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1] Which one of the following best describes the concept of ‘Small Farmer Large Field’? [2023]
a) Resettlement of a large number of people, uprooted from their countries due to war, by giving
them a large cultivable land which they cultivate collectively and share the produce.
b) Many marginal farmers in an area organize themselves into groups and synchronize and
harmonize selected agricultural operations.
c) Many marginal farmers in an area together make a contract with a corporate body and
surrender their land to the corporate body for a fixed term for which the corporate body makes a
payment of agreed amount to the farmers.
d) A company extends loans, technical knowledge and material inputs to a number of small
farmers in an area so that they produce the agricultural commodity required by the company for
its manufacturing process and commercial production.
1. The Government of India provides Minimum Support Price for niger (Guizotia abyssinica)
seeds.
2. Niger is cultivated as a Kharif crop
3. Some tribal people in India use niger seed oil for cooking.
1] With reference to the “Tea Board” in India, consider the following statements: [2022]
1] In India, which of the following can be considered as public investment agriculture? [2020]
1. Fixing Minimum Support Price for agricultural produce of all corps
2. Computerization of Primary Agricultural Credit Societies
3. Social Capital development
4. Free electricity supply to farmers
5. Waiver of agricultural loans by the banking system
6. Setting up of cold storage facilities by the governments
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
a) 1, 2 and 5 only
b) 1, 3, 4 and 5 only
c) 2, 3 and 6 only
d) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6
2] Which of the following factors/policies were affecting the price of rice in India in the recent
past? [2020]
a) 1, 2 and 4 only
b) 1, 3 and 4 only
c) 2 and 3 only
d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
3] Under the Kisan credit card scheme, short-term credit support is given to farmers for which of
the following purposes? [2020]
a) 1, 2 and 5 only
b) 1, 3 and 4 only
c) 2, 3, 4 and 5 only
d) 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
1. In the case of all cereals, pulses and oil-seeds, the procurement at Minimum Support Price
(MSP) is unlimited in any State/UT of India.
2. In the case of cereals and pulses, the MSP is fixed in any State/UT at a level to which the
market price will never rise.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2
1] With reference to land reforms in independent India, which one of the following statements is
correct? [2019]
a) The ceiling laws were aimed at family holdings and not individual holdings.
b) The major aim of land reforms was providing agricultural land to all the landless.
c) It resulted in cultivation of cash crops as a predominant form of cultivation.
d) Land reforms permitted no exemptions to the ceiling limits.
2] The economic cost of food grains to the Food Corporation of India is Minimum Support Price
and bonus (if any) paid to the farmers plus: [2019]
3] With reference to the cultivation of Kharif crops in India in the last five years, consider the
following statements: [2019]
a) 1 and 3 only
b) 2, 3 and 4 only
c) 2 and 4 only
d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
1] As per the NSSO 70th Round ‘Situation Assessment Survey of Technical Households’
consider the following statements: [2018]
1. Rajasthan has the highest percentage share of agricultural households among its rural
households.
2. Out of the total agricultural households in the country, a little over 60 percentage belongs to
OBCs.
3. In Kerala, a little over 60 percent agricultural households reported to have maximum income
from sources other than agricultural activities.
Which of the statement given below is/ are correct?
a) 2 and 3 only
b) 2 only
c) 1 and 3 only
d) 1, 2 and 3
2] With references to the circumstances in Indian agriculture, the concept of ‘Conservation
Agriculture’ assumes significance. Which of the following fall under the Conservation
Agriculture? [2018]
a) 1, 3 and 4
b) 2, 3, 4 and 5
c) 2, 4 and 5
d) 1, 2, 3 and 5
a) 1, 2, 3 and 7 only
b) 2, 4, 5 and 6 only
c) 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6 only
d) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2
a) 1 and 2 only
b) 3 only
c) 2 and 3 only
d) 1, 2 and 3
1] With reference to ‘Initiative for Nutritional Security through Intensive Millets Promotion’,
which of the following statements is/are correct? [2016]
1. This initiative aims to demonstrate the improved production and post-harvest technologies,
and to demonstrate value addition techniques, in an integrated manner, with cluster approach.
2. Poor, small, marginal and tribal farmers have larger stake in this scheme.
3. An important objective of the scheme is to encourage farmers of commercial crops to shift to
millet cultivation by offering them free kits of critical inputs of nutrients and micro-irrigation
equipment.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
a) 1 only
b) 2 and 3 only
c) 1 and 2 only
d) 1, 2 and 3
2] With reference to ‘Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana’, consider the following statements:
[2016]
1. Under this scheme, farmers will have to pay a uniform premium of two percent for any crop
they cultivate in any season of the year.
2. This scheme covers post-harvest losses arising out of cyclones and unseasonal rains.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
a) 1 only
b) 2 only
c) Both 1 and 2
d) Neither 1 nor 2
1] Which one of the following best describes the main objective of ‘Seed Village Concept?
[2015]
a) Encouraging the farmers to use their own farm seeds and discouraging them to buy the seeds
from others
b) Involving the farmers for training in quality seed production and thereby to make available
quality seeds to others at appropriate time and affordable cost
c) Earmarking some villages exclusively for the production of certified seeds
d) Identifying the entrepreneurs in village and providing them technology and finance to set up
seed companies
1] In the context of food and nutritional security of India, enhancing the ‘Seed Replacement
Rates’ of various crops helps in achieving the food production targets of the future. But what
is/are the constraint/constraints in its wider/greater implementation? [2014]
a) 1 and 2
b) 3 only
c) 2 and 3
d) None
1] With what purpose is the government of India promoting the concept of ‘Mega food parks’?
[2011]
1] In India, during the last decade the total cultivated land for which one of the following crops
has remained more or less stagnant? [2010]
1. The Union Government fixes the Statutory Minimum Price of sugarcane for each sugar
season.
2. Sugar and sugarcane are essential commodities under the Essential Commodities Act.
1. The Commission for agricultural Costs and Prices recommends the Minimum Support Prices
for 32 crops.
2. The Union Ministry of Consumer affairs. Food and Public: Distribution has launched the
National Food Security Mission.
4] Norman Ernest Borlaug who is regarded as the father of the Green Revolution in India is from
which country? [2008]
5] Which one amongst the following has the largest livestock population in the world? [2008]
a) Brazil b) China
c) India d) USA
6] Which of the following pairs about India’s economic indicator and agricultural production (all
in rounded figures) are correctly matched? [2008]
1. The loans disbursed to farmers under Kisan Credit Card Scheme are covered under Rashtriya
Krishi Beema Yojna of Life Insurance Corporation of India.
2. The Kisan Credit Card holders are provided personal accident insurance of Rs 50,000 for
accidental death and Rs 25,000 for permanent disability.
1. Regarding the procurement of food grains, Government of India follows a procurement target
rather than an open- ended procurement policy.
2. Government of India announces minimum support prices only for cereals.
3. For distribution under Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS), wheat and rice are issued
by the Government of
India at uniform Central issue prices to the States/ Union Territories.
9] Consider the following statements: India continues to be dependent on imports to meet the
requirement of oilseeds in the country because: [2004]
1. Farmers prefer to grow food grains with highly remunerative support prices.
2. Most of the cultivation of oilseed crops continues to be dependent on rainfall.
3. Oils from the seeds of tree origin and rice bran have remained unexploited.
4. It is far cheaper to import oilseeds than to cultivate the oilseed crops.
10] Consider the following high yielding varieties of crops in India: [2002]
1.Arjun
2.Jaya
3.Padma
4.Sonalika
11] The prices at which the Government purchases food grains for maintaining the public
distribution system and for building up buffer-stocks is known as: [2001]
12] National Agriculture Insurance Scheme replacing Comprehensive Crop Insurance Scheme
was introduced in the year: [2001]
a) 1997 b) 1998
c) 1999 d) 2000