Consider the following statements :
- 1.The Government of India provides Minimum Support Price for niger (Guizotia abyssinica) seeds.
- 2.Niger is cultivated as a Kharif crop.
- 3.Some tribal people in India use niger seed oil for cooking.
How many of the above statements are correct?
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Answer: C. Statement 1 is correct: niger seed is one of the oilseeds for which the Centre announces MSP. Statement 2 is correct: it is mainly grown as a kharif crop (in Odisha, MP, Chhattisgarh and others). Statement 3 is correct: tribal communities in central and eastern India use niger oil for cooking. So all three.
Watch for: Niger is little known, so students wrongly assume it is not covered by MSP.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Wrong because all three statements are correct.
- B. Wrong because all three statements are correct.
- D. Wrong because all three statements are correct.
Source to check: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, MSP for Kharif crops notification 2022-23 (PIB); ICAR-Indian Institute of Oilseeds Research, niger crop profile
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