Soil Health Card

Question 1

World Soil Day is on?

Answer 1

5th December

Question 2

Soil Health Card Scheme is by?

Answer 2

MoAFW

Question 3

Tagline of Soil Health Card is?

Answer 3

Swastha Dhara, Khet Hara

Question 4

Soil Health Card has completed how many years now? When was it launched?

Answer 4

9 years
2015

Question 5

A scheme that aims to give each farmer soil nutrient states of their holdings and advise them on the dosage of fertilisers as well as suggest soil ammendments

Answer 5

Soil Health Card (SHC)

Question 6

Village level soil testing labs will be set up by?

Answer 6

Youth with education in agriculture
Women SHGs
FPOs, etc

Question 7

Currently 1 sample is collected for every ___ ha of irrigated land

Answer 7

2.5 ha

Question 8

1 sample is collected for every ___ ha for rainfed lend

Answer 8

10 ha

Question 9

An IoT based automated portable device by the government that tests soil sample for the 12 essential parameters and generates digital soil health card

Answer 9

Bhuvision Portal or Krishi Rasta Soil Testing System

Question 10

Bhuvision or Krishi Rasta Soil Testing System is an initiative of?

Answer 10

ICAR-IIRR & Krishi Tantra

Indian Institute of Rice Research - Hyderabad

Question 11

Where is ICAR-IIRR (Indian Institute of Rice Research) located?

Answer 11

Hyderabad

Question 12

SHC is a part of which scheme?
When were they merged?

Answer 12

RKVY - under ‘Soil Health & Fertility’
In 2022-23

Question 13

How many nutrients are tested in SHC scheme under RKVY?

Answer 13

12 nutrients

Question 14

What are the 12 nutrients tested in SHC?

Answer 14

Macro Nutrients: N, P, K
Secondary Nutrients: S
Micro-Nutrients: Zn, Fe, Cu, Mn, Bo
Electrical Conductivity (EC)
pH
Organic Carbon (OC)

Question 15

Frequency of Soil Testing in SHC

Answer 15

once in 2 years

Question 16

4 initiative have been inaugurated by the MoAFW & ____ under SHC

Answer 16

MoRD

Question 17

What are the 4 initiatives by MoAFW & MoRD

Answer 17

1. Revamped Soil Health Card Portal & Mobile Application
2. School Health Nutrient Programme
3. Krishi Sakhi Convergence Programme
4. Central Fertilizer Quality Control & Training Institute (CFQCTI) Portal

Question 18

QR code based soil sample collection system, equipped with GIS analytics, workable in online or offline mode

Answer 18

Revamped Soil Health Card Portal & Mobile Application

Question 19

In the Revamped Soil Health Card Portal & Mobile Application labs are equiped with GIS analytics for?

Answer 19

1. Showing real-time data of soil sample collection
2. Show status of labs
3. Show SHC (through sms or by entering mobile number on portal)

Question 20

Which initiative in SHC by the MoAFW is in collboration with NABARD?

Answer 20

School Soil Helath Programme

Question 21

Which SHC initiative is a convergence between MoAFW and DAY-NRLM?

Answer 21

Krishi Sakhi Convergence Programme

Question 21

What is the role of NABARD in school soil health programme?

Answer 21

To set up soil labs in schools
10 labs were set up in 20 KVs and NVs in rural areas - will be scaled up to 1000 now

Question 22

Who are Catalysts of transformation in SHC in rural agriculture?

Answer 22

Krishi Sakhi

Question 23

Krishi Sakhi’s are?

Answer 23

1. Agricultural guides
2. Farmers
3. Farmer’s Friend
4. Community Resource
5. Awareness Creators

Question 24

The CFQCTI Portal has been introduced in SHC to?

Answer 24

For fertilizer sample collection at port and its testing through OTP/SMS system

Question 25

Fertilizer Control Order is a legal order issued by the government of India under which Act?

Answer 25

Essential Commodities Act

Question 26

Full form of CFQCTI portal?

Answer 26

Central Ferilize Quality Control & Training Insitute

Question 27

SBM G SBM 2.0 were launched in which year?

Answer 27

2nd October 2014 2021

Question 28

A village sustaining it's ODF status, has access to a gender separate functional toilet in all essential places, with **either** SWM **or** LWM

Answer 28

ODF + Aspiring | 1.47 Lakh villages

Question 29

A village sustaining it's ODF status, has access to a gender separate functional toilet in all essential places, with **both** SWM and LWM

Answer 29

ODF + Rising | 12 thousand villages

Question 30

A village sustaining it's ODF status, has access to a gender separate functional toilet in all essential places, with **both** SWM & LWM, is **visually clean** and shows IEC messages

Answer 30

ODF+ Model | Rs. 4.02 Lakh villages

Question 31

States and UT that have achieved ODF + Model status?

Answer 31

Sikkim, lakshadweep, D&D and D&N Haveli

Question 32

SBM is by ministry?

Answer 32

MoHUA MoJS