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The correct answer is the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs.

Key Points

• Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) announces Minimum Support Price.
• MSP is announced on the basis of recommendations given by the Commission on Agricultural Costs and Price (CACP).
• In formulating the recommendations for MSP, CACP considers a number of things like the cost of production, input-output price parity, demand, and supply, etc.
• MSP is a kind of insurance that the government provides to farmers in case of a bumper production of a crop and a fall in prices.
• The government is bound to buy the crop at MSP from farmers if the price of the crop falls critically due to excessive supply.
• Pricing for sugarcane is governed under Sugarcane (control) order, 1997, and Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) is provided for it.
• Currently, MSP is provided for 14 Kharif crops, 6 Rabi crops, and 2 other commercial crops while FRP is provided for Sugarcane.
• Therefore, in total 23 commodities are covered under MSP.

Important Points

• The government announces, Minimum Support Prices (MSP) for agricultural commodities each year in both the Crop seasons after taking into account the recommendations of the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP).
• CACP recommends MSP for twenty-two (22) crops and Fair & Remunerative Price (FRP) for sugarcane.
• Apart from Sugarcane for which FRP is declared by the Department of Food &Public Distribution, twenty-two crops covered under MSP are Paddy, Jowar, Bajra, Maize, Ragi, Arhar, Moong, Urad, Groundnut-in-shell, Soyabean, Sunflower, Sesamum, Nigerseed, Cotton, Wheat, Barley, Gram, Masur (lentil), Rapeseed/Mustardseed, Safflower, Jute and Copra.

The correct answer is Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

Explanation:

• Sunflower oil is the non-volatile oil pressed from the seeds of a sunflower.
• Sunflower oil is commonly used in food as a frying oil.
• Sunflower oil is primarily composed of linoleic acid, a polyunsaturated fat, and oleic acid, a monounsaturated fat.
• It is enriched with essential vitamin E and comparatively low in saturated fat.
• It has high levels of the essential fatty acids known as polyunsaturated fats.
• Polyunsaturated fats: ​It is one of the healthy fats, along with monounsaturated fat.
• It includes omega-3 and omega-6 fats.
• It reduces the risk of heart disease.
• Assertion (A) is correct and Reason (R) is the correct reason for Assertion.

The correct answer is 5.15% and 4.9%.

• The repo rate is the rate at which the RBI lends money to the bank for short durations.
• The reverse repo rate is the rate at which banks can park their money with the RBI.

Important Points 

• Current Rate as of 17 September 2020.
• ​​Repo Rate: 4.00%
• Reverse Repo Rate: 3.35%
• Marginal Standing Facility Rate: 4.25%
• Bank Rate: 4.25%
• CRR: 3%
• SLR: 18.00%

The correct answer is 1 and 3.

• Consumer Price Index is a measure that examines the weighted average of prices of a basket of consumer goods and services, such as transportation, food, and medical care. Hence statement 1 is correct.
• Changes in the CPI are used to assess price changes associated with the cost of living.
• In India, CPI for Rural, and Urban is published by the Central Statistics Office (Ministry of Statistics and Implied Programmentation) and CPI for Agricultural Labourers and Industrial Workers is published by Labour Bureau in the Ministry of Labour and Employment on monthly basis. Hence statement 2 is incorrect.
• The base year is 2012.
• Wholesale Price Index (WPI) is prepared by the Office of Economic Adviser, Ministry of Commerce and Industry on a weekly basis.
• CPI is taken as the measure of inflation while formulating Monetary policy by RBI.

The correct answer is Noida​.

• The biggest center of Software and Business Process Outsourcing Industries is established in Noida, U.P.
• Business process outsourcing (BPO) is the practice of contracting a specific work process or process to an external service provider. The services can include payroll, accounting, telemarketing, data recording, social media marketing, customer support.
• Noida is a planned city in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh. The riverside Okhla Bird Sanctuary is home to migratory and native birds, plus jackals and butterflies.
• Meerut district is famous all over the world for its sports goods industries. The district is the second-largest producer of sporting goods and accessories in India after Jalandhar.
• | City | Industry | | --- | --- | | Kanpur | Leather goods | | Meerut | Sports goods | | Varanasi | Handicrafts |

The correct answer is option 2.

