CLAT 2023 GK Set 5 (7 Questions with Solutions)

The agriculture sector has experienced buoyant growth in the past two years…

CLAT 2023 · Current Affairs and General Knowledge · 7 questions

The agriculture sector has experienced buoyant growth in the past two years. The sector, which is the largest employer of workforce, accounted for a sizeable 18.8 per cent (2021-22) in Gross Value Added (GVA) of the country registering a growth of 3.6 per cent in 2020-21 and 3.9 per cent in 2021-22. Growth in allied sectors including livestock, dairy and fisheries has been the major drivers of overall growth in the sector. When measured in total value of agricultural production, India is ranked fourth largest in the world. Post-independence, there was a need to import food grains due to low-productivity, stagnant food-crop sector and poor rural infrastructure making food self-sufficiency a major national goal. The introduction of the Green Revolution then yielded spectacular results and we became one of the largest producers of many agricultural commodities such as rice, wheat, pulses, fruits and vegetables. From being a net importer of foods in the 1960s, India is now a net exporter, thanks to Indian farmers and the Indian agriculture input industry. [Extracted, with edits and revisions, from: “India’s changing agricultural landscape and its way to inclusive growth”, by NS Ramaswamy, The Economic Times]

Question 1

Which of the following is the largest exported agricultural product from India?

A. Wheat
B. Sugar
C. Rice
D. Barley

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Question 2

According to provisional data released by the Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics, India achieved record exports of agricultural exports for the financial year FY22. What was the value of India’s agricultural products exports according to this data?

A. USD 7.5 billion
B. USD 95.34 billion
C. USD 13.2 billion
D. USD 50.21 billion

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Question 3

Who among the following is also called the ‘Father of the Wheat Revolution’?

A. Dilbagh Singh Athwal
B. Verghese Kurien
C. Atmaram Bhairav Joshi
D. Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar

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Question 4

India is the world’s largest producer of which of the following?

A. Poultry meat
B. Rice
C. Almonds
D. Milk

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Question 5

What is India’s ranking in the 2022 Global Hunger Index?

A. 10
B. 107
C. 50
D. 35

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Question 6

The National Commission on Farmers, constituted in December 2004, which recommended the C2+50% formula for calculation of the Minimum Support Price, was chaired by:

A. Ashok Gulati
B. P. Sainath
C. M.S. Swaminathan
D. Abhijit Sen

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Question 7

The bio-decomposer technology to avoid stubble burning around the Delhi NCR was developed by:

A. Monsanto
B. Cargill
C. Biocon
D. ICAR, Pusa Campus

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