PM Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana Completes One Year

The correct answer is Gaya in Bihar, which secured first position among the best-performing districts when the scheme completed its first year. Option A, Nagaur in Rajasthan, is wrong only in rank: it was placed second, so a careless reader picks it. Option B, Umaria in Madhya Pradesh, came third, and the order Gaya, Nagaur, Umaria is exactly the sequence a paper setter likes to test. Option D, Banka, did feature at the event, but for a different reason: it presented the Lilawaran natural farming land revival model as an innovation, and it was not among the three top-ranked districts. Along with the top three, another 18 districts were honoured for exemplary work on the six objectives of the scheme, which range from raising productivity to better governance and service delivery. District performance under the scheme is measured on a dashboard built around 121 indicators, with rankings refreshed every month.

The correct answer is 100. The scheme was designed for one hundred districts selected on three measures: low agricultural productivity, low cropping intensity and limited disbursement of agricultural credit. Because the districts are chosen on need rather than on population or area, the number is fixed, and the stated ambition is to make every one of these hundred districts truly rich in grain and in prosperity. Options A, C and D are plausible-looking round numbers of the kind used in other central programmes, but none of them is the figure for this scheme. What makes the coverage distinctive is the method rather than the count: each district writes its own action plan around its soil, rainfall, cropping pattern, water availability and infrastructure, a District Dhan-Dhaanya Samiti coordinates the work, and 36 central schemes of 11 ministries and departments are converged with state schemes in that single plan.

The correct answer is promoting soil health through balanced use of fertilisers. The campaign is to be organised across all states from 22 October to 30 November 2026, and the minister asked state governments and the authorities concerned to take part actively so that it reaches farmers. The stated purpose is the balanced and judicious use of fertilisers, together with sustainable farming practices that keep soil fertile, protect the environment and conserve natural resources for later generations. Option B is wrong because no export target of that kind was set out at the event; the emphasis was on outcomes in the districts rather than on trade. Option C describes a power-sector benefit and does not belong to this campaign. Option D is wrong because the scheme works through existing institutions, including Krishi Vigyan Kendra scientists and district administrations, instead of creating new universities.