What happened to the all-India average onion mandi price between September and October, as reported by the Department of Consumer Affairs?
- A.It rose from about Rs 3,300 to about Rs 3,600 per quintal
- B.It fell from about Rs 3,600 to about Rs 3,300 per quintal
- C.It stayed unchanged at about Rs 3,600 per quintal
- D.It fell from about Rs 5,400 to about Rs 5,300 per quintal
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Explanation
The correct answer is that the price fell from about Rs 3,600 to about Rs 3,300 per quintal. Fresh kharif arrivals gathered pace and wholesale rates eased, bringing the all-India average mandi price down from its September peak to the October level. Option A reverses the direction of the change and so is wrong; prices moderated rather than climbed. Option C is wrong because the release records a clear decline, not a flat trend. Option D is wrong because those figures belong to the retail market and are per kilogram comparisons between Assam and the national average, not quintal rates in the mandis. Along with the wholesale softening, 211 cities reported retail declines of Rs 1 to Rs 13 a kilogram over the previous two weeks, which shows the easing reaching consumers.
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Practice Questions
The first-ever Kanda Express onion consignment is being sent to which city?
- A.Guwahati
- B.Agartala
- C.Kohima
- D.Dimapur
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The Department of Consumer Affairs has dispatched the first-ever Kanda Express movement to Agartala with about 440 MT of buffer onions, expected to arrive by 18 October 2026.
Read the full explanation →Buffer onions moved by the Kanda Express are released from which fund?
- A.Price Stabilization Fund
- B.Market Intervention Scheme Fund
- C.Agriculture Infrastructure Fund
- D.National Food Security Fund
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The onions carried by the Kanda Express come out of the onion buffer built under this fund, and the Department of Consumer Affairs releases that stock in a calibrated way when market prices rise or supplies tighten.
Read the full explanation →How much buffer onion has been dispatched across the North-East through the two Kanda Express rakes and the 44 truck consignments together?
- A.Over 1,200 MT
- B.Over 2,800 MT
- C.Over 4,400 MT
- D.Over 840 MT
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Two Kanda Express rail rakes carried 840 MT and 452 MT of onions, and 44 truck consignments carried 1,513.46 MT, which adds up to more than 2,800 MT supplied across the North-East.
Read the full explanation →APEDA functions under which Union ministry?
- A.Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
- B.Ministry of Commerce and Industry
- C.Ministry of Food Processing Industries
- D.Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
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The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority is an export promotion body, and it is placed under the commerce ministry rather than under the ministry that handles farming itself.
Read the full explanation →The maiden organic Palmyra jaggery powder consignment was sourced from which district?
- A.Erode, Tamil Nadu
- B.Krishna, Andhra Pradesh
- C.Mysuru, Karnataka
- D.Thrissur, Kerala
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The consignment was drawn from Gobichettipalayam in Erode district and was manufactured and exported by M/s Wellbeing Foods of Erode in collaboration with M/s Chetty Exports Private Limited of Chennai.
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