UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi to Release 22nd Instalment of PM-KISAN on 13th March; Union Agriculture Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan, shared these details

Question 1

PM-KISAN is implemented at the level of the Union Government by which one of the following departments?

Accepted Answer

Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare

Answer

Department of Rural Development

Answer

Department of Food & Public Distribution

Answer

Department of Fertilizers

Question 2

Under PM-KISAN, a pensioner is rendered ineligible only when the monthly pension is at least which one of the following amounts?

Accepted Answer

₹10,000

Answer

₹15,000

Answer

₹5,000

Answer

₹25,000

Question 3

At its launch, PM-KISAN was restricted to Small and Marginal Farmer families holding cultivable land up to how many hectares?

Accepted Answer

2 hectares

Answer

1 hectare

Answer

4 hectares

Answer

5 hectares

Question 4

PM-KISAN was formally launched by the Prime Minister, with the first transfer of funds, from which one of the following places?

Accepted Answer

Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh

Answer

Bhagalpur, Bihar

Answer

Guwahati, Assam

Answer

Washim, Maharashtra

Question 5

As mandated under the PM-KISAN scheme guidelines, the ₹6,000 annual income support is transferred to beneficiaries exclusively through which one of the following modes?

Accepted Answer

Direct Benefit Transfer into Aadhaar-seeded bank accounts

Answer

Cash disbursal through the Gram Panchayat

Answer

Account-payee cheques issued by the post office

Answer

Transfer to the State agriculture cooperative for onward payment

Question 6

With reference to the 22nd instalment of PM-KISAN released in March 2026, which of the following are correctly identified?

Accepted Answer

1, 2 and 3

Answer

2 and 4 only

Answer

1 and 4 only

Answer

1, 2, 3 and 4

Question 7

To receive benefits under PM-KISAN, how many of the following have been made mandatory for beneficiaries: (i) Aadhaar seeding of the bank account, (ii) completion of e-KYC, (iii) seeding of land records on the PM-KISAN portal?

Accepted Answer

All three

Answer

Only one

Answer

Only two

Answer

None

UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi to Release 22nd Instalment of PM-KISAN on 13th March; Union Agriculture Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan, shared these details

Q1. PM-KISAN is implemented at the level of the Union Government by which one of the following departments?

Q2. Under PM-KISAN, a pensioner is rendered ineligible only when the monthly pension is at least which one of the following amounts?

Q3. At its launch, PM-KISAN was restricted to Small and Marginal Farmer families holding cultivable land up to how many hectares?

Q4. PM-KISAN was formally launched by the Prime Minister, with the first transfer of funds, from which one of the following places?

Q5. As mandated under the PM-KISAN scheme guidelines, the ₹6,000 annual income support is transferred to beneficiaries exclusively through which one of the following modes?

Q6. With reference to the 22nd instalment of PM-KISAN released in March 2026, which of the following are correctly identified?

Q7. To receive benefits under PM-KISAN, how many of the following have been made mandatory for beneficiaries: (i) Aadhaar seeding of the bank account, (ii) completion of e-KYC, (iii) seeding of land records on the PM-KISAN portal?