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upsc-p1-environment-agriculture-environment MCQ - Practice Questions with Answers

Solve 2 upsc-p1-environment-agriculture-environment questions for RAS/RPSC preparation.

Practice questions

Q1Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below: List I (Institution or mechanism) (a) Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (b) Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (c) APEDA under NPOP (d) Plant quarantine authorities List II (Principal role) 1. Permits, inspection and post-entry quarantine for agricultural imports 2. Export-facing third-party organic certification architecture 3. Appraisal of large-scale use and environmental release of genetically modified organisms 4. Regulation of specified foods and labelling

A (a)-3, (b)-4, (c)-2, (d)-1

B (a)-4, (b)-3, (c)-1, (d)-2

C (a)-3, (b)-2, (c)-4, (d)-1

D (a)-1, (b)-4, (c)-2, (d)-3

Explanation

The Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee appraises large-scale use and environmental release; the food regulator handles specified foods and labelling; APEDA administers NPOP's export-facing certification architecture; and plant quarantine authorities use permits, inspection and post-entry quarantine. Therefore option A gives the correct matching.

Q2Consider the following statements about the regulation of genetically modified crops in India: 1. The Institutional Biosafety Committee supervises contained research at the institution level. 2. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India conducts confined field trials before environmental release. 3. The Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee is central to appraisal for large-scale use and environmental release. Which of the statements given above are correct?

A 1 only

B 2 and 3 only

C 1 and 3 only

D 1, 2 and 3

Explanation

Statements 1 and 3 are correct. Institutional biosafety oversight covers contained research, while the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee appraises large-scale use and environmental release. Statement 2 is incorrect because the food regulator deals with specified foods and labelling; it does not run confined GM-crop field trials.

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