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Questions : In the context of the food and nutritional security of India, enhancing the ‘Seed Replacement Rates’ of various crops helps in achieving the food production targets of the future. But what is/are the constraints/ constraints in its wider/greater implementation?
  1. There is no National Seeds Policy in place.
  2. There is no participation of private sector seed companies in the supply of quality seeds of vegetables and planting materials of horticultural crops.
  3. There is a demand-supply gap regarding quality seeds in the case of low value and high volume crops.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.

(a) 2 and 3

(b) 1 and 2

(c) 3 only

(d) None

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (c)

We have a National Seed policy made in 2002.

So 1 is not a constraint. The private sector produces high-priced seeds but in lower volume. It supplies nearly the entire hybrid seeds required for vegetables.

So 2 is not a constraint. In the case of low value and high volume crops such as wheat and rice, farmers tend to use their own preserved seeds as there is a demand and supply gap.

So 3 is a constraint.

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Question : 1

Consider the following:

  1. Prevent Black marketing
  2. Trade and earn revenue
  3. Become the sole controller of food grain supply
Which among the above is/ are the primary objective of the government to buy food grains directly from the farmers?

a) Only 2 & 3

b) Only 1

c) Only 1 & 3

d) 1, 2 & 3

Answer: (b)

Question : 2

Consider the following statements regarding “National Gene Fund”:

  1. It has been established under the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers Rights Act 2001
  2. It has been established under the Indian Patent Act of 1970
  3. It will receive benefit-sharing from the breeder
Select the correct answer using the code given below:

a) (i) & (ii) only

b) (i) only

c) (ii) only

d) (i) & (iii) only

Answer: (d)

As per the Protection of Plant Variety and Farmers Rights Act, 2001 Section 45, “National Gene Fund” has been constituted to receive (or give) contributions from:

The Breeder will have to pay royalty which will go to the National Gene Fund

The amount of the benefit sharing to a variety will have to be deposited by the breeder of such variety to the National Gene Fund.

If someone gives a claim that the genetic material possessed by him was used in the· development of the seed variety by the breeder then the claimant will get benefit sharing from the National Gene Fund

Question : 3

National Agriculture Insurance Scheme replacing comprehensive crop Insurance scheme was introduced in the year

a) 1998

b) 1999

c) 1997

d) 2000

Answer: (b)

In the year 1999, the National Agriculture Insurance Scheme was introduced by replacing the comprehensive crop Insurance Scheme.

NAIS covers all food crops (cereals and pulses), oilseeds, horticultural and commercial crops.

It covers all farmers, both loanees and non-loanees, under the scheme.

Question : 4

Consider the following statements:

  1. National Agricultural Insurance Scheme (NAIS) was launched in 1999.
  2. The growth rate of the primary sector of the Indian Economy sector never reached 8% during the planning history of the Indian economy.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

a) 1 and 2

b) 1 only

c) 2 only

d) None

Answer: (b)

In the year 1999, the National Agricultural Insurance Scheme was introduced by replacing the Comprehensive Crop Insurance Scheme.

NAIS covers all food crops (cereals and pulses), oilseeds, horticultural and commercial crops. It covers all farmers, both loanees and non-loanees, under the scheme.

The growth rate of the primary sector reached above 8% with the green revolution.

Question : 5

On which of the following item groups, is the share of food expenditures increasing at the fastest rate in India?

a) Pulses

b) Cereals

c) Milk and its Products

d) Vegetables

Answer: (c)

Milk and milk products exhibited high rates of inflation recently.

Pulses, MFE, and milk and milk products which together constituted around 30 per cent of the total food expenditure in 2009-10 (2004-05=100, as per the 66th NSSO Round) were responsible for around 42 per cent of food inflation during the latter period.

This signifies that protein sources of food, both plant and animal, have emerged as an important driver of food inflation in recent periods.

Question : 6

Consider the following reasons :

  1. Lack of irrigation facilities, low productivity of land.
  2. Single crop mode of cultivation.
  3. Indian Agriculture gamble on the monsoon.
Which of the reasons given above is/are responsible for the migration of people from rural to urban areas

a) 1 and 3

b) 1, 2 and 3

c) 2 and 3

d) 2 only

Answer: (b)

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