UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Shri Amit Shah to launch NAFED’s auction portal ‘NAFEX.in’ in New Delhi

Q1. Under which one of the following laws is the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED) registered?

  • A. Multi-State Cooperative Societies Act, 2002
  • B. Companies Act, 2013
  • C. Societies Registration Act, 1860
  • D. Co-operative Societies Act, 1912

Q2. In the context of recent initiatives of NAFED launched under the Ministry of Cooperation, 'NAFEX.in' is best described as which one of the following?

  • A. A digital auction portal for the transparent e-auction of agricultural produce
  • B. An inventory management portal for stocks of pulses and oilseeds
  • C. A scholarship scheme for the children of farmers
  • D. An enterprise resource planning (ERP) portal for internal organisational efficiency

Q3. Consider the following NAFED initiatives launched/announced alongside its 'NAFEX.in' auction portal. Which of the above are correctly identified?

  1. NAFEX.in — a digital auction portal to bring transparency to agricultural produce auctions
  2. DRISHTI — a portal for inventory management of pulses and oilseeds
  3. NAFED-KALYAN — a scholarship scheme for children of farmers
  4. ERP portal — a crop-insurance claim settlement platform exclusively for Farmer Producer Organisations
  • A. 1 and 3 only
  • B. 1, 2 and 3 only
  • C. 2 and 4 only
  • D. 1, 2, 3 and 4

Q4. NAFED, the apex cooperative body whose 'NAFEX.in' auction portal was launched in 2026, functions under the administrative control of which one of the following Union ministries?

  • A. Ministry of Cooperation
  • B. Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
  • C. Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
  • D. Ministry of Commerce and Industry

Q5. Direct procurement of notified pulses, oilseeds and copra from farmers at the Minimum Support Price by NAFED is carried out under which one of the following components of PM-AASHA?

  • A. Price Support Scheme (PSS)
  • B. Price Deficiency Payment Scheme (PDPS)
  • C. Market Intervention Scheme (MIS)
  • D. Price Stabilisation Fund (PSF)

Q6. Under the Mission for Aatmanirbharta in Pulses (approved 2025), which one of the following is the apex cooperative marketing agency tasked with assured procurement of the target pulses at MSP?

  • A. Food Corporation of India (FCI)
  • B. National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED)
  • C. Small Farmers' Agri-Business Consortium (SFAC)
  • D. National Cooperative Consumers' Federation (NCCF)

Q7. The 'Mission for Aatmanirbharta in Pulses', approved by the Union Cabinet with an outlay of ₹11,440 crore, covers which one of the following implementation periods?

  • A. 2024-25 to 2029-30
  • B. 2025-26 to 2030-31
  • C. 2025-26 to 2029-30
  • D. 2026-27 to 2031-32

Q8. The national-level committee that drafted the National Cooperation Policy 2025 was chaired by which one of the following?

  • A. Shri Suresh Prabhu
  • B. Shri Dilip Sanghani
  • C. Shri Jethabhai Ahir
  • D. Shri Deepak Agarwal

Q9. Which of the following are correctly identified as provisions introduced by the Multi-State Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Act, 2023?

  1. Establishment of a Co-operative Election Authority to conduct and supervise elections to the boards of multi-state cooperative societies.
  2. Appointment of one or more Co-operative Ombudsman by the Central Government to inquire into members' complaints.
  3. Mandatory inclusion on the board of directors of one Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe member and two women members.
  4. A requirement of prior permission of the Reserve Bank of India before redemption of a society's shareholding.
  • A. 1, 2 and 3 only
  • B. 2 and 4 only
  • C. 1 and 3 only
  • D. 1, 2, 3 and 4