UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Fresh drive for kitchen garden in Madras

Q1. In the context of the City Vegetable Scheme, the term 'belt areas' referred to which one of the following?

  • A. Peri-urban zones around the city earmarked for organised vegetable cultivation to feed the city
  • B. Green strips reserved along city roads for ornamental horticulture
  • C. Zones within the city where seed-and-seedling selling booths were concentrated
  • D. Coastal stretches set aside for salinity-tolerant vegetable varieties

Q2. The 1976 revival of the scheme proposed extending the peri-urban horticultural green-belt model beyond Madras to how many other Tamil Nadu cities?

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

Q3. The proposed green-belt vegetable expansion of the mid-1970s was to be carried out under which one of the following?

  • A. The Tamil Nadu Agriculture Department
  • B. The Tamil Nadu Horticulture and Plantation Crops Department
  • C. The National Horticulture Board
  • D. The Union Ministry of Agriculture

Q4. With reference to Tamil Nadu's horticulture administration, the Tamil Nadu Horticulture Development Agency (TANHODA) is best described as which one of the following?

  • A. A State Special Purpose Vehicle that implements centrally-assisted horticulture schemes such as MIDH–National Horticulture Mission
  • B. A central public sector undertaking under the Union Agriculture Ministry that markets horticultural produce
  • C. A statutory regulator that fixes plantation-crop prices in Tamil Nadu
  • D. A cooperative federation of terrace-garden growers based in Chennai

Q5. As a Special Purpose Vehicle, TANHODA was set up to execute how many of the following centrally-assisted schemes — MIDH–National Horticulture Mission, PMKSY–Micro Irrigation, National Bamboo Mission, and National Mission on Medicinal Plants?

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

Q6. Poshan Vatikas (nutri-gardens) are promoted as part of a nutrition programme implemented by which one of the following?

  • A. Ministry of Women and Child Development
  • B. Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
  • C. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
  • D. Ministry of Rural Development