UPSC CSE Prelims
Question 69
Consider the following :
- Areca nut
- Barley
- Coffee
- Finger millet
- Groundnut
- Sesamum
- Turmeric
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has announced the Minimum Support Price for which of the above ?
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Correct answer: B
Correct Option: B
Explanation: The CCEA announced MSPs for notified field crops including barley, ragi (finger millet), groundnut and sesamum; areca nut, coffee and turmeric are not among those MSP crops.
Statement/Pair-wise Analysis:
Statement/Item 1: Incorrect - Areca nut does not have the notified crop MSP in this list.
Statement/Item 2: Correct - Barley is an MSP-covered rabi cereal.
Statement/Item 3: Incorrect - Coffee is not on the CCEA crop-MSP notification list; it has separate market/sectoral mechanisms.
Statement/Item 4: Correct - Finger millet (ragi) is a notified MSP coarse cereal/millet.
Statement/Item 5: Correct - Groundnut is an MSP oilseed crop.
Statement/Item 6: Correct - Sesamum (til) is an MSP oilseed crop.
Statement/Item 7: Incorrect - Turmeric is not included in the notified MSP field-crop list.
Option-wise Analysis:
A: Incorrect - includes incorrect statement/items 1, 3, 7; omits correct statement/items 4, 5, 6.
B: Correct - includes all and only the true statements/items.
C: Incorrect - includes incorrect statement/items 1, 3; omits correct statement/item 2.
D: Incorrect - includes incorrect statement/items 1, 3, 7.