UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Artificial Intelligence (AI) Transforming Indian Agriculture
Q1. Under the Digital Agriculture Mission, detailed maps on a 1:10,000 scale covering about 142 million hectares of the country's agricultural land are envisaged to be prepared. This exercise pertains to which one of the following?
- A. Comprehensive Soil Fertility and Profile Map
- B. Geo-Referenced Village Maps
- C. Crop Sown Registry
- D. Farmers Registry
Q2. With reference to the Digital Agriculture Mission, which one of the following statements is correct?
- A. It was approved by the Union Cabinet in September 2024 with a total outlay of ₹2,817 crore.
- B. It was approved by the Union Cabinet in 2021 with a total outlay of ₹1,940 crore.
- C. It was approved by the Union Cabinet in September 2024 with a total outlay of ₹1,940 crore.
- D. It was launched by NITI Aayog in September 2024 with a total outlay of ₹2,817 crore.
Q3. Which one of the following is the foundational registry of AgriStack that provides each farmer a unique digital identity (Farmer ID) linked to land records, crops cultivated and benefits availed?
- A. Farmers Registry
- B. Crop Sown Registry
- C. Geo-Referenced Village Maps
- D. Krishi Decision Support System
Q4. With reference to AgriStack under the Digital Agriculture Mission, consider the following statements:
1. AgriStack comprises three foundational registries—the Farmers Registry, the Crop Sown Registry and the Geo-Referenced Village Maps.
2. The Farmer IDs and registries under AgriStack are created and maintained solely by the Central Government.
3. AgriStack is one of the Digital Public Infrastructures created under the Digital Agriculture Mission.
4. Every farmer must compulsorily possess a Farmer ID to be eligible to contest Gram Panchayat elections.
Which of the above is/are correctly identified?
- AgriStack comprises three foundational registries—the Farmers Registry, the Crop Sown Registry and the Geo-Referenced Village Maps.
- The Farmer IDs and registries under AgriStack are created and maintained solely by the Central Government.
- AgriStack is one of the Digital Public Infrastructures created under the Digital Agriculture Mission.
- Every farmer must compulsorily possess a Farmer ID to be eligible to contest Gram Panchayat elections.
- A. 1 and 3
- B. 1, 2 and 3
- C. 2 and 4
- D. 1, 3 and 4
Q5. Which one of the following was launched in 2023 as a voice-enabled, AI-powered chatbot to answer farmers' queries on government schemes such as PM-Kisan, the Kisan Credit Card and PMFBY?
- A. Kisan e-Mitra
- B. National Pest Surveillance System
- C. CROPIC
- D. YES-TECH
Q6. The National Pest Surveillance System (NPSS) provides AI/ML-based pest and disease identification for how many crops?
- A. 15 crops
- B. 61 crops
- C. 66 crops
- D. 432 crops
Q7. Which one of the following developments occurred earliest in the evolution of India's digital-agriculture policy?
- A. Floating of the AgriStack concept by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
- B. Launch of the Kisan e-Mitra AI chatbot
- C. Cabinet approval of the Digital Agriculture Mission
- D. AI-based monsoon-onset forecasting pilot for Kharif season
Q8. Consider the following developments in India's digital-agriculture ecosystem and the years indicated against them:
1. Kisan e-Mitra AI chatbot launched — 2023
2. Cabinet approval of the Digital Agriculture Mission — 2024
3. National Pest Surveillance System launched — 2026
4. AI-based monsoon-onset forecasting pilot — Kharif 2025
Which of the above is/are NOT correctly matched?
- Kisan e-Mitra AI chatbot launched — 2023
- Cabinet approval of the Digital Agriculture Mission — 2024
- National Pest Surveillance System launched — 2026
- AI-based monsoon-onset forecasting pilot — Kharif 2025
- A. 3 only
- B. 1 and 2
- C. 3 and 4
- D. 2 only
Q9. With reference to the Krishi Decision Support System (Krishi-DSS), consider the following statements:
1. It is a geospatial decision-support platform integrating satellite imagery, weather, soil and water-resource data.
2. It is being developed using RISAT-1A and VEDAS of the Department of Space.
3. It generates outputs such as digital crop maps, yield estimates and drought and flood monitoring assessments.
4. It is a mobile chatbot that answers farmers' scheme queries in 11 regional languages.
Which of the above is/are correctly identified?
- It is a geospatial decision-support platform integrating satellite imagery, weather, soil and water-resource data.
- It is being developed using RISAT-1A and VEDAS of the Department of Space.
- It generates outputs such as digital crop maps, yield estimates and drought and flood monitoring assessments.
- It is a mobile chatbot that answers farmers' scheme queries in 11 regional languages.
- A. 1, 2 and 3
- B. 1 and 4
- C. 2, 3 and 4
- D. 1, 2, 3 and 4
Q10. The Krishi-DSS is being developed using which one of the following, described as India's first Radar Imaging Satellite?
- A. RISAT-1A
- B. Cartosat-3
- C. EOS-04
- D. Oceansat-3
Q11. With reference to the Yield Estimation System using Technology (YES-TECH), consider the following statements:
1. It assigns a minimum of 30% weightage to technology-based yield assessment under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana.
2. It uses remote sensing and AI-driven analytics for crop yield estimation.
3. It was introduced for paddy and wheat and later extended to soybean.
4. It is an AI chatbot deployed under the National Pest Surveillance System.
Which of the above is/are correctly identified?
- It assigns a minimum of 30% weightage to technology-based yield assessment under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana.
- It uses remote sensing and AI-driven analytics for crop yield estimation.
- It was introduced for paddy and wheat and later extended to soybean.
- It is an AI chatbot deployed under the National Pest Surveillance System.
- A. 1, 2 and 3
- B. 1 and 4
- C. 2 and 3 only
- D. 1, 2, 3 and 4
Q12. With reference to the institutional framework of the Digital Agriculture Mission, consider the following statements:
1. The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare is the nodal ministry for the Mission.
2. The AgriStack registries are created and maintained by State Governments/Union Territories.
3. The Mission follows a cooperative-federalism model in which registries are built by States and coordinated by the Centre.
4. The Mission is implemented by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) as the nodal ministry.
Which of the above is/are correctly identified?
- The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare is the nodal ministry for the Mission.
- The AgriStack registries are created and maintained by State Governments/Union Territories.
- The Mission follows a cooperative-federalism model in which registries are built by States and coordinated by the Centre.
- The Mission is implemented by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) as the nodal ministry.
- A. 1, 2 and 3
- B. 1 and 4
- C. 2, 3 and 4
- D. 3 and 4