MCQs - 2026-09

The 'Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure' component of PMKSY specifically focuses on creating infrastructure for cold storage, pre-cooling, sorting, grading, and multi-product processing to enhance value addition.

PMKSY aims to create modern infrastructure with efficient supply chain management from farm gate to retail outlet, thereby reducing post-harvest losses and enhancing value addition in the agricultural sector.

While the PLI Scheme for Food Products is related to the food processing sector, it is a separate scheme and not a component *within* the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY). The other options are direct components of PMKSY.

The Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY) is a flagship scheme of the Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI), which is responsible for its implementation.

The Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) extended the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY) till March 2026, with an allocation of ₹4,600 crore.

It was under the leadership of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru that the government decided to celebrate September 14 as Hindi Diwas to promote the language.

Article 343(1) of the Indian Constitution states that the official language of the Union shall be Hindi in Devanagari script.

Hindi Diwas is celebrated on September 14 every year to mark the day in 1949 when the Constituent Assembly of India adopted Hindi as the official language of the Union.

The Montreal Protocol is an international treaty designed to protect the ozone layer by phasing out the production and consumption of numerous substances that are responsible for ozone depletion.

The day commemorates the date in 1987 on which the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer was signed.