UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Hon’ble Union Minister FAHD Shri Rajiv Ranjan Singh inaugurated the Smart Green Aquaculture Farm and Research Institute and State-of-the-art Aquaculture System (RAS) Facility in Ranga Reddy District, Telangana

Q1. What is the total financial outlay of the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) for its scheme period 2020-21 to 2024-25?

  • A. Rs 6,000 crore
  • B. Rs 9,407 crore
  • C. Rs 20,050 crore
  • D. Rs 63,000 crore

Q2. Under which programme is Recirculatory Aquaculture System (RAS) technology being promoted by the Department of Fisheries across all States and Union Territories?

  • A. Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana
  • B. Blue Revolution (erstwhile CSS on Integrated Development of Fisheries)
  • C. Pradhan Mantri Matsya Kisan Samridhi Sah-Yojana
  • D. Fisheries and Aquaculture Infrastructure Development Fund

Q3. In a Recirculatory Aquaculture System (RAS), the biofilter primarily performs which one of the following functions?

  • A. Converts toxic ammonia/ammonium in the water into less-harmful nitrate through nitrification
  • B. Strips dissolved carbon dioxide out of the water column
  • C. Kills water-borne bacteria and pathogens using ultraviolet radiation
  • D. Mechanically screens out suspended solid particles and uneaten feed

Q4. In which year was the Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) first successfully introduced and hatched in Indian waters?

  • A. 1863
  • B. 1907
  • C. 1909
  • D. 1932

Q5. Which one of the following regions is the largest producer of Rainbow Trout in India?

  • A. North-Western Himalayan region
  • B. Nilgiri Hills of the Western Ghats
  • C. North-Eastern Himalayan region
  • D. Central Himalayan region

Q6. In which year was a separate Department of Fisheries carved out at the Union level, prior to the creation of a standalone Ministry?

  • A. 2014
  • B. 2019
  • C. 2020
  • D. 2009

Q7. The Union Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying is correctly described as comprising which of the following?

  • A. Two departments — the Department of Fisheries and the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying
  • B. A single unified Department of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
  • C. Three departments — Fisheries; Animal Husbandry; and Dairy Development
  • D. A Department of Fisheries functioning under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare

Q8. At the inauguration of the Smart Green Aquaculture Farm and RAS Facility in Ranga Reddy, how many Union Ministers of State for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying were present alongside the Cabinet Minister?

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

Q9. The Smart Green Aquaculture Farm and Research Institute inaugurated in Ranga Reddy is described as 'India's first' of which kind?

  • A. India's first commercial-scale tropical RAS-based Rainbow Trout aquaculture farm, farming a cold-water species year-round in a tropical climate
  • B. India's first Recirculatory Aquaculture System facility of any kind
  • C. India's first rainbow trout hatchery, ending reliance on imported ova
  • D. India's first organic fisheries cluster

Q10. As of the latest official figures, India ranks as which largest fish-producing country in the world?

  • A. First largest
  • B. Second largest
  • C. Third largest
  • D. Fourth largest

Q11. Ranga Reddy district of Telangana is named after K.V. Ranga Reddy, who is best identified as which one of the following?

  • A. A former Deputy Chief Minister of undivided Andhra Pradesh
  • B. The first Chief Minister of Telangana
  • C. The last Prime Minister of the Nizam of Hyderabad's state
  • D. A former Governor of Andhra Pradesh