Food procurement and public distribution — UPSC Prelims PYQs
8 questions in this bank come from Food procurement and public distribution, spanning UPSC Prelims papers from 2011 to 2025. Every question here carries all four options, the correct answer and a full explanation.
It has appeared in 6 of the last 16 papers, most heavily in 2020 with 2 questions. That makes it an occasional area rather than a fixture.
The themes examined most often within it are Agricultural Policy and Food Economy (5), Minimum Support Price Mechanism (3), Cultivation practices of Indian crops (2), Agricultural technology and policy (1) and agriculture's economic role (1). Those counts are of questions in which the theme is examined, not merely mentioned.
Questions here are spread across Economy (7) and Geography (1). Between them they draw on 13 distinct themes, so this is a broader area than a single revision note can cover. That is 0.6% of the 1433 questions in the bank — useful for deciding how much revision time it deserves.
Its weight has held steady, at roughly 0.4 questions a year across the last five papers.
It was not examined in 10 of those papers. Each question below links to its full explanation and to related questions on the same theme from other years, so a weak area can be worked through in one pass rather than hunted for paper by paper.
UPSC Prelims 20251 question
UPSC Prelims 20231 question
UPSC Prelims 20202 questions
- Economy
Which of the following factors/policies were affecting the price of rice in India in the recent past? 1. Minimum Support Price 2. Government’s trading 3. Government’s stockpiling 4. Consumer subsidies Select the correct answer using the code given below.
- Economy
Consider the following statements: 1. In the case of all cereals, pulses and oil-seeds, the procurement at Minimum Support Price (MSP) is unlimited in any State/UT of India. 2. In the case of cereals and pulses, the MSP is fixed in any State/UT at a level to which the market price will never rise. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
UPSC Prelims 20191 question
UPSC Prelims 20181 question
UPSC Prelims 20112 questions
- Economy
With what purpose is the Government of India promoting the concept of “Mega Food Parks”? 1. To provide good infrastructure facilities for the food processing industry. 2. To increase the processing of perishable items and reduce wastage. 3. To provide emerging and eco-friendly food processing technologies to entrepreneurs. Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
- Economy
India has experienced persistent and high food inflation in the recent past. What could be the reasons? 1. Due to a gradual switchover to the cultivation of commercial crops, the area Under cultivation of food grains has steadily decreased in the last five years by about 30%. 2. As a consequence of increasing incomes, the consu- mption patterns of the people have undergone a significant change. 3. The food supply chain has structural constraints. Which of the statements given above are correct?