UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — National Agriculture Market (e-NAM)

Q1. The National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) electronic trading platform is implemented by which one of the following bodies?

  • A. Small Farmers' Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC)
  • B. National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED)
  • C. National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)
  • D. Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA)

Q2. e-NAM is classified as a 'Central Sector Scheme'. In this context, what does this classification precisely imply about its funding?

  • A. It is funded 100% by the Central Government
  • B. It is funded on a 60:40 Centre–State sharing basis
  • C. It is funded on a 50:50 Centre–State sharing basis
  • D. It is funded 90:10 by the Centre and the States

Q3. Which one of the following best describes the National Agriculture Market (e-NAM)?

  • A. A pan-India electronic trading portal that networks existing APMC mandis into a unified national market
  • B. A new chain of physical mega-mandis constructed by the Centre to replace State APMC yards
  • C. A central procurement agency that purchases produce at Minimum Support Price
  • D. A commodity derivatives and futures exchange regulated by SEBI

Q4. In which year was online inter-State trading operationalised on the e-NAM platform, marking its expansion beyond intra-mandi trade?

  • A. 2018
  • B. 2016
  • C. 2020
  • D. 2022

Q5. Which one of the following statements about e-NAM around its 10th anniversary (data up to February 2026) is correct?

  • A. It has onboarded 1,656 mandis since inception
  • B. It has integrated all wholesale APMC mandis in every State and Union Territory
  • C. It always guarantees a Minimum Support Price for every commodity traded on it
  • D. It has completely eliminated the role of intermediaries in agricultural marketing

Q6. Under the e-NAM Platform of Platforms, which single category of service providers offers holistic, end-to-end services (including quality analysis, trading, payment systems and logistics) rather than a single specialised function?

  • A. Composite Service Providers
  • B. Logistics Service Providers
  • C. Quality Assurance Service Providers
  • D. Warehousing Facility Service Providers

Q7. As on February 2026, mandis integrated with e-NAM are spread across how many States and Union Territories?

  • A. 23 States and 4 Union Territories
  • B. 18 States and 3 Union Territories
  • C. 27 States and 5 Union Territories
  • D. 21 States and 8 Union Territories

Q8. e-NAM operates as a scheme of which one of the following Union Ministries?

  • A. Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare
  • B. Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
  • C. Ministry of Commerce and Industry
  • D. Ministry of Rural Development

Q9. e-NAM won the Platinum Award in the 'Digital Empowerment of Citizens' category of the Digital India Awards held in which year?

  • A. 2022
  • B. 2020
  • C. 2021
  • D. 2023