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4392 Previous Year Questions • 2016–2026 • Prelims, Mains, Essay, Optionals
Topic:[GS-III] Issues related to direct and indirect farm subsidies and minimum support prices; Public Distribution System- objectives, functioning, limitations, revamping; issues of buffer stocks and food security; Technology missions; economics of animal-rearing.13 PYQs
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Mains - GS-III
9 shown2026•Mains•GS-III•Q.14
Discuss the different types of subsidies and supports provided by the Government of India to agricultural sector. Examine the related issues pertaining to Agreement on Agriculture of World Trade Organisation (WTO).
GS-III
2024•Mains•GS-III•Q.14
Elucidate the importance of buffer stocks for stabilizing agricultural prices in India. What are the challenges associated with the storage of buffer stock? Discuss.
GS-III
2023•Mains•GS-III•Q.14
What are the direct and indirect subsidies provided to farm sector in India? Discuss the issues raised by the World Trade Organization (WTO) in relation to agricultural subsidies.
Agriculture
2022•Mains•GS-III•Q.3
What are the major challenges of Public Distribution System (PDS) in India? How can it be made effective and transparent?
Public Distribution System
2021•Mains•GS-III•Q.13
What are the salient features of the National Food Security Act, 2013? How has the Food Security Bill helped in eliminating hunger and malnutrition in India?
GS-III
2019•Mains•GS-III•Q.13
What are the reformative steps taken by the Government to make food grain distribution system more effective?
GS-III
2018•Mains•GS-III•Q.3
What do you mean by Minimum Support Price (MSP)? How will MSP rescue the farmers from the low income trap?
GS-III
2017•Mains•GS-III•Q.15
How do subsidies affect the cropping pattern, crop diversity and economy of farmers? What is the significance of crop insurance, minimum support price and food processing for small and marginal farmers?
Farm Subsidies
2016•Mains•GS-III•Q.10
Given the vulnerability of Indian agriculture to vagaries of nature, discuss the need for crop insurance and bring out the salient features of the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY).
GS-III
Prelims - Paper 1 (GS)
4 shown2025•Prelims•Paper 1 (GS)•Q.30
Consider the following statements about the Rashtriya Gokul Mission :
I. It is important for the upliftment of rural poor as majority of low producing indigenous animals are with small and marginal farmers and landless labourers.
II. It was initiated to promote indigenous cattle and buffalo rearing and conservation in a scientific and holistic manner.
Which of the statements given above is/ are correct?
Animal Husbandry and Rural Development
2020•Prelims•Paper 1 (GS)•Q.69
Consider the following statements:
1
In the case of all cereals, pulses and oil-seeds, the procurement at Minimum Support Price (MSP) is unlimited in any State/UT of India.
2
In the case of cereals and pulses, the MSP is fixed in any State/UT at a level to which the market price will never rise.
Economics
2019•Prelims•Paper 1 (GS)•Q.79
The economic cost of food grains to the Food Corporation of India is Minimum Support Price and bonus (if any) paid to the farmers plus
GS-III - Food subsidies and PDS
2015•Prelims•Paper 1 (GS)•Q.13
The Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) of sugarcane is approved by the
Agriculture and Farm Subsidies