agriculture sector subsidy & food processing section 5 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (d)

The percentage of the agricultural land is very high in all the given states except Sikkim. Approximately it is Haryana 4402000 (hectare), Punjab (5033000 Hectares) UP (29767000 Hectares) and Sikkim 710000 Hectares

Answer: (d)

Dr V. Kurien is known as the father of the ‘White Revolution’ in India. Verghese Kurien was a renowned Indian social entrepreneur and is best known as the “Father of the White Revolution”, for his ‘billion-litre idea’ (Operation Flood) — the world’s biggest agricultural development programme.

The operation took India from being a milk-deficient nation to the largest milk producer in the world. He was also the founder of AMUL.

Answer: (d)

The coffee industry of India is the sixth-largest producer of coffee in the world, accounting for over four per cent of world coffee production, with the bulk of all production taking place in its Southern states. India is most noted for its Indian Kathlekhan Superior variety.

It is believed that coffee has been cultivated in India longer than anywhere outside of the Arabian Peninsula. India exported over 440,000 pounds of coffee in the 2005-2006 season, slightly less than in 2005 and nearly 5 per cent less than 2004.

Over a quarter of India’s coffee exports go to Italy. Russia is a distant second place, importing nearly 15 per cent of India’s exports.

Answer: (a)

In integrated pest management, Economic Threshold Limit is the insect’s population level or extent of crop damage at which the value of the damaged crops exceeds the cost of controlling the pests.

Central Institute of Cotton Research (CICR), Nagpur, in June 2019 said that the Pink Bollworm infestation on cotton crops has crossed the “Economic Threshold limit” in some parts of Maharashtra.

Answer: (b)

Answer: (b)

Private Entrepreneurs Guarantee (PEG) Scheme was formulated in 2008, for construction of storage godowns in Public-Private Partnership (PPP) mode through private entrepreneurs, Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) and State Warehousing Corporations (SWCs) to overcome storage constraints and ensure safe stocking of food grains across the country.

Assessment of additional storage capacities required under the scheme is based on the overall procurement/ consumption pattern and storage space already available.

Under the PEG scheme, no funds are allocated by the Central Government for the construction of godowns and full investment is done by the private parties/CWC/State Agencies by arranging their own funds and also the land.

After a godown is constructed and taken over, FCI gives a guarantee of rent for 10 years in the case of private investors and for 9 years in the case of CWC/SWCs/State Agencies, irrespective of the quantum of food grains stored.