for each wrong answer. Forty statements were finally selected out of the total 72 statements.