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Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana

Asked 4 times across 3 UPSC exams over 10 years (2016–2026), peaking in 2025.
4
PYQs
3
Exams
3
Years active
2016–2026
Span
2025
Peak
2/4
Answers
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Key insights

  • Most tested in CDS — 2 of 4 PYQs
  • Most asked in 2025
  • Recurs across 3 years (2016–2026)

How it travelled across exams

First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CSE 2016 CDS 2025 ESE 2025

How the concept evolved

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Rising — more than half its appearances (4 of 4) are since 2016.

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Sample questions

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CDS2026

Consider the following statements with respect to Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY)

  1. PMFBY provides risk insurance to farmers against crop damage due to non-preventable natural risks
  2. PMFBY provides risk coverage of ₹ 2 lakh in case of death of the insured
  3. PMFBY ensures flow of credit to the agriculture sector
  4. PMFBY provides risk coverage of ₹ 2 lakh for complete disability of the insured

Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?

  1. A 1 only
  2. B 2 and 3
  3. C 1 and 3 ✓
  4. D 1 and 4
✓ Correct answer: (C)
Agriculture › Agri Schemes & Institutions
CDS2025

Which of the following statements is/are correct ?

  1. The Government of India has discontinued the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana
  2. The Government of India has approved the continuation of Restructured Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme. Select the answer

using the code given below :

  1. A 1 only
  2. B 2 only
  3. C Both 1 and 2
  4. D Neither 1 nor 2
Answer key not yet available (pending official release)
Agriculture › Agri Schemes & Institutions
ESE2025
Which one of the following Yojanas replaces two schemes – National Agricultural Insurance Scheme (NAIS), 1999 as well as the Modified National Agricultural Insurance Scheme (MNAIS), 2010 – by incorporating the best features of all these schemes while removing the previous shortcomings and weaknesses?
  1. A Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana
  2. B Pradhan Mantri Fasal Sinchayee Yojana
  3. C Pradhan Mantri Krishi Bharat Yojana
  4. D Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana
Answer key not yet available (pending official release)
Agriculture › Agri Schemes & Institutions

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