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

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: (b)

The scheme of the National Watershed Development Project for Rainfed Areas(NWDPRA) was launched in 1990-91 in 25 States and 2 Union Territories based on twin concepts of integrated watershed management and sustainable farming systems.

At present, this scheme is being implemented as a programme of Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Macro Management of Agriculture in 28 States and 2 Union Territories.

Answer: (c)

The Agricultural Prices Commission was set up in January 1965 to advise the Government on the price policy of major agricultural commodities with a view to evolving a balance and integrated price structure in the perspective of the overall needs of the economy and with due regard to the interests of the producer and the consumer.

Since March 1985, the Commission has been known as Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices.

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: (a)

Central Issue Price (CIP) is the price at which food grains (wheat and rice) are issued to the state governments/ UTs from the central pool at uniform prices for distribution under TPDS.

CIP is fixed by the Department of Food and Public Distribution, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. CIP for rice and wheat has been fixed at Rs. 3/kg and Rs. 2/kg respectively in the National Food Security Act 2013, which should be revised in three years.

The eligible households get the food grains at the same price of Rs. 3/kg rice, Rs. 2/kg wheat and Rs. 1/kg coarse grains.

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.