Correct answer: (b) 2 and 3 only
Explanation
- A
1 and 2 only
(a) 1 and 2 only. APEDA does serve as the NPOP secretariat, but NPOP is operated under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, not Rural Development. Statement 1 is false. This option is not the key.
- B
2 and 3 only
(b) 2 and 3 only. NPOP’s secretariat is APEDA, and Sikkim was declared India’s first fully organic State (2016). Statement 1 names the wrong ministry. Hence 2 and 3. This option is the official key.
- C
3 only
(c) 3 only. Sikkim’s status is true, but dropping the correct APEDA statement under-counts. This option is not the key.
- D
1, 2 and 3
(d) 1, 2 and 3. The Rural Development claim knocks out the full set. This option is not the key.
Summary. Official key is (b) 2 and 3 only. The National Programme for Organic Production sits with the Commerce ministry; APEDA is its implementing secretariat. Sikkim completed a statewide organic conversion, the first Indian State to do so. Statement 1 is therefore wrong and statements 2 and 3 are right. That pair is option (b).
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