UPSC Agriculture – Chapter 6: Agricultural Research, Extension and Technology Missions (22 MCQs)
UPSC Agriculture – Chapter 6: Agricultural Research, Extension and Technology Missions (22 MCQs) – 22 questions, subject: Agriculture. Every question has the correct answer with a one-line explanation; tap "Show Answer". Free practice for TNPSC, UPSC, SSC, Bank and RRB exams – Shanmugam IAS Academy, Coimbatore.
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The Indian Council of Agricultural Research was set up in:
Correct Answer: A [1929]
Explanation:
ICAR was set up in July 1929 as a registered society on the advice of the Royal Commission on Agriculture.
India's first State Agricultural University was set up in 1960 at:
Correct Answer: A [Pantnagar]
Explanation:
G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, opened in 1960 as India's first State Agricultural University on the land-grant model.
The Imperial Agricultural Research Institute was first established in 1905 at:
Correct Answer: D [Pusa, Bihar]
Explanation:
The Imperial Agricultural Research Institute began at Pusa in Bihar in 1905 and moved to New Delhi only in 1936.
ICRISAT has its headquarters at:
Correct Answer: C [Patancheru, India]
Explanation:
ICRISAT, set up in 1972, has its global headquarters at Patancheru near Hyderabad, India.
The first Krishi Vigyan Kendra was set up in 1974 at:
Correct Answer: A [Puducherry]
Explanation:
The first Krishi Vigyan Kendra was set up in 1974 at Puducherry under Tamil Nadu Agricultural University.
The Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA) works mainly at the:
Correct Answer: B [district level]
Explanation:
ATMA is a district-level society that runs demand-driven extension with farmers' groups and line departments across the district's blocks.
Kisan Call Centres, giving toll-free telephone advice to farmers, began in:
Correct Answer: C [2004]
Explanation:
Kisan Call Centres were launched on 21 January 2004 to give farmers toll-free advice in local languages.
The Technology Mission on Cotton, aimed at the productivity and quality of cotton, was launched in:
Correct Answer: D [2000]
Explanation:
The Government launched the Technology Mission on Cotton in February 2000 to raise cotton productivity and quality.
NICRA, launched by the ICAR in 2011, deals with:
Correct Answer: B [climate-resilient agriculture]
Explanation:
NICRA is an ICAR network project, launched in 2011, on research and demonstration of climate-resilient agriculture.
Consider the following statements:
1. ICAR is a registered society.
2. The Secretary of DARE is also the Director-General of ICAR.
3. ICAR is a statutory body created by an Act of Parliament.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Correct Answer: B [1 and 2 only]
Explanation:
ICAR is a registered society, not a statutory body, and the Secretary of DARE also serves as its Director-General.
Assertion (A): Genome sequencing can shorten the time needed to develop new crop varieties.
Reason (R): It helps to identify genetic markers for traits such as disease resistance, which breeders can select directly.
Correct Answer: A [Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A]
Explanation:
Both are true, and the markers that sequencing identifies let breeders select traits directly, which is why breeding time falls.
In 2022, India exempted from the strict GM rules those genome-edited plants that:
Correct Answer: C [are free of foreign DNA (SDN-1 and SDN-2)]
Explanation:
The 2022 exemption covers SDN-1 and SDN-2 genome-edited plants that carry no foreign DNA.
The IRRI South Asia Regional Centre was set up in 2018 at:
Correct Answer: D [Varanasi]
Explanation:
The IRRI South Asia Regional Centre was inaugurated at Varanasi in December 2018 for rice research.
The Royal Commission on Agriculture (1926–28), which led to the ICAR, was chaired by:
Correct Answer: D [Lord Linlithgow]
Explanation:
Lord Linlithgow chaired the Royal Commission on Agriculture (1926–28), whose advice led to ICAR in 1929.
The Lab to Land Programme of ICAR began in:
Correct Answer: C [1979]
Explanation:
ICAR launched the Lab to Land Programme in 1979, under which scientists adopted farm families.
The Central Agricultural University at Imphal mainly serves:
Correct Answer: B [the North-Eastern States]
Explanation:
The Central Agricultural University, Imphal, set up in 1993, serves the North-Eastern States.
Arrange the following in chronological order:
1. Kisan Call Centres
2. ICAR
3. IARI at Pusa
4. First Krishi Vigyan Kendra
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Correct Answer: C [3-2-4-1]
Explanation:
1905, 1929, 1974, 2004.
Which of the following is a mandate crop of ICRISAT?
Correct Answer: A [Pigeon pea]
Explanation:
Pigeon pea is one of ICRISAT's mandate crops, with sorghum, pearl millet, chickpea and groundnut.
The National Food Security Mission was launched in:
Correct Answer: B [2007-08]
Explanation:
The National Food Security Mission was launched in 2007-08 to raise output of rice, wheat and pulses.
Village knowledge centres that use ICT for farm extension were pioneered by:
Correct Answer: D [the M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation]
Explanation:
MSSRF, Chennai (1988).
With reference to 'Initiative for Nutritional Security through Intensive Millets Promotion', which of the following statements is/are correct?
1. This initiative aims to demonstrate the improved production and post-harvest technologies, and to demonstrate value addition techniques, in an integrated manner, with cluster approach.
2. Poor, small, marginal and tribal farmers have a larger stake in this scheme.
3. An important objective of the scheme is to encourage farmers of commercial crops to shift to millet cultivation by offering them free kits of critical inputs of nutrients and micro irrigation equipment.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Correct Answer: C [1 and 2 only]
Explanation:
INSIMP demonstrated production and post-harvest technologies in clusters, with poor, small, marginal and tribal farmers having the larger stake.
With reference to agriculture in India, how can the technique of 'genome sequencing', often seen in the news, be used in the immediate future?
1. Genome sequencing can be used to identify genetic markers for disease resistance and drought tolerance in various crop plants.
2. This technique helps in reducing the time required to develop new varieties of crop plants.
3. It can be used to decipher the host-pathogen relationships in crops.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Correct Answer: D [1, 2 and 3]
Explanation:
Sequencing finds markers for disease resistance and drought tolerance, shortens breeding time and helps decipher host–pathogen relationships, so all three are correct.
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