UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Centre, States Align to Scale AgriStack Across Schemes and Services at the National Workshop on AgriStack

Q1. Which of the following are correctly identified as the three foundational registries of AgriStack?

  1. Farmers' Registry
  2. Geo-referenced Village Maps
  3. Crop Sown Registry
  4. Soil Profile Registry
  • A. 1, 2 and 3
  • B. 1, 2 and 4
  • C. 2, 3 and 4
  • D. 1, 3 and 4

Q2. In the context of AgriStack, the term 'Farmer ID' ('Kisan ki Pehchaan') is best described as which one of the following?

  • A. A trusted digital identity for farmers, similar to Aadhaar, dynamically linked to land records, crops sown and scheme benefits
  • B. A physical smart card issued only to Kisan Credit Card holders to authorise MSP procurement
  • C. A unique registration number assigned to each Farmer Producer Organisation (FPO)
  • D. A biometric authentication device installed at Common Service Centres for scheme enrolment

Q3. Under the AgriStack Farmer ID target of 11 crore, in which single financial year is the largest number of Farmer IDs planned to be generated?

  • A. FY 2023-24
  • B. FY 2024-25
  • C. FY 2025-26
  • D. FY 2026-27

Q4. AgriStack, India's core Digital Public Infrastructure for agriculture, is operationalised by which one of the following?

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

Q5. Consider the following pairs of Digital Agriculture Mission components and their descriptions. Which one of the pairs is NOT correctly matched?

  1. AgriStack — comprises three foundational registries including the Farmers' Registry
  2. Krishi Decision Support System — a geospatial system unifying remote-sensing data on crops, soil, weather and water
  3. Soil Profile Mapping — detailed soil profile maps on a 1:10,000 scale
  4. Farmer ID — a physical Kisan Credit Card issued for MSP procurement
  • A. 1 only
  • B. 2 only
  • C. 3 only
  • D. 4 only

Q6. The Digital Agriculture Mission, the umbrella scheme operationalising AgriStack, was formally sanctioned under whose authority and in which year?

  • A. The Union Cabinet, in September 2024
  • B. The NITI Aayog Governing Council, in 2023
  • C. The Inter-State Council, in 2024
  • D. The Department of Agriculture through an executive order, in 2021

Q7. Under the Digital Agriculture Mission administered by the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare, digital Farmer IDs are targeted to be issued to how many crore farmers?

  • A. 6 crore
  • B. 9 crore
  • C. 11 crore
  • D. 14 crore