NABARD GK Questions 2026

The Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, which studies the stocks, breeding and farming of sea fish along the Indian coast, has its headquarters at Kochi in Kerala.

This goat of the cold Changthang plateau grows a very fine soft undercoat in winter, and that fibre, combed out in spring, is the pashmina from which Kashmiri shawls are woven.

Murrah, from the Rohtak and Hisar belt of Haryana, is the best known milk buffalo of India, recognised by its tightly curled horns and heavy milk yield, and it has been used to improve buffalo stock in many states and abroad.

He organised the milk producers of the Kaira district into the cooperative known by the brand Amul, designed the three tier Anand pattern, headed the National Dairy Development Board and led Operation Flood, which is why the growth of Indian dairying is credited to him.

Operation Flood was launched by the National Dairy Development Board in 1970 to build a national milk grid on the Anand pattern of cooperatives, and it ran in three phases until 1996, by which time village societies in most states were selling milk to the big cities.

The blue revolution is the name given to the rapid rise in fish output through aquaculture and improved marine fishing, which in India followed the spread of induced breeding of carp, the work of fish farmers development agencies and later a dedicated central scheme for fisheries.

The correct answer is Atish Chandra, Secretary of the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, who chaired the programme and addressed it on the contribution of women to agriculture and allied sectors, particularly in ensuring food security, sustaining rural livelihoods and managing natural resources.

The book was released at the programme and is a compilation of inspiring success stories of women farmers, setting out their contributions, achievements, innovations and their path from struggle to success in agriculture and allied sectors.

That theme was announced for the observance held at the Dr B. R. Ambedkar International Centre in New Delhi, and it draws attention to the part women play in raising productivity, promoting sustainable farming, conserving natural resources and contributing to rural prosperity.

The President attended the fair on 15 October 2026, saw the stalls and interacted with Lakhpati Didis.

Speaking at the National SARAS Mela, the President said the number of women attached to self-help groups has risen to this level over the past 12 years, and that they are connected to over 90 lakh such groups.

Around 1500 women self-help group entrepreneurs and Lakhpati Didis, drawn from 34 States and Union Territories, are showing their products at these stalls in Vijayawada, and the fair remains open until 31 October 2026.

The fair is organised by the Union Ministry of Rural Development together with the Government of Andhra Pradesh, and the President visited the stalls and spoke with Lakhpati Didis during her visit.

SRI saves seed, cuts methane and, by using less irrigation water, saves the electricity spent on pumping. The System of Rice Intensification was developed in Madagascar in the 1980s by the French priest Henri de Laulanié.

RAD aims to raise productivity and cut climate risk in rainfed farming by promoting Integrated Farming Systems. The National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture is one of the missions under India's National Action Plan on Climate Change.

Implementation has deliberately been made phased, and the first phase covers larger societies that cross this threshold in the relevant financial parameters, so that smaller institutions have extra time to strengthen their internal systems and processes before the enhanced reporting reaches them.

That amendment gave the Central Government the power to prescribe auditing and accounting standards for these societies, and the new audit reporting order has been formulated in pursuance of the provision.

MSCARO stands for the Multi-State Co-operative Societies (Auditor’s Report) Order, and the version mandated now creates a uniform, structured and risk-based framework in which auditors report on financial, administrative, governance and statutory compliance parameters through a standard format with clear Yes or No answers and remarks.

For the Northeast the population needed to justify a bank branch has been brought down to 2,000 on a cluster basis, which is lower than the norm of 3,000 that applies across the country, and the relaxation exists because habitations in the region are smaller and more scattered.

That is the national credit-deposit ratio quoted at the conclave, and among the Northeastern states Manipur and Assam stand at or above it while Mizoram and several others fall short.