• Anna Pratha is curse for Bundelkhand region of U.P.
• It's a common practice in Bundelkhand to abandon cows once they stop giving milk.
• The system is commonly called Anna Pratha by the locals
• Bundelkhand is a geographical and cultural region and also a mountain range in central & North India.
• The hilly region is now divided between the states of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, with the larger portion lying in the latter state.
• After the khangar dynasty, the Chandela clan ruled Bundelkhand from the 14^th to the 16^th centuries. In the early 14^th century, they were feudatories of the Pratiharas of Kannauj.
• The Marathas ceded parts of Bundelkhand, which were later called British Bundelkhand, to the British in the 1802 Treaty of Bassein.

The correct answer is option 4.

• The Aamla grown in Pratapgarh is a major part of its identity. Guavas and mangoes are also cultivated in the district on a large scale.
• There are a number of food processing units in Pratapgarh that manufacture a variety of products including Murabba, Pickle, Jam, Jelly, Laddoo, Candy, Powder, Juice, Aamla Powder, and more.
• Kannauj is popularly known as the ‘perfume city’. The ‘Suras’ and ‘Aroma Development Center’ (FFDC) in the district is operational since 1991.
• The district is best known for its essence, flavor, and fragrance in the International market.
• Wooden Toys. Due to being a forest area, there is an abundance of wood (raw material) in Chitrakoot.
• Pottery is made by forming a ceramic body into objects of a required shape and heating them to high temperatures.
• Pottery is the ceramic material that makes up pottery wares, of which major types include earthenware, stoneware, and porcelain.
• Traditional pottery in Khurja of Bulandshahar dates back to the reign of King Feroz Shah Tuqhlaq. It began with a display of blue art on ceramic pots.

The correct answer is Sonbhadra.

Key Points

• Agariya, Baiga and Bhuiya scheduled tribes are mainly inhabitants Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh.
• The Agariya is a community in the states of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh in India.
• The Agariya speak the Agariya language as well as Hindi and Chhattisgarhi.
• The Baiga are an ethnic group found in central India primarily in the state of Madhya Pradesh, and in smaller numbers in the surrounding states of Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Jharkhand.
• The Bhuyan is an indigenous community found in the Indian states of Assam, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal.
• The Bhuiyans name comes from the Sanskrit bhumi, meaning land.
• Most of the Bhuiya are agriculturalists and many believe that they are descended from Bhūmi, the Hindu goddess who represents Mother Earth.

The correct answer is option 1.

• Rhizobium is a biological fertilizer based on a selected strain of naturally-occurring beneficial bacteria - Rhizobium japonicum
• They actively fix atmospheric nitrogen through a symbiotic relationship with the leguminous plants.
• It is used as an effective soil application product.
• Cyanobacteria, also known as Cyanophyta, are a phylum consisting of both free-living photosynthetic bacteria and the endosymbiotic plastids that are present in the Archaeplastida autotrophic eukaryotes.
• Vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizae are the most abundant of a group of symbiotic fungi that infect plant roots.

The correct answer is option 2.

• The Begum Akhtar was a doyen of Hindustani classical music, particularly in the ghazal genre.
• Her musical tradition was so unique that she came to be associated with her own distinct style of singing. She was rightly called the 'Mallika-e-Ghazal'.
• Rajan and Sajan Mishra are brothers and vocalists in the khyal style of Indian classical music.
• Ambaji Chaturvedi was a great singer of havelī dhrupad.
• Ambaji Chaturvedi used to sing regularly in the temple of ’Sri Dauji’ in Mathura.
• | (Singer) | (Style of Singing) | | --- | --- | | A. Rajan-Sajan Mishra | -Dhrupad-Tappa | | B. Taz Begum | - Thumari-Tappa | | C. Badi Maina | - Thumari-Tappa | | D. Ambaji Chaturvedi | - Dhrupad |