Food Security depends on:

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(a)

Public distribution system

(b)

Government's vigilance and action

(c)

Country's buffer stock

(d)

All of the above

Which one of the following states achieved the highest rate of growth in agriculture due to Green Revolution in India?

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(a)

Orissa 

(b)

Andra Pradesh

(c)

Tamil Nadu

(d)

Punjab

Which of the following person is food insecure?

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(a)

School children

(b)

Urban labourers

(c)

Pregnant and nursing mother

(d)

Working women

The stock of the foodgrains namely wheat and rice produced by the government through Food Corporation of India is called

1

(a)

Buffer Stock

(b)

Super Stock

(c)

Public Distribution System

(d)

Surplus Stock

Which one of the following government organization buy the surplus foodgrains from the farmers?

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(a)

Food Council of India

(b)

Food Control of India

(c)

Food Corporation of India

(d)

Food Control Institution

In which of following year was 'Annapurna Scheme '(APS) launched?

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(a)

2000

(b)

2001

(c)

2002

(d)

2004

Which of the following is not a food intervention programme?

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(a)

Public Distribution System

(b)

Integrated Child Development Services

(c)

Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan

(d)

Food for work

"Amul" milk co-operative federation is located in:

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(a)

Haryana 

(b)

Delhi

(c)

Rajasthan

(d)

Gujarat

"Cronic Hunger" is

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(a)

an expression of poverty

(b)

a consequence of diets persistenly inadequate

(c)

related to the cycles of food growing

(d)

when a person is unable to get work for entire year.

Seasonal hunger is commonly found in:

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(a)

Urban areas

(b)

Rural areas

(c)

Tribal areas

(d)

All the above

India is not self-sufficient in foodgrains

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(a) True

(b) False

Famine is a phenomenon wherein starvation and deaths are common

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(a) True

(b) False

Agricultural Price Commission fixes and announces minimum support price of foodgrains.

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(a) True

(b) False

According to Amartya Sen, famine is usually a problem of food distribution and poverty

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(a) True

(b) False

Improvement in the food distribution is helpful in famine eradication.

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(a) True

(b) False

Cooperatives are not helpful in attaining food security

1

(a) True

(b) False

Antyodaya ration cards are for the poorest of the poor

1

(a) True

(b) False

Rationing was introduced in India in 1940s

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(a) True

(b) False

How India is working towards attaining self-sufficiency in food grains?

4

(a)

What factors have led to the decline in PDS?

4

(a)

Write notes on: Minimum support price

4

(a)

What is Public Distribution System?

4

(a)

What do you know about National Food for Work Programme?

4

(a)

How has Government of India designed food security system?

4

(a)

"The PDS has proved to be the most effective instrument of government policy" Give four points in favour of statement

4

(a)

Discuss the problem of high level of buffer stocks kept by FCI

4

(a)