Expected Agriculture & Rural Development (ARD) Questions for NABARD | Set-20

Correct Answer – B. Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme (AIPB)

Explanation: Tranche-II in MDS-I (Major irrigation project) and Kansbahal (Medium irrigation project) Commands during 2017-18 under “Orissa Integrated Irrigated Agriculture and Water Management Programme (OIIAWMP)” was funded from Agricultural Development Bank (ADB). These projects come under Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme (AIBP).

Correct Answer – A. PDS has been abandoned in the country since 2007

Explanation: PDS has been abandoned in the country since 2007 is the incorrect statement.  The PDS scheme was first started on 14 January 1945.  It is considered to be the most important food security network.

Correct Answer – C. 2022

Explanation: With food grain stocks held by Food Corporation of India (FCI) in the central pool has hit 6 year high, the Government plans to increase allocations to below-poverty-line (BPL) families. Additionally, the Food Corporation of India has commissioned a new roadmap to speed up silo construction to meet its target of 100 lakh tonnes of storage space by 2022. FCI was set up in 1965 (under the Food Corporation Act, 1964) with three basic objectives.

Correct Answer – A. Bharat Nirman

Explanation: National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) was launched under Bharat Nirman by UPA Government with objective of ensuring provision of safe and adequate drinking water supply through hand-pumps, piped water supply etc. to all rural areas, households and persons. This programme was launched after merging the three erstwhile programmes on Accelerated Rural Water Supply Programme-ARWSP; Swajaldhara and National Rural Water Quality Monitoring & Surveillance.

The NRDWP has the following six components:

1. NRDWP (Coverage),
2. NRDWP (Sustainability)
3. NRDWP (Water quality)
4. NRDWP (DDP areas)
5. NRDWP (Natural calamity)
6. NRDWP (Support)

In accordance with the policy of Government of India, the Department of Drinking Water Supply has earmarked 10% of the total Central outlay for the programme for the NE States.

The Objectives of this program is to provide:

• 40 liters per capita per day (lpcd) of safe drinking water for human beings.
• 30 lpcd additional for cattle in the Desert Development Programme Areas.
• One hand-pump or stand post for every 250 persons.
• The water source should exist within the habitation / within 1.6 km in the plains and within 100 mtrs. elevation in the hilly areas.

Correct Answer – C. 2015
Explanation: ‘Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana’ was launched on 1 july 2015 with the motto of ‘Har Khet Ko Paani’. The overreaching vision of Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) is to ensure access to some means of protective irrigation to all agricultural farms in the country, to produce ‘per drop more crop’, thus bringing much desired rural prosperity. Amongst various objectives in the Scheme are convergence of investments in irrigation at the field level, physical access of water on the farm, and expansion of cultivable area under assured irrigation (Har Khet ko pani), enhancement of the adoption of precision-irrigation, reduction of wastage of water etc.

Correct Answer – B. Ministry of Food Processing Industries

Explanation: The Union Minister for Food Processing Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal launched the Pradhan Mantri Formalization of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PM FME) scheme as a part of Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan. The scheme will be implemented over a period of five years from 2020-21 to 2024-25 with an outlay of Rs.10,000 crore.  The scheme aims to provide financial, technical, and business support for the upgradation of existing micro food processing enterprises. Under the scheme, meant for the unorganised sector, the expenditure will be shared by the central and state governments in the ratio of 60:40.

Correct Answer – C. Agriculture Ministry

Explanation: National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd.(NAFED) was established on the auspicious day of Gandhi Jayanti on 2nd October 1958. It is an apex organization of marketing cooperatives for agricultural produce in India, under Ministry of Agriculture. Nafed is registered under the Multi State Co-operative Societies Act. Nafed was setup with the object to promote Co-operative marketing of agricultural produce to benefit the farmers. Agricultural farmers are the main members of Nafed, who have the authority to say in the form of members of the General Body in the working of Nafed.

Correct Answer – D. 5000 crore

Explanation: Micro Irrigation Fund with a corpus of Rs. 5000 crore has been operationalized in NABARD from 2019-20. The objective of the fund is to facilitate State Govts. efforts in mobilizing additional resources for expanding coverage under micro irrigation and incentivizing its adoption beyond provisions of PMKSY-PDMC.

Correct Answer: A. Filtering

Explanation: Drying, drying and wet salting, smoking, boiling and drying, smoking and drying, fermenting, icing, fish paste are the traditional post-harvest technologies. Modern technologies include freezing, chilling, fermenting, electric and solar drying, curing and rack drying, canning, fishmeal, and fish products. Filtering process is not done in post-harvest Technology.

Correct Answer – C. Scotland

Explanation: Origin of the breed is Ayrshire in Scotland and considered as most beautiful dairy breed. These are very active animals but hard to manage. They do not produce as much milk or butter fat (only 4%) as some of the other dairy breeds.