PM-KISAN Scheme MCQs: Test Your Knowledge

1.

How is the financial assistance under the PM-KISAN scheme transferred to the beneficiaries?

A Through cheques issued by local agricultural departments.

B Directly into bank accounts via Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT).

C Via post office savings accounts only.

D Through agricultural cooperative societies.

2.

Which of the following categories of beneficiaries is generally *excluded* from the PM-KISAN scheme?

A Small and marginal farmers.

B Farmers with cultivable land up to 2 hectares.

C Families whose one or more members are income tax payees.

D Farmers belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.

3.

What is the primary objective of the PM-KISAN scheme?

A To provide crop insurance to farmers.

B To provide income support to all landholding farmer families.

C To promote organic farming practices across the country.

D To offer agricultural loans at subsidized interest rates.

4.

Which Union Ministry is responsible for the implementation of the PM-KISAN scheme?

A Ministry of Finance

B Ministry of Rural Development

C Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare

D Ministry of Food Processing Industries

5.

What is the annual financial assistance provided to eligible farmer families under the PM-KISAN scheme?

A ₹4,000

B ₹6,000

C ₹8,000

D ₹10,000

6.

When was the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme officially launched?

A December 2018

B February 2019

C April 2019

D January 2020

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