UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — 11 crore farmers get digital ID to access public schemes

Q1. With reference to the State List in the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India, consider the following statements: Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. The entry on agriculture expressly includes agricultural education and research.
  2. The relation of landlord and tenant is covered by the State List entry on land.
  3. Agricultural loans are covered by the State List entry on land, even though banking is a Union subject.
  • A. 1 and 2 only
  • B. 2 and 3 only
  • C. 1 and 3 only
  • D. 1, 2 and 3

Q2. Consider the following assertion: AgriStack is designed as digital public infrastructure rather than as a beneficiary database for any single scheme. Which of the following statements support the above assertion?

  1. A farmer's digital identity is linked to land records, crops sown and benefits availed, so that one verification can serve many schemes and services.
  2. Analytical systems such as the Krishi Decision Support System are meant to draw on shared data layers instead of every programme compiling its own records.
  3. The central share of the Mission's outlay is provided from the Union budget through the agriculture ministry.
  • A. 2 and 3 only
  • B. 1 and 2 only
  • C. 1, 2 and 3
  • D. 1 only

Q3. Consider the following statements: Which of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

  1. A farmer-identification system built from land records risks leaving out tenant cultivators in areas where tenancies are oral and unrecorded.
  2. Land revenue, including the maintenance of land records and records of rights, is a subject in the State List.
  • A. Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct and Statement-II explains Statement-I
  • B. Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct, but Statement-II does not explain Statement-I
  • C. Statement-I is correct, but Statement-II is incorrect
  • D. Statement-I is incorrect, but Statement-II is correct

Q4. Under the Digital Agriculture Mission, each farmer gets a verified Farmer ID linked to land records and crops sown. Consider the following possible effects: Which of the above can reasonably be expected from such linkage?

  1. Duplicate claims made on the same landholding under different names become easier to detect.
  2. Banks and insurers can check a farmer's landholding and crop sown digitally while processing crop loans or insurance.
  3. Relief for crop loss can be directed to farmers recorded as having sown the affected crop on the affected plots.
  4. The Farmer ID itself works as a bank account into which subsidies are credited, so a separate bank account is no longer needed.
  • A. 1, 2 and 3 only
  • B. 1, 2, 3 and 4
  • C. 2, 3 and 4 only
  • D. 1 and 2 only

Q5. With reference to the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, consider the following statements: Which of the statements given above are correct?

  1. The Act applies in the same way to personal data kept only in physical paper registers that are never digitised.
  2. Processing by the State to provide benefits, services, licences or permits is among the legitimate uses that need no fresh consent, subject to conditions in the Act.
  3. A Data Protection Board established by the Central Government adjudicates non-compliance and can impose monetary penalties.
  • A. 1 and 3 only
  • B. 1 and 2 only
  • C. 2 and 3 only
  • D. 1, 2 and 3

Q6. Consider the following statements: Which of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

  1. The Crop Sown Registry under AgriStack is to be updated through digital crop surveys conducted in every crop season.
  2. The crop grown on a given plot can change from one season to the next, while the ownership of the plot usually stays the same.
  • A. Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct and Statement-II explains Statement-I
  • B. Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct, but Statement-II does not explain Statement-I
  • C. Statement-I is correct, but Statement-II is incorrect
  • D. Statement-I is incorrect, but Statement-II is correct