Agriculture Questions & Answers
Agriculture has become one of the challenging topics from which questions are asked in IAS Exam every year. The topic is so diverse in nature that it becomes pertinent for aspirants to know underlying concepts in Agriculture for UPSC.
If someone goes through the previous years' Agriculture questions asked in prelims and mains, they would find out that basic knowledge of agriculture-related terms, issues and initiatives forms the building blocks of answers to all these.
Here at BYJU’S Agriculture Education Portal, UPSC Experts have come forward to answer even the tiniest doubt of the aspirant in relation with agricultural concepts. The compilation of all questions and answers are given below:
National Seeds Corporation was established in 1963, under the control of the Ministry of Agriculture. Its main functions are the production,...
National Seed Policy was launched in 2002 for intellectual property protection to new varieties, planned development; protection of the interest...
Some of the most important rice-growing regions are Assam, West Bengal, coastal regions of Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Kerala...
Uttar Pradesh is the largest producer of wheat and West Bengal is the largest producer of rice in India. Further Reading: Major Crops India...
Depending upon the geographical conditions, the demand of produce, labour and level of technology, agriculture can be classified into two main...
Agriculture is a primary activity, which produces most of the food that we consume. It also produces raw materials for various industries. It is...
The main functions of National Seeds Corporation are the production, processing and marketing of agricultural seeds. Further Reading:...
Indian seed industry plays a critical role in the growth of agriculture like access to the best of seed and planting material to Indian farmers,...
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Rice is one of the important commercial crops grown in India. West Bengal, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh are the leading...
Maize is one of the common commercial crops. In India, maize is the third most important food cash crop after wheat & rice. Further...
In India, the subsidy is paid on fertilizers sold for direct Agriculture uses. The central government provides subsidies to fertilizer...
The difference between the delivered cost of fertilizers at the farm gate and net market realization by the urea units is given as a subsidy to...
Rice-wheat cropping is a kind of double-cropping system that is most widely adopted in the country and has become the mainstay of cereal...
Rice is a Kharif crop that requires high temperatures (above 25 °C) and high humidity. It requires an annual rainfall above 100 cm. In areas with...
Wheat is sown by four methods: broadcasting, behind the local plough, drilling and dibbling. The zero tillage technique is a new method of wheat...
A cropping pattern refers to the proportion of land under the cultivation of different crops at different points in time. Different ways of...
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, India is the second-largest producer of rice, wheat in the world....
India is the second-largest producer of rice in the world after China. The major 5 states in rice production are West Bengal, UP, Andhra Pradesh,...
China is the world's largest producer of rice, followed by India and Indonesia. Further Reading: Rabi and Kharif Crops Major Crops India...
