agriculture sector subsidy & food processing section 5 Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

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: (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: (a)

The Technology Mission on Oil Seeds was launched by the central government in 1986.

The National Agriculture Insurance Scheme was launched from 1999–2000.

The Kisan Credit Card Scheme was launched in August 1998,

Kisan Call Centre was launched in January 2004.