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Agricultural Marketing MCQ - Practice Questions with Answers
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Q1Consider the following statements about agricultural marketing: 1. Rajasthan has 134 e-NAM mandis using artificial-intelligence and machine-learning based assaying equipment. 2. The assaying equipment in Rajasthan e-NAM mandis is meant for quality assaying of agricultural commodities. 3. This e-NAM assaying initiative is confined to price dissemination and excludes testing time reduction. 4. The 134 e-NAM assaying mandis are spread across all States and Union Territories, not Rajasthan. Which of the statements given above are correct?
Statements 1 and 2 are correct. Statement 3 is false because the equipment significantly reduces testing time. Statement 4 is false because the figure of 134 is specifically for Rajasthan.
Q2Consider the following statements about financial support under the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund: 1. The fund provides a medium- to long-term debt financing facility. 2. Interest subvention is 3% per annum up to a loan limit of ₹2 crore. 3. Interest subvention is available for a maximum period of 7 years. 4. Credit guarantee coverage is available only for loans above ₹2 crore. Which of the statements given above are correct?
Statements 1, 2 and 3 are correct. AIF is a medium- to long-term debt financing facility, with 3% interest subvention up to ₹2 crore for up to 7 years. Statement 4 is incorrect because credit guarantee coverage is mentioned for loans up to ₹2 crore, not only above ₹2 crore.
Q31. e-NAM records arrivals digitally and assigns unique LOT IDs. 2. e-NAM facilitates e-payments through online modes such as RTGS, NEFT and BHIM UPI. 3. e-NAM requires every farmer payment to be settled only in cash at the mandi counter. Which of the statements given above are correct?
Statements 1 and 2 are correct. Statement 3 is incorrect because e-NAM supports electronic payments through online modes, not cash-only settlement at the mandi counter.
Q4Consider the following statements about the Union Cabinet approval of the National Agriculture Market scheme in 2015: 1. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs gave approval to a Central Sector Scheme for Promotion of National Agricultural Market through Agri-Tech Infrastructure Fund. 2. The scheme was allocated ₹200 crore from 2015-16 to 2017-18. 3. The scheme proposed to cover 1,000 regulated markets by March 2018. Which of the statements given above are correct?
Statements 1 and 2 are correct. Statement 3 is false: the approval targeted 585 selected regulated markets, not 1,000.
Q5Consider the following statements about AGMARK online and the Directorate of Marketing and Inspection: 1. The Directorate of Marketing and Inspection is an office under the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. 2. AGMARK online covers certification of authorisation, printing permission, approval of private commercial laboratories and laboratory information management. 3. AGMARK online is the official portal for daily mandi arrivals and price reporting under AGMARKNET. Which of the statements given above are correct?
Statements 1 and 2 are correct. Statement 3 is incorrect: the cited AGMARK online page describes certification, printing permission, laboratory approval and LIMS activities; it does not describe AGMARK online as the mandi price reporting portal.
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61. e-NAM was designed only for fruits and vegetables, excluding foodgrains. 2. Agricultural marketing is in the domain of the Union Government. 3. Wholesale marketing of agricultural produce is promoted and regulated under a Central APMC Act. Which of the statements given above are correct?
7Consider the following statements about regulated wholesale markets and e-NAM in India: 1. Agricultural marketing is a State subject. 2. Wholesale agricultural marketing was described as undertaken through 6,946 regulated wholesale markets under respective State APMC Acts. 3. As of the 2020 PIB release, all 6,946 regulated wholesale markets had been integrated with e-NAM. 4. e-NAM aims to provide transparent price discovery through competitive online bidding. Which of the statements given above are correct?
8Consider the following statements about the Model Agricultural Produce and Livestock Marketing (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2017: 1. It provided for private-sector markets, direct marketing and farmer-consumer markets as part of marketing reforms. 2. It included e-trading, single-point levy of market fee and unified single trading licence in the State. 3. The model Act was released on 24 April 2017 for adoption by States and Union Territories. 4. A meeting on 5 July 2017 advised States implementing e-NAM not to adopt the Model APLM Act, 2017. Which of the statements given above are correct?
9Consider the following statements about Gramin Agricultural Markets (GrAMs) announced in Budget 2018-19: 1. The Government announced upgrading 22,000 rural haats into GrAMs. 2. GrAMs were to be electronically linked to e-NAM. 3. GrAMs were designed to be brought inside the formal APMC regulatory structure. Which of the statements given above are correct?
10Consider the following statements about the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF): 1. It was launched in 2020-21 to address gaps in post-harvest management infrastructure. 2. It supports farm-gate storage and logistics infrastructure. 3. It is operational from 2020-21 to 2032-33. 4. It is confined only to production subsidies and excludes post-harvest assets. Which of the statements given above are correct?
111. The Government fixes MSPs annually for 22 mandated agricultural crops for the country as a whole. 2. The 22 mandated MSP crops include 14 Kharif crops, 6 Rabi crops and 2 commercial crops. 3. The two commercial crops under the mandated MSP list are sugarcane and cotton. Which of the statements given above are correct?
12Consider the following statements about the 2020 expansion of e-NAM mandis: 1. In May 2020, 177 new mandis were integrated with e-NAM. 2. With that integration, 962 mandis were brought under the e-NAM platform. 3. Rajasthan accounted for 54 of the newly integrated mandis in that May 2020 round. Which of the statements given above are correct?
13Consider the following statements about the National Agriculture Market (e-NAM), which completed ten years on 14 April 2026: 1. e-NAM was launched on 14 April 2016 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a pan-India electronic trading portal for agricultural commodities. 2. It is implemented by the Small Farmers' Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC) under the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. 3. As of March 2026, e-NAM had integrated 1,656 mandis across 23 States and 4 Union Territories. Which of the statements given above are correct?
14Consider the following statements about agricultural marketing: 1. The Agri-Market Infrastructure Fund was created with a corpus of ₹2,000 crore. 2. The fund’s official coverage was 22,000 GrAMs and 585 APMCs. 3. Under this demand-driven scheme, no State-wise funds were allocated. 4. The Agri-Market Infrastructure Fund was routed through the Reserve Bank of India rather than NABARD. Which of the statements given above are correct?
15Consider the following statements about the Integrated Scheme for Agriculture Marketing: 1. ISAM supports state governments through creation and improvement of market structures, capacity building and access to market information. 2. The National Agriculture Market scheme, popularly known as e-NAM, was made part of ISAM during 2017-18. 3. ISAM is unrelated to agricultural produce marketing and deals only with soil testing. Which of the statements given above are correct?