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Question 1: President Ram Nath Kovind has recently promulgated Ordinance to amend
Forest Act 1927 by omitting which of the following Plantation grown in non-forest areas
from definition of trees to encourage its cultivation by farmers in non-forest areas?
Topic: current-affairs

a: Timber
b: Bamboo
c: Tea
d: Coconut
Answer: b

Question 2: Government of India has recently signed an MoU with which of the following
International Organizations for a project to boost the Rural economy in Tamilnadu?
Topic: current-affairs

a: World Bank
b: International Monetary Fund
c: Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
d: Asian Development Bank
Answer: a

Question 3: Which of the following state governments has recently launched a rural
development Programme – Ama Gaon, Ama Vikas to reach out to people in rural areas
and involve them in various developmental activities?
Topic: current-affairs

a: Gujarat Government
b: Odisha Government
c: West Bengal Government
d: Himachal Pradesh Government
Answer: b

Question 4: Which of the following is the Scheme launched by Government of India to

provide free LPG connections to women from below poverty line families?
Topic: current-affairs

a: Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana

b: Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana
c: Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana
d: Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana
Answer: d

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Question 5: Who is the present Union Minister of Agriculture and Family

Welfare- Government of India (as on 21-03-2018)?
Topic: current-affairs

a: D V Sadananda Gowda
b: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
c: Ananth Kumar
d: Radha Mohan Singh
Answer: d

Question 6: The Head Quarters of Indian Agriculture Research Institute is located in

which of the following Cities?
Topic: current-affairs

a: Hyderabad
b: Raipur
c: New Delhi
d: Pune
Answer: c

Question 7: Which of the following is the correct abbreviation of e-NAM?

Topic: current-affairs

a: Electronic – Notional Agriculture Research Methodology

b: Electrical – Non Agriculture Produce Market
c: Electronic – New Advanced Millets
d: Electronic – National Agricultural Market
Answer: d

Question 8: Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh has recently announced that
Government will be focusing on four major aspects to achieve goal of doubling farmers’
income by 2022, which of the following is not one of the four Goals?
Topic: current-affairs

a: Ensuring Fair Price of Produce

b: Output Expenditure
c: Creating Alternate Source of Income
d: Reducing Wastage
Answer: b

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Question 9: Which of the following Schemes is a poverty alleviation scheme implemented

by Government of India- Ministry of Rural Development to promote Self-employment and
Organization of the Rural Poor?
Topic: current-affairs

a: Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - NRLM

b: The Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana
c: HRIDAY Scheme
d: AMRUT
Answer: a

Question 10: Government of India has signed an MoU with which of the following
Organizations to improve rural connectivity in 5 States of India under Pradhan Mantri
Gram Sadak Yojana?
Topic: current-affairs

a: New Development Bank

b: International Monetary Fund
c: World Bank
d: Asian Development Bank
Answer: d

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