UPSC Prelims 2018 · GS Paper I
Question 100: Economy and Social Development
With reference to organic farming in India, consider the following statements :
- 1.‘The National Programme for Organic Production’ (NPOP) is operated under the guidelines and directions of the Union Ministry of Rural Development.
- 2.‘The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority’ (APEDA) functions as the Secretariat for the implementation of NPOP.
- 3.Sikkim has become India’s first fully organic State.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
AnswerUPSC’s answer is (b).
The National Programme for Organic Production is run under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, not the Ministry of Rural Development. APEDA, which functions under the Commerce Ministry, acts as its secretariat, and Sikkim was declared India's first fully organic State in 2016. So statements 2 and 3 are correct and statement 1 is wrong.
- 1. NPOP is run under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
- 2. APEDA is the NPOP secretariat.
- 3. Sikkim was declared fully organic in 2016.
How you could have got this
- If you were sure statement 1 is not correct, (a) and (d) go: each of them includes 1.
What you needed to know: NPOP is run under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
- Then, if you were sure statement 2 is correct, (c) goes: it leaves 2 out.
What you needed to know: APEDA is the NPOP secretariat.
Only (b) is left. You didn’t need statement 3.
Which options go is worked out from UPSC’s key and the options, not by a model.
Why each option is right or wrong
- (a) Wrong: NPOP is under Commerce, not Rural Development.
- (b) Right: APEDA as secretariat and Sikkim as the first fully organic State.
- (c) Incomplete: the APEDA statement is also correct.
- (d) Wrong: statement 1 is false.
Answer: UPSC’s key. Explanation: written by UPSC Grade, not by UPSC.
Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2018, General Studies Paper I, Series A. The paper on upsc.gov.in.