#1. Which one of the following statements is correct? [2005]

The first meeting of the Parties (MOP) to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety was held in Phillippines in the year 2004.

India is not a signatory to the Biosafety protocol/ convention on Biological Diversity

The Biosafety protoco1 deals with genetically modified organisms

United State of America is member of the Biosafety protocol/convention on Biological diversity.

#2. Consider the following statements: Which of the statements given above less is/are correct?

1 only

2 only

Both 1 and 2

Neither 1 nor 2

#3. Consider the following crops: Which of the above are kharif crops? (2004)

1 and 2

1,2 and 3

3 and 4

1,2,3 and 4

#4. Consider the following statements: Which of these statements is/are correct? (2003)

only 1

only 2

Both 1 and 2

Neither 1 nor 2

#5. The Genetic Engineering Approval Committee, whose permission is required for cultivation of any genetically modified crop such as Bt Cotton in India, is under the Union Ministry of : (2003)

Agriculture

Environment and Forests

Commerce and Industry

Rural-Development

#6. Consider the following statements: Which of these statements is/are correct? (2003)

only 1

only 2

Both1 and 2

Neirther 1 nor 2

#7. Assertion (A) : Eastern coast of India produces more rice than the western coast. Reason (R) : Eastern coast receives more rainfall than the western coast. [2003]

Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A

Both A and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A

A is true but R is false

A is false but R is true

#8. Consider the following high yielding varieties of crops in India: Which of these are of wheat ? (2002)

1 and 2

2 and 3

1 and 4

3 and 4

#9. With reference to Indian agriculture, which one of the following statements is correct? [2002]

About 90 percent of the area under pulses in India is rainfed

Share of pulses in the gross cropped are at the national level has doubled in the last two decades

India accounts for about 15 percent of the total area under rice in the world

Rice occupies about 34 percent of the gross cropped are in India

#10. The high density of population in Nile valley and Islands of Java is primarily due to : (2001)

intensive agriculture

industrialization

urbanization

topographic limitations

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UPSC question paper – 2001 – 2005 –Agriculture

Results

#1. Which one of the following statements is correct? [2005]

#2. Consider the following statements: Which of the statements given above less is/are correct?

#3. Consider the following crops: Which of the above are kharif crops? (2004)

#4. Consider the following statements: Which of these statements is/are correct? (2003)

#5. The Genetic Engineering Approval Committee, whose permission is required for cultivation of any genetically modified crop such as Bt Cotton in India, is under the Union Ministry of : (2003)

#6. Consider the following statements: Which of these statements is/are correct? (2003)

#7. Assertion (A) : Eastern coast of India produces more rice than the western coast. Reason (R) : Eastern coast receives more rainfall than the western coast. [2003]

#8. Consider the following high yielding varieties of crops in India: Which of these are of wheat ? (2002)

#9. With reference to Indian agriculture, which one of the following statements is correct? [2002]

#10. The high density of population in Nile valley and Islands of Java is primarily due to : (2001)

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