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UPSC Quiz – 2020: IAS Daily Current Affairs Quiz Day 113
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Question 1 of 5
1. Question
‘Agricultural Produce Market Committees (APMCs)’ are intended to be responsible for
- Setup and promote public private partnership in the management of agricultural markets
- Providing market-led extension services to farmers
- Publicizing data on arrivals and rates of agricultural produce brought into the market area for sale
Select the correct code:
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Solution (d)
Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) is a statutory market committee constituted by a State Government in respect of trade in certain notified agricultural or horticultural or livestock products, under the Agricultural Produce Market Committee Act issued by that state government.
APMCs are intended to be responsible for:
- ensuring transparency in pricing system and transactions taking place in market area;
- providing market-led extension services to farmers;
- ensuring payment for agricultural produce sold by farmers on the same day;
- promoting agricultural processing including activities for value addition in agricultural produce;
- Publicizing data on arrivals and rates of agricultural produce brought into the market area for sale; and
- Setup and promote public private partnership in the management of agricultural markets
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Solution (d)
Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) is a statutory market committee constituted by a State Government in respect of trade in certain notified agricultural or horticultural or livestock products, under the Agricultural Produce Market Committee Act issued by that state government.
APMCs are intended to be responsible for:
- ensuring transparency in pricing system and transactions taking place in market area;
- providing market-led extension services to farmers;
- ensuring payment for agricultural produce sold by farmers on the same day;
- promoting agricultural processing including activities for value addition in agricultural produce;
- Publicizing data on arrivals and rates of agricultural produce brought into the market area for sale; and
- Setup and promote public private partnership in the management of agricultural markets
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Question 2 of 5
2. Question
Consider the following statements with respect to ‘National Agricultural Market (NAM)’
- It is managed by Small Farmers’ Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC).
- It completely scraps the existing Agricultural Produce Market Committees (APMCs) across all states by 2020.
Select the correct statements
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Solution (a)
National Agriculture Market or eNAM is an online trading platform for agricultural commodities in India. The market facilitate farmers, traders and buyers with online trading in commodities.
The National Agriculture Market (NAM) was envisaged as a pan-India electronic trading portal which seeks to network the existing Agricultural Produce Market Committees (APMCs) and other market yards to create a unified national market for agricultural commodities.
However, Union FM now says that States should scrap APMCs and move on to eNAM.
The Portal is managed by Small Farmers’ Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC) with the technology provider, NFCL’s iKisan division.
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Solution (a)
National Agriculture Market or eNAM is an online trading platform for agricultural commodities in India. The market facilitate farmers, traders and buyers with online trading in commodities.
The National Agriculture Market (NAM) was envisaged as a pan-India electronic trading portal which seeks to network the existing Agricultural Produce Market Committees (APMCs) and other market yards to create a unified national market for agricultural commodities.
However, Union FM now says that States should scrap APMCs and move on to eNAM.
The Portal is managed by Small Farmers’ Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC) with the technology provider, NFCL’s iKisan division.
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Question 3 of 5
3. Question
Consider the following statements with respect to ‘Arrokoth’
- It is the farthest cosmic body ever visited by a spacecraft.
- It is a trans-Neptunian object located in the Kuiper belt.
Select the correct statements
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Solution (c)
Ultima Thule, the farthest cosmic body ever visited by a spacecraft, has been renamed Arrokoth, or “sky” in the Native American Powhatan language, following a backlash over the previous name’s Nazi connotations.
The icy rock, which orbits in the dark and frigid Kuiper Belt about a billion miles beyond Pluto, was surveyed by the NASA spaceship New Horizons in January, with images showing it consisted of two spheres stuck together in the shape of a snowman.
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Solution (c)
Ultima Thule, the farthest cosmic body ever visited by a spacecraft, has been renamed Arrokoth, or “sky” in the Native American Powhatan language, following a backlash over the previous name’s Nazi connotations.
The icy rock, which orbits in the dark and frigid Kuiper Belt about a billion miles beyond Pluto, was surveyed by the NASA spaceship New Horizons in January, with images showing it consisted of two spheres stuck together in the shape of a snowman.
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Question 4 of 5
4. Question
‘Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument’ is located in
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Solution (a)
It is the world’s largest marine conservation area and was inscribed in 2010 as a UNESCO mixed World Heritage site.
Location – Honolulu County, Hawaii / Midway Atoll, United States Minor Outlying Islands
Source: https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/pacific-bird-refuge-struggles-as-ocean-garbage-patch-grows/article29936187.ece
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Solution (a)
It is the world’s largest marine conservation area and was inscribed in 2010 as a UNESCO mixed World Heritage site.
Location – Honolulu County, Hawaii / Midway Atoll, United States Minor Outlying Islands
Source: https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/pacific-bird-refuge-struggles-as-ocean-garbage-patch-grows/article29936187.ece
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Question 5 of 5
5. Question
‘Arka Suprabath’, is a variety of
