WorksheetsMirrorMe Farm Protests
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
Which international pop musician recently tweeted in support of the farmers' protest against the Centre’s three farm laws?
Taylor Swift
Rihanna
Beyonce
Drake
Delhi Police is investigating an ‘overseas conspiracy’ around the farmers’ protest and have filed a case against the creators of the 'toolkit' document. Which famous International personality tweeted this document recently?
Greta Thunberg
Mia Khalifa
Meena Harris
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Who is the Indian farmer leader, politician and spokesperson of the Bharatiya Kisan Union from Uttar Pradesh, India.
Rakesh Prasad
Rakesh Jain
Rakesh Tikait
Rakesh Thakker
One of the arguments made by the supporters of the farm laws is that the MSP system has led to excess reserves of food produce.
As of September 2020, the Government recorded 700.27 lakh tonnes of rice and wheat - about _____ higher than the reserve requirement.
70
100
20
50
Farmers' unions called for a "Bharat Bandh" on December 8th.
X is a pan-Indian umbrella organisation comprising 250 farmers' groups. It is at the forefront of the protests. Identify X.
All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee
Swadeshi Jagaran Manch
B
Bharatiya Kisan Union
All India Farm Union
Which Padma Shri and Arjuna awardee sportsperson announced that they would return their award as a mark of solidarity with the farmers?
Babita Phogat
PV Sindhu
Kartar Singh
Vinesh Phogat
One of the farm laws permits _______, which is when farmers enter into direct deals with those who wish to buy farm produce, doing away with the middlemen altogether.
Contract Farming
Commercial Agricultural Marketing
Direct Agricultural Farming & Marketing
None of the above
Before the farm laws were passed, who were exclusively eligible to purchase crops from farmers?
APMC-designated middlemen
Anyone with Adhaar Card
Anyone with Pan Card
Kishan Bharti Samooh
Safeguarding the Minimum Support Price (MSP) system is the central demand of the protesting farmers. Which of these options best describes MSP?
A mechanism wherein the Government announces the lowest price at which it will buy farmers’ crops at the beginning of the sowing season
The minimum allowance granted by the Government at the start of the harvest season for agricultural inputs like seeds, fertilisers etc.
Who introduced the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill, 2020 and Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020 in the Indian Parliament?
Mr. Narendra Singh Tomar
Mr. Narendra Modi
Mr, Surinderjeet Singh Ahluwalia
Mr. Kailash Choudhary
Which Minister was first to resign from his/her post against the three Farm Bills 2020 introduced by the Central Government?
Prakash Singh Badal
Harsimrat Kaur Badal
Capt. Amarinder Singh
Manpreet Singh Badal
When President Ram Nath Kovind gave his assent to the three 'Agriculture Bills 2020' that were earlier passed by the Indian Parliament?
24 September and 26 September 2020
26 September 2020 and 27 September 2020
20 September 2020 and 26 September 2020
20 September 2020 and 22 September 2020
Why the Central Government introduced the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020?
To provide for a farming agreement between a farmer and a buyer prior to the production or rearing of any farm produce.
To permit intra and inter-state trade of farmers’ produce beyond the physical premises of APMC markets and other markets notified under the state APMC Acts.
To regulate the production, supply, and distribution of essential commodities in order to make them available to consumers at fair prices.
The 22-year-old climate change activist who was charged with sedition and got arrested on February 13 in connection with a "toolkit" relating to the farmers' protest
Mrinali Chaturvedi
Disha Ravi
Nisha Thakker
Reena Jasmine
