UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — AgriStack’s Farmers Registry Crosses 9.20 Crore Farmer IDs Nationwide

Q1. Within AgriStack's Digital Public Infrastructure, the 'Crop Sown Registry' is best described as which one of the following?

  • A. A database of crops sown by farmers, populated through the Digital Crop Survey and maintained by States/UTs
  • B. A registry of Aadhaar-linked unique Farmer IDs issued to landholding farmers
  • C. A set of geo-referenced cadastral maps of village land parcels
  • D. A high-resolution soil profile inventory at 1:10,000 scale

Q2. Among the three Digital Public Infrastructure pillars of the Digital Agriculture Mission, which one is itself built upon three foundational registries (Farmers' Registry, Geo-referenced Village Maps and Crop Sown Registry)?

  • A. Krishi Decision Support System (KDSS)
  • B. Soil Profile Mapping
  • C. AgriStack
  • D. Krishi-DSS Geoportal

Q3. How many Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) pillars are envisaged to be built under the Digital Agriculture Mission?

  • A. Two
  • B. Three
  • C. Four
  • D. Five

Q4. The unique Farmer ID issued under AgriStack is anchored to which one of the following as its core linking identifier?

  • A. Kisan Credit Card number
  • B. Aadhaar number
  • C. Land record (khasra/khatauni) number
  • D. PM-KISAN registration number

Q5. PM-KISAN benefits delivered through validated Farmer IDs are stated to be dedicated to women beneficiaries to the extent of more than what share?

  • A. More than 10%
  • B. More than 25%
  • C. Exactly 33%
  • D. Exactly 50%

Q6. Which State was highlighted as leveraging AgriStack to transfer over ₹14,000 crore to about 89 lakh farmers for Kharif 2025 crop losses within five days?

  • A. Bihar
  • B. Gujarat
  • C. Maharashtra
  • D. Madhya Pradesh

Q7. The phased Farmer ID generation targets of 6 crore, 3 crore and 2 crore (totalling 11 crore) are set respectively for which three financial years?

  • A. FY 2023-24, FY 2024-25 and FY 2025-26
  • B. FY 2024-25, FY 2025-26 and FY 2026-27
  • C. FY 2025-26, FY 2026-27 and FY 2027-28
  • D. FY 2022-23, FY 2023-24 and FY 2024-25

Q8. Which one of the following is the nodal implementing Ministry for AgriStack and the Digital Agriculture Mission?

  • A. Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
  • B. Ministry of Rural Development
  • C. Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare
  • D. Ministry of Panchayati Raj

Q9. Which one of the following is the foundational, federated Digital Public Infrastructure under which a unique Aadhaar-linked Farmer ID is issued, as distinct from a scheme portal or trading platform?

  • A. e-NAM (National Agriculture Market)
  • B. AgriStack
  • C. PM-KISAN portal
  • D. PMFBY (Fasal Bima) portal

Q10. The Krishi Decision Support System (KDSS), a national geospatial platform unifying remote-sensing data on crops, soil, weather and water, is one of the Digital Public Infrastructure pillars under which of the following?

  • A. National Mission on Natural Farming
  • B. Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana
  • C. Digital India Mission
  • D. Digital Agriculture Mission