Choose the correct option:
Question 1.
When was Antyodaya Anna Yojana launched?
(a) 1990
(b) 1980
(c) 1990
(d) 2000
Answer
Answer: (d) 2000
Question 2.
Antyodaya cards are given to the
(a) poor
(b) poorest of the poor
(c) those below poverty line
(d) all of the above
Answer
Answer: (b) poorest of the poor
Question 3.
The two states that recorded significant increases in rice yield in 2012-13 are
(a) Assam and Tamil Nadu
(b) Jharkhand and Odisha
(c) West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh
(d) Kerala and Tamil Nadu
Answer
Answer: (c) West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh
Question 4.
Season hunger is prevalent in
(a) rural areas
(b) urban areas
(c) both rural and urban areas
(d) metro cities
Answer
Answer: (c) both rural and urban areas
Question 5.
The success of wheat was replicated in
(a) pulses
(b) cotton
(c) rice
(d) bajra
Answer
Answer: (c) rice
Question 6.
The most devastating famine occurred in Bengal in
(a) 1938
(b) 1940
(c) 1942
(d) 1943
Answer
Answer: (d) 1943
Question 7.
Fair price shops sell
(a) sugar
(b) kerosene oil
(c) wheat
(d) all of the above
Answer
Answer: (d) all of the above
Question 8.
Which state is associated with AMUL?
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Gujarat
(c) West Bengal
(d) Kerala
Answer
Answer: (b) Gujarat
Question 9.
A large number of food insecure children are under the age of
(a) 10
(b) 8
(c) 5
(d) 4
Answer
Answer: (c) 5
Question 10.
The Minimum Support price in declared by the Government every
(a) year
(b) four years
(c) five years
(d) ten years
Answer
Answer: (a) year
Question 11.
The most affected groups in rural areas facing food insecurity are:
(a) landless people
(b) traditional artisans
(c) beggars
(d) all the above
Answer
Answer: (d) all the above
Question 12.
Green Revolution of 1960s was associated with:
(a) use of HYV seeds
(b) tree plantation programme
(c) fisheries development
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (a) use of HYV seeds
Question 13.
Revamped Public Distribution System provides benefits to:
(a) cities
(b) remote and backward areas
(c) self-help groups
(d) cooperative societies
Answer
Answer: (b) remote and backward areas
Question 14.
Annapurna Scheme fulfills the food requirements of:
(a) indigent senior citizens
(b) children
(c) pregnant ladies
(d) young persons
Answer
Answer: (a) indigent senior citizens
Question 15.
Antyodaya Anna Yojana and Annapurna Scheme are linked with :
(a) Public distribution system
(b) mid-day meal
(c) special nutrition programme
(d) none of the above
Answer
Answer: (a) Public distribution system
Question 16.
In which state more than 90% ration shops are run by cooperatives
(a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Orissa
(d) Bihar
Answer
Answer: (b) Tamil Nadu
Question 17.
NREGA provides:
(a) 200-days of assured work
(b) 100-days of assured work
(c) No assured work
(d) None of the above
Answer
Answer: (b) 100-days of assured work
Question 18.
Seasonal hunger mostly found in:
(a) urban areas
(b) rural areas
(c) metro cities
(d) both (a) and (b)
Answer
Answer: (b) rural areas
Question 19.
Main purpose of buffer stock is :
(a) to save food grains from pest attack
(b) to stop price fluctuations
(c) to meet the crisis of low production
(d) both (b) and (c)
Answer
Answer: (d) both (b) and (c)
Question 20.
What is Food security means:
(a) availability of food
(b) accessibility of food
(c) affordability of food
(d) all the above
Answer
Answer: (d) all the above
Question 21.
Chronic hunger refers to :
(a) low income
(b) inadequate quantity of food
(c) inadequate quality of food
(d) all the above
Answer
Answer: (d) all the above
Question 22.
In which of the following states do we find the largest number of food insecure people?
(a) Bihar, Jharkhand and Orissa
(b) Bihar, Jharkhand and Gujarat
(c) Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Tamilnadu
(d) Bihar, Chhattisgarh and Karnataka
Answer
Answer: (a) Bihar, Jharkhand and Orissa
Question 23.
Who released a special stamp entitled ‘Wheat Revolution’ in July 1968?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Indira Gandhi
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) Motilal Nehru
Answer
Answer: (b) Indira Gandhi
Question 24.
To whom the yellow card is issued?
