CBSE - Food Security in India

1 FOOD SECURITY IN INDIA Which among the following schemes was started in the year 2000 for the indigent senior citizens?

(1) PDS
(2) NFWP
(3) SGSY
(4) APS

2 FOOD SECURITY IN INDIA The most devastating famine occurred in India in 1943 in :
(1) Assam
(2) Bengal
(3) Bihar
(4) Orissa

3 FOOD SECURITY IN INDIA  Women and children under the age of five are food insecure population due to :
(1) Malnutrition
(2) Healthy diet
(3) Fats
(4) None of the above

4 FOOD SECURITY IN INDIA The Mother Dairy is an important cooperative in .
(1) Gujarat
(2) Punjab
(3) Haryana
(4) Delhi

5 FOOD SECURITY IN INDIA Buffer stock is the stock of foodgrains procured by the government through
(1) IFCI
(2) FCI
(3) IDBI
(4) FICCI

6 FOOD SECURITY IN INDIA The society which facilitated setting up of grain banks in different regions is :
(1) Amul (Gujarat)
(2) Academy of Development Science (Maharashtra)
(3) Mother Dairy (Delhi)
(4) None of the above

7 FOOD SECURITY IN INDIA Under the Public Distribution System foodgrains given per family per month is:

(1) 40 kg
(2) 35 kg
(3) 25 kg
(4) 20 kg

8 FOOD SECURITY IN INDIA Antyodaya Anna Yojana and Annapurna Scheme are linked with :
(1) Public distribution system
(2) mid-day meal
(3) special nutrition programme
(4) none of the above

9 FOOD SECURITY IN INDIA Green Revolution of 1960s was associated with:
(1) use of HYV seeds
(2) tree plantation programme
(3) fisheries development
(4) None of these

10 FOOD SECURITY IN INDIA What is Food security means:
(1) availability of food
(2) accessibility of food
(3) affordability of food
(4) all the above