UPSC IAS 2018 PRELIMS PRACTICE QUESTIONS : DAY 4/60 SAMVEG IAS

Q1Consider the following statements about Globally Important Agricultural Heritage systems (GIAHS).
 

  1. FAO started an initiative for identification and the dynamic conservation of Globally Important Agricultural Heritage systems (GIAHS).
  2. It promotes public understanding, awareness, national and international recognition of Agricultural Heritage systems
  3. this programme fosters an integrated approach combining sustainable agriculture and rural development.

Which of the above-mentioned statements is are correct?

  1. 1 and 2 only
  2. 2 and 3 only
  3. 1 and 3 only
  4. 1, 2 and 3

 
Q2Objectives of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

  1. conservation and sustainable use of all plant genetic resources for food and agriculture
  2. fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising out of their use,
  3. Multilateral System puts 64 of our most important crops – crops that together account for 80 percent of the food we derive from plants – into an easily accessible global pool of genetic resources that is freely available to potential users in the Treaty’s ratifying nations for some uses.

Which of the above-mentioned statements is are correct?

  1. 1 and 2 only
  2. 2 and 3 only
  3. 1 and 3 only
  4. 1, 2 and 3

Q3 Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture was in news recently. In context of It consider the following statements

  1. At this year’s UN climate conference (COP23),Parties finally reached a decision on next steps for agriculture within the UNFCCC framework
  2. how to improve soil carbon and fertility, how to assess adaptation and resilience and the creation of better livestock management systems.

Which of the above-mentioned statements is are correct?

  1. 1 only
  2. 2 only
  3. Both are correct
  4. Neither

Q4 India has faced balance of payment crises many times when IMF helped to come out of it. Which one is not correct?

  1. 1966
  2. 1981
  3. 1991
  4. 2008

 
Q5Under the project of interlinking of river, detailed project report has been prepared for

  1. Ken-Betwa Link, Phase –I & II
  2. Damanganga-Pinjal Link,
  3. Par-Tapi-Narmada link
  4. Mahanadi-Godavari link