(a) To shop keeper
(b) To land lord’s
(c) To government employee
(d) People below the poverty line
Answer
Answer: (d) People below the poverty line
Question 25.
Food for Work Programme was launched in which of the following years?
(a) 2003
(b) 2001
(c) 2004
(d) 2005
Answer
Answer: (c) 2004
Question 26.
The Mother Dairy is an important cooperative in
(a) Gujarat
(b) Punjab
(c) Haryana
(d) Delhi
Answer
Answer: (d) Delhi
Question 27.
F.C.I. stands for
(a) Foreign Co-operation with India
(b) Food Corporation of India
(c) Fossils Corporation of India
(d) Food Coming to India
Answer
Answer: (b) Food Corporation of India
Question 28.
Name the cooperative that provides milk and vegetables controlled rate decided by the Government of Delhi:
(a) Amul
(b) Kendriya Bhandar
(c) Mother Dairy
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (c) Mother Dairy
Question 29.
Buffer stock is the stock of foodgrains procured by the government through
(a) IFCI
(b) FCI
(c) IDBI
(d) FICCI
Answer
Answer: (b) FCI
Question 30.
When was the Antyodaya Anna Yojana scheme launched?
(a) In Jan 1999
(b) In May 2000
(c) In Dec 2000
(d) In October 2005
Answer
Answer: (c) In Dec 2000
Give full Forms of the following abbreviations
- FCI
- PDS
- ICDS
- NSSO
- FFW
- NHFS
- MSP
- APL
- BPL
- ADS
Answer
Answer:
- FCI : Food Corporation of India
- PDS : Public Distribution system
- ICDS : Integrated Children Development Services
- NSSO : National Sample Survey Office
- FFW : Food-For-Work
- NHFS : National Health and Family Survey
- MSP : Minimum Support Price
- APL : Above Poverty Line
- BPL : Below Poverty Line
- ADS : Academy of Development Science
1. Annapurna Scheme (APS) has been launched in April:
(a) 2000
(b) 2005
(c) 1999
(d) 2003
► (a) 2000
2. Which of the following statements is not correct about the Public Distribution System?
(a) The PDS dealers divert the grain to open market to get a better margin
(b) They sell poor quality grains at ration shops
(c) They open shops irregularly
(d) They sell good quality grain at ration shops at a slightly higher price
► (d) They sell good quality grain at ration shops at a slightly higher price
3. Under the Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) foodgrains given per family per month is :
(a) 40 kg
(b) 35 kg
(c) 20 kg
(d) 25 kg
► (b) 35 kg
4. To whom the yellow card is issued?
(a) To shop keeper
(b) To land lord's
(c) To government employee
(d) People below the poverty line
► (d) People below the poverty line
5. Who released a special stamp entitled ‘Wheat Revolution’ in July 1968?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Indira Gandhi
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) Motilal Nehru
► (b) Indira Gandhi
6. The most devastating famine occurred in Bengal in:
(a) 1942
(b) 1943
(c) 1947
(d) 2009
► (b) 1943
7. What is the alternative name for ration shops?
(a) Fair Price Shops
(b) Grain Shops
(c) Distribution Shops
(d) None of the above
► (a) Fair Price Shops
8. Which of the following places of Jharkhand witnessed starvation death recently?
(a) Dhanbad
(b) Ranchi
(c) Palamau
(d) Puri
► (c) Palamau
9. When was the Antyodaya Anna Yojana scheme launched?
(a) In Jan 1999
(b) In May 2000
(c) In Dec 2000
(d) In October 2005
► (c) In Dec 2000
10. In which state 94% ration shops are run by cooperatives
(a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Orissa
(d) Bihar
► (b) Tamil Nadu
11. In which decades was the Rationing System introduced in India?
(a) 1940s
(b) 1950s
(c) 1960s
(d) 1970s
► (a) 1940s
12. At what price, the government purchases the food grain for making buffer stock?
(a) Minimum Support Price (MSP)
(b) Controlled price
(c) High price
(d) All of the above
► (a) Minimum Support Price (MSP)
13. Name the NGO which facilitated setting up of grain banks in different regions.
(a) Academy of Development Science, Maharashtra
(b) Anand Milk Union Limited
(c) Mother Dairy
(d) None of these
► (a) Academy of Development Science, Maharashtra
14. Which of the following arguments do not support the idea that high level of buffer stocks of food grains is very undesirable?
(a) High carrying costs.
(b) Waste of food grains.
(c) Deterioration in grain quality.
(d) Proper and best maintenance of food grains.
► (d) Proