UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Rights, justice, action for India’s women farmers
Q1. As per which official data source is the share of Indian women owning agricultural land most commonly cited at around 14%?
- A. National Family Health Survey (NFHS)
- B. Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS)
- C. Agriculture Census of India
- D. NSSO Land and Livestock Holdings Survey
Q2. Which Union Ministry issues the guideline mandating that at least 30% of scheme funds be earmarked for women farmers and operationalises PM-KISAN?
- A. Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
- B. Ministry of Rural Development
- C. Ministry of Women & Child Development
- D. Ministry of Panchayati Raj
Q3. With reference to the Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005, consider the following statements:
1. A daughter becomes a coparcener by birth in the same manner as a son.
2. The Amendment came into force with effect from 9 September 2005.
3. It omitted the clause that had exempted agricultural holdings from the Act's application.
4. Its coparcenary benefit is available only to daughters born on or after 9 September 2005.
Which of the above is/are NOT correct?
- A daughter becomes a coparcener by birth in the same manner as a son.
- The Amendment came into force with effect from 9 September 2005.
- It omitted the clause that had exempted agricultural holdings from the Act's application.
- Its coparcenary benefit is available only to daughters born on or after 9 September 2005.
- A. 4 only
- B. 2 and 4
- C. 3 only
- D. 1 and 3
Q4. Which one of the following sections of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956 was the principal section substituted by the 2005 Amendment to confer coparcenary status on daughters by birth?
- A. Section 6
- B. Section 8
- C. Section 14
- D. Section 30
Q5. Which is the lead UN agency designated to facilitate the observance of the International Year of the Woman Farmer 2026?
- A. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
- B. International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
- C. World Food Programme (WFP)
- D. UN Women
Q6. The International Year of the Woman Farmer 2026 is coordinated by the FAO together with which other UN Rome-based agencies?
- A. IFAD and WFP
- B. UN Women and UNDP
- C. UNESCO and ILO
- D. UNEP and WHO
Q7. Approximately how many women farmers are reported among the beneficiaries of the PM-KISAN scheme as per the latest available figures?
- A. 2.18 crore
- B. 4.62 crore
- C. 9.44 crore
- D. 1.18 crore
Q8. With reference to eligibility under farmer-support schemes, consider the following statements:
1. PM-KISAN eligibility is determined primarily by cultivable landholding as recorded in State land records.
2. Kisan Credit Card eligibility extends to sharecroppers, oral lessees and tenant farmers.
3. Self-Help Groups and Joint Liability Groups are eligible for benefits under the Kisan Credit Card scheme.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- PM-KISAN eligibility is determined primarily by cultivable landholding as recorded in State land records.
- Kisan Credit Card eligibility extends to sharecroppers, oral lessees and tenant farmers.
- Self-Help Groups and Joint Liability Groups are eligible for benefits under the Kisan Credit Card scheme.
- A. 1 only
- B. 1 and 2 only
- C. 2 and 3 only
- D. 1, 2 and 3