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UPSC 2010 · Q49 · Indian Economy › Agriculture & Rural Development · Save

An objective of the National Food Security Mission is to increase the production of certain crops through area expansion and productivity enhancement in a sustainable manner in the identified districts of the country. What are those crops?

(a) Rice and wheat only
(b) Rice, wheat and pulses only
(c) Rice, wheat, pulses and oilseeds only
(d) Rice, wheat, pulses, oilseeds and vegetables
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Answer: (b) Rice, wheat and pulses only
UPSC 2010 · Q146 · Indian Economy › Agriculture & Rural Development · Save

In India, during the last decade the total cultivated land for which one of the following crops has remained more or less stagnant ?

(a) Rice
(b) Oilseeds
(c) Pulses
(d) Sugarcane
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Answer: (c) Pulses
UPSC 2010 · Q147 · Indian Economy › Agriculture & Rural Development · Save

Consider the following statements :

  1. The Union Government fixes the Statutory Minimum Price of sugarcane for each sugar season.
  2. Sugar and sugarcane are essential commodities under the Essential Commodities Act.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?

(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
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Answer: (c) Both 1 and 2