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Questions : Consider the following statements:
  1. Saumitra Chaudhuri Committee has been appointed to recommend revisions to Consumer Price Index
  2. Average annual growth of the agriculture sector in the Eleventh Five Year Plan was 5.3%.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 and 2

(b) 1 only

(c) 2 only

(d) None

The correct answers to the above question in:

Answer: (d)

Saumitra Chaudhuri Committee has been appointed to recommend revisions to Wholesale Price Index. Average annual growth of the agriculture sector in the Eleventh Five Year plan was 3.3%.

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Question : 1

Which of the following is the largest fertiliser producer in India?

a) Indian Farmers Fertiliser Corporation Limited

b) Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd.

c) Coromande International Ltd.

d) Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd.

Answer: (a)

Indian Farmers Fertiliser Co-operative Limited (IFFCO) was registered on November 3, 1967 as a Multi-unit Co-operative Society.

Question : 2

Consider the following statements :

  1. India is the 4th largest producer of Natural Rubber in the world
  2. India in the world, shares more than 8.0% in the Natural Rubber Production.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

a) Both 1 and 2

b) 1 only

c) 2 only

d) Neither 1 nor 2

Answer: (a)

India is the fourth largest producer, of natural rubber and fifth largest consumer of natural rubber and synthetic rubber together in the world. India in the world, shares more than 8.0% in the Natural Rubber Production.

Question : 3

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 of these

Answer: (c)

Question : 4

The Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act was legislated in

a) 1976

b) 1974

c) 1977

d) 1978

Answer: (a)

The Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976 was enacted to provide for the abolition of bonded labour system with a view to prevent the economic and physical exploitation of the weaker sections of the society.

It freed all the bonded labourers from bondage with simultaneous liquidation of their debts.

It made the practice of bondage a cognisable offence punishable by law. The Act is being administered and implemented by the Ministry of Labour and the State governments concerned.

Question : 5

Which of the following ministeries is implementing the National Bamboo Mission in India?

a) Ministry of Rural development

b) Ministry of Science and Technology

c) Ministry of Agriculture

d) Ministry of North-Eastern Region

Answer: (c)

The National Bamboo Mission is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme in which the contribution of the Central Government will be 100%.

The Scheme is implemented by the Division of Horticulture under the Department of Agriculture and Cooperation in the Ministry of Agriculture.

Question : 6

Which one of the following Co-Operative societies is responsible for the production of fertilizers?

a) IFFCO

b) NCDC

c) NAFED

d) TRI FED

Answer: (a)

Indian Farmer Fertilizer Cooperative Ltd (IFFCO) is the cooperative society responsible for the production of fertilizers.

Indian Farmers Fertiliser Co-operative Limited (IFFCO) was registered on November 3, 1967, as a Multi-unit Co-operative Society.

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