Where was the National Chintan Shivir on the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana held?

The correct answer is 62 thousand kilometres. At the National Chintan Shivir the Union Rural Development Minister said the fourth phase of the scheme carries a target of 62 thousand kilometres of new rural roads, of which 20 thousand kilometres have already been sanctioned. Option A understates the target and no such figure was mentioned. Option C is a trap because it resembles the figure for roads built so far under the scheme, which stands at about 8.50 lakh kilometres rather than being the target of this phase. Option D inflates the target well beyond anything announced. Aspirants should keep three separate numbers in mind for this scheme: the length already built, the target of the current phase and the portion of that target already sanctioned, because examiners routinely swap one for another in the options.

The correct answer is 72 days. The Minister said a limit of 72 days has been fixed between sanction and the start of construction, that some states are breaching it, and that a full account would be prepared for those states. He also asked for the tender process to be kept to a timetable and for obstacles such as repeated cancellation of tenders to be sorted out in advance through pre-tender planning, since delay raises the cost of construction material. Options A and B are shorter than the prescribed limit and do not appear in the release. Option D, ninety days, sounds plausible because a three-month window is common in government processes, but the limit set here is tighter. Remember alongside this that maintenance of a road for five years after construction rests with the agency that built it.

The correct answer is 274.09 lakh tonnes. The meeting was told that pulses production in 2025-26 reached that record level, which is above the national target. Option A is wrong because 266 lakh tonnes was the production target for pulses, and the country crossed it. Option C is wrong because 286.46 lakh hectares is the sown area under pulses, a figure for area and not for output, and it too exceeded the target of 283 lakh hectares. Option D is wrong because 430.59 lakh tonnes is the oilseed output for the year, which went past its own target of 427 lakh tonnes. Candidates should not mix the output figure with the area figure, or the pulses figure with the oilseeds figure, because questions are set precisely on that difference. Domestic edible oil production also rose to 129.96 lakh tonnes.

The correct answer is Khet Bachao Abhiyan. At the review meeting the Union Agriculture Minister said this intensive campaign will begin across the country on the 22nd of this month to save farmland from declining soil health, poor stubble and residue management and the unbalanced use of chemical fertilisers. Option B is wrong because the Makhana Development Mission is a separate programme that works on better prices for makhana growers. Option C is wrong because the National Natural Farming Mission is an existing mission under which 27.32 lakh farmers and 12.85 lakh hectares have been covered so far. Option D is wrong because the digital crop survey is a process for collecting accurate crop data and not an awareness campaign. Under the campaign, agricultural scientists and field staff will go to the fields to teach soil testing and balanced nutrient management.

The correct answer is more than 10.77 crore. The agriculture ministry's first comprehensive monthly review was told that unique digital Farmer IDs have so far been made for that many farmers under the Digital Agriculture Mission. Option A is wrong because that figure does not match the progress reported at the meeting. Option C is wrong because 14 crore farmers is the national target for digital integration and not the number of identities already created; progress is measured against that target. Option D is wrong because that is the number of fields covered by the digital crop survey in the current kharif season, a different measure altogether. The importance of the Farmer ID is that subsidy, Kisan Credit Card loans, procurement at minimum support price, crop insurance and disaster relief reach a farmer's bank account directly through it, cutting out paperwork and intermediaries.