Environment topic analysis

Sustainable Development & Agriculture UPSC PYQs

This collection links sustainable farming, resource use, afforestation, circular economy, development goals, and lower-impact infrastructure and production. This live collection contains 18 classified questions across 10 exam years, from 2014 to 2025.

Year-by-year frequency

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Source topic labels in this cluster

Sustainable Agriculture6
Sustainable Development Initiatives2
Afforestation and Reforestation1
Agriculture1
Agriculture - Sustainable Farming1
Environment - Sustainable Development1
Plant Nutrition / Agriculture1
Sustainable Agriculture Initiatives1
Sustainable Development1
Sustainable Infrastructure1

Recurrent concept labels

Agricultural practices · 2Biodiversity Conservation · 2Greenhouse Gas Mitigation · 2Soil health · 2Sustainable agriculture · 2Sustainable Development Goals · 2Sustainable Farming · 2Afforestation techniques · 1Agricultural Heritage · 1agricultural innovation · 1Agricultural inputs · 1bio-economy · 1

Representative solved questions

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UPSC 2025 · Environment

Consider the following statements regarding 'Miyawaki method', sometimes seen in the news: 1. It is a technique used for creating dense urban forests in a short span of time....

UPSC 2024 · Environment

Consider the following statements : Statement I : Circular economy reduces the emissions of greenhouse gases. Statement II : Circular economy reduces the use of raw materials...

UPSC 2022 · Environment

The "Miyawaki method" is well known for the :

UPSC 2021 · Environment

How is permaculture farming different from conventional chemical farming? 1. Permaculture farming discourages monocultural practices but in conventional chemical farming, mono...

UPSC 2020 · Environment

In the context of India, which of the following is/are considered to be practice(s) of eco-friendly agriculture ? 1. Crop diversification 2. Legume intensification 3. Tensiome...

UPSC 2019 · Environment

Recently, there was a growing awareness in our country about the importance of Himalayan nettle (Girardinia diversifolia) because it is found to be a sustainable source of

UPSC 2018 · Environment

The Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE), a UN mechanism to assist countries transition towards greener and more inclusive economies, emerged at

UPSC 2017 · Environment

Which of the following practices can help in water conservation in agriculture ? 1. Reduced or zero tillage of the land 2. Applying gypsum before irrigating the field 3. Allow...

UPSC 2016 · Environment

Consider the following statements : 1. The Sustainable Development Goals were first proposed in 1972 by a global think tank called the 'Club of Rome'. 2. The Sustainable Devel...

UPSC 2014 · Environment

What are the significances of a practical approach to sugarcane production known as 'Sustainable Sugarcane Initiative'? 1. Seed cost is very low in this compared to the conven...

How this page is built

Topic and concept labels are AI-assisted enrichment, not official UPSC classifications. We map them into a conservative editorial taxonomy using deterministic label rules, publish a category only when it has at least 10 questions across at least three exam years, and keep ambiguous records out of topic pages. Counts update with the question bank. See the full methodology and correction policy.