Which edition of the ASEAN-India Ministerial Meeting on Agriculture and Forestry was held in New Delhi on 9 September 2026?
- A.7th
- B.8th
- C.9th
- D.10th
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Explanation
The correct answer is the 9th edition. It was co-chaired by the Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, and the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture of the Philippines, Francisco P. Tiu Laurel, and it reaffirmed the shared commitment of India and the grouping to a food secure and resilient agricultural future. Options A and B simply move the count backwards and catch candidates who remember the meeting but not its number. Option D, the tenth, is the sharpest trap of the four, and for two separate reasons: the working group meeting held in New Delhi the previous day was indeed the tenth of its kind, and the ministers also agreed that the tenth ministerial meeting itself will be convened after this one. So two numbers travel together in this story and must be kept apart, namely the ninth ministerial and the tenth working group that fed into it.
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Practice Questions
How many delegates attended the 10th ASEAN-India Agriculture Working Group Meeting held in New Delhi on 8 September 2026?
- A.11 delegates from 45 states
- B.45 delegates from 11 ASEAN member states
- C.65 delegates from 10 ASEAN member states
- D.30 delegates from 12 ASEAN member states
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The working group met a day before the ministerial and was co-chaired by India and the Philippines, with Dr M.L.
Read the full explanation →What was unveiled at the 9th ASEAN-India Ministerial Meeting on Agriculture and Forestry?
- A.The India-ASEAN Friendship Spike for Agriculture and Forestry
- B.The ASEAN-India Green Fund for Farmers
- C.The ASEAN-India Rice Research Centre
- D.The India-ASEAN Digital Agriculture Mission
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The correct answer is the India-ASEAN Friendship Spike for Agriculture and Forestry, described as a symbol of the enduring partnership and the shared commitment of the two sides to cooperation in agriculture and forestry.
Read the full explanation →In which year will the 10th ASEAN-India Ministerial Meeting on Agriculture and Forestry be convened?
- A.2027
- B.2028
- C.2029
- D.2030
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The ministers meeting in New Delhi agreed that the next edition of the ministerial, the tenth, will be convened in that year, which keeps the gathering on a two-year cycle.
Read the full explanation →Who is the Minister of State for Coal and Mines who spoke at the 4th Conference of Mining Ministers in Goa?
- A.Keshav Chandra
- B.Satish Chandra Dubey
- C.G. Kishan Reddy
- D.Pralhad Joshi
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At the conference he stressed that States must make collective efforts to speed up mining initiatives and help the country become self-reliant in minerals.
Read the full explanation →At the 4th Conference of Mining Ministers, Union Minister G. Kishan Reddy called for faster mineral exploration mainly in view of the growing demand for which category of minerals?
- A.Fuel minerals such as coal
- B.Minor minerals
- C.Critical minerals
- D.Atomic minerals
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Speaking at the conference in Goa, Union Minister of Coal and Mines G. Kishan Reddy said the Centre and the States must work together to expedite mineral exploration, particularly because demand for critical minerals is growing.
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