UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Jaipur Regional Agri Conference Sets New Roadmap for Indian Agriculture
Q1. At the Western Regional (Zonal) Agriculture Conference held at Jaipur on 7 April 2026 under the 'One Agriculture – One Team' framework, farmers and officials from how many States were represented?
- A. Four
- B. Five
- C. Six
- D. Seven
Q2. The series of Regional/Zonal Agriculture Conferences, run under the 'One Agriculture – One Team' framework to localise central schemes, was initiated in which year by the Union Agriculture Minister?
- A. 2022
- B. 2023
- C. 2024
- D. 2025
Q3. The National Mission on Edible Oils – Oilseeds (NMEO-Oilseeds), to run from 2024-25 to 2030-31 with an outlay of ₹10,103 crore, was approved by the Union Cabinet in which year?
- A. 2018
- B. 2021
- C. 2024
- D. 2026
Q4. Under NMEO-Oilseeds, which one of the following is classified as a PRIMARY oilseed crop targeted for production enhancement (as distinct from a secondary source of edible oil)?
- A. Cottonseed
- B. Rice Bran
- C. Soybean
- D. Tree Borne Oils
Q5. With reference to the umbrella scheme Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay Sanrakshan Abhiyan (PM-AASHA), consider the following:
1. Price Support Scheme (PSS)
2. Price Deficiency Payment Scheme (PDPS)
3. Price Stabilisation Fund (PSF)
4. Market Assurance Scheme (MAS)
Which of the above is/are correctly identified as components of PM-AASHA?
- Price Support Scheme (PSS)
- Price Deficiency Payment Scheme (PDPS)
- Price Stabilisation Fund (PSF)
- Market Assurance Scheme (MAS)
- A. 1 and 2 only
- B. 1, 2 and 3
- C. 3 and 4 only
- D. 1, 2, 3 and 4
Q6. Which Ministry/Department is the nodal agency that operationalises the umbrella scheme PM-AASHA for MSP-based procurement of pulses, oilseeds and copra?
- A. Department of Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare (Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare)
- B. Department of Consumer Affairs (Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution)
- C. Ministry of Commerce & Industry
- D. Ministry of Food Processing Industries
Q7. The Digital Agriculture Mission — the umbrella under which the AgriStack-based nationwide Farmer ID is being rolled out — was approved by the Union Cabinet in which year?
- A. 2021
- B. 2022
- C. 2024
- D. 2026
Q8. The AgriStack-based Farmer ID, a digital identity linking a farmer's land records and crops sown, is being implemented by which Ministry?
- A. Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare
- B. Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology
- C. Ministry of Rural Development
- D. Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation
Q9. Under the National Mission on Natural Farming (NMNF), how many Krishi Sakhis / Community Resource Persons (CRPs) are proposed to be deployed for mobilisation and handholding of willing farmers in the clusters?
- A. 15,000
- B. 30,000
- C. 70,021
- D. 1,00,000
Q10. With reference to the National Mission on Natural Farming (NMNF), consider the following statements:
1. It is implemented as a mission of the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare.
2. It targets covering 1 crore farmers in willing Gram Panchayat clusters.
3. It aims to initiate natural farming on about 7.5 lakh hectares.
4. Its total outlay is funded entirely by the Central Government.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- It is implemented as a mission of the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare.
- It targets covering 1 crore farmers in willing Gram Panchayat clusters.
- It aims to initiate natural farming on about 7.5 lakh hectares.
- Its total outlay is funded entirely by the Central Government.
- A. 1, 2 and 3
- B. 1 and 4 only
- C. 2, 3 and 4
- D. 1, 2, 3 and 4
Q11. The Union Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare, which anchors the Regional Agri Conferences, is organised into how many Departments?
- A. Two
- B. Three
- C. Four
- D. Five