Answer: Option A. -> 2002
Answer: (a)
National seed policy was announced in 2002. National seed policy is based on the recommendations of the M.V. Rao committee in 2002.
The Policy is meant to “strengthen the seed industry’’ in view of the liberalisation in the farm sector under the World Trade Organisation. The policy seeks to provide intellectual property protection to stimulate investment in the research and development of new plant varieties.

Answer: Option D. -> Import of High Yielding Varieties of crops from other countries
Answer: (d)
In July 2000, the Centre Government of India had announced the first-ever national agriculture policy.
The policy aimed at achieving a growth rate of over 4 per cent per annum by introducing ‘rainbow revolution’ in the next two decades so that the total GDP growth can be sustained at 6.5 per cent.
Import of High Yielding Varieties of crops from other countries was not included in the objective of this revolution.

Answer: Option D. -> All the above
Answer: (d)

Answer: Option C. -> Eighth Five Year Plan
Answer: (c)The growth performance of the agriculture sector has been fluctuating across the plan periods. It witnessed a growth rate of 4.8 per cent during the Eighth plan period (1992–97).

Answer: Option B. -> 1 only
Answer: (b)
In the given statements, India is meeting 85% of the urea fertilizer through indigenous production is correct.
However, we are deficient in phosphatic and potassic resources and around 90% is imported.

Answer: Option A. -> Dr. Manmohan Singh
Answer: (a)
The former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh announced the launch of Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana at the 53rd meeting of NDC with a Central allocation of Rs. 25,000 crore to increase the share of investment in agriculture in their state plans so as to hike agriculture and allied sector’s growth from the existing 2% to 4%.
7,810.87 crore was the allocation under RKVY for the year 2011-12.

Answer: Option A. -> 2 and 3
Answer: (a)Rapid rate of increase of population and practice of dividing land equally among the heirs are responsible for the decrease of per capita holding of cultivated land in India.

Answer: Option C. -> Both 1 and 2
Answer: (c)
National Cooperation Marketing Federation of India Limited (NAFED) promotes cooperative marketing, promotes inter-state trade as well as export of certain agricultural commodities to many foreign countries.
It is responsible for stabilizing the prices of commodities and thus responsible for the movement of the essential commodities from surplus areas to scarcity areas.

Answer: Option A. -> 1998–1999
Answer: (a)A Kisan Credit Card is a credit card to provide affordable credit for farmers. It was started by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), and National Bank for Agricultural and Rural Development (NABARD) in 1998–99 to help farmers access timely and adequate credit.

Answer: Option D. -> Arunachal Pradesh
Answer: (d)
There are about 20,000 varieties of orchids in the world out of which about 1200 accounts in India. The ecological condition and climate variation in Arunachal Pradesh are so much favourable that the state holds about 60% of the Indian variety of orchids.
Till today about 605 spp. of orchids of Arunachal Pradesh have been identified and the work is in progress. The flowering of orchids depends on seasonal conditions and variations.