Indian Agriculture

1. Which is the highest food grain producing Indian state, as per 2013-14?

a) Madhya Pradesh
b) Punjab
c) Uttar Pradesh
d) Maharashtra

ANSWER: c) Uttar Pradesh

The leading state in food grain production is Uttar Pradesh with 19.09% share followed by Punjab with 10.49% share and Madhya Pradesh with 9.19% share.

2. Which is the highest coarse cereal producing Indian state, as per 2013-14?

a) Karnataka
b) Maharashtra
c) Rajasthan
d) Uttar Pradesh

ANSWER: c) Rajasthan

The leading state in coarse cereal production is Rajasthan with 16.06% share followed by Karnataka with 15.73% share and Maharashtra with 14.02% share.

3. Which is the highest Pulses producing Indian state, as per 2013-14?

a) Madhya Pradesh
b) Maharashtra
c) Uttar Pradesh
d) Rajasthan

ANSWER: a) Madhya Pradesh

The leading state in pulses production is Madhya Pradesh with 26.71% share followed by Maharashtra with 15.10% share and Uttar Pradesh with 12.42% share.

4. Which is the highest Oilseeds producing Indian state, as per 2013-14?

a) Gujarat
b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Rajasthan
d) Andhra Pradesh

ANSWER: b) Madhya Pradesh

The leading state in oilseeds production is Madhya Pradesh with 20.54% share followed by Rajasthan with 20.22% share and Gujarat with 18.81% share.

5. Which is the highest milk producing Indian state, as per 2012-13?

a) Andhra Pradesh
b) Punjab
c) Uttar Pradesh
d) Rajasthan

ANSWER: c) Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh is the leading state in milk production during 2012-13 followed by Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab.

Indian Agriculture

1. Which sector is the backbone of Indian economy?

a) Service Sector
b) Financial Sector
c) Tourism Sector
d) Agriculture Sector

ANSWER: d) Agriculture Sector

Agriculture is the pillar of the Indian economy because of its high share in employment and livelihood creation.

2. Which among the following is not a cereal?

a) Rice
b) Wheat
c) Gram
d) Maize

ANSWER: c) Gram

Food grains consist of cereals and pulses. Rice, wheat, jowar, bajra, maize, etc. are included among the cereals whereas gram, moong, masur, arhar, etc. are included among the pulses.

3. Who announced the introduction of National Food Security Act?

a) Pranab Mukherjee
b) Manmohan Singh
c) P.Chidambaram
d) Arun Jaitley

ANSWER: a) Pranab Mukherjee

On July 6, 2009, Finance Minister Mr.Pranab Mukherjee announced the introduction of National Food Security Act under which BPL families in rural and urban areas will be entitled by law to 25 kg. of wheat or rice per month at Rs. 3 per kg.

4. When was NFSM launched?

a) Mid of 9th Five-Year Plan
b) End of 10th Five-Year Plan
c) Mid of 11th Five-Year Plan
d) End of 11th Five-Year Plan

ANSWER: d) End of 11th Five-Year Plan

The Ministry of Agriculture has launched NFSM by the end of 11th Five-Year Plan (2007-08-2011-12) with an allocation of Rs. 4882.5 crore to increase the production of rice, wheat and pulses by 10, 8 and 2 million tonnes, respectively.

5. Who announced the launch of Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana?

a) Narendra Modi
b) Dr. Manmohan Singh
c) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
d) I.K.Gujral

ANSWER: b) Dr. Manmohan Singh

Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh announced the launch of Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana at the 53rd meeting of NDC with a Central allocation of Rs. 25,000 crore to increase the share of investment in agriculture in their state plans so as to hike agriculture and allied sector's growth from the existing 2% to 4%. 7,810.87 crore was the allocation under RKVY for the year 2011-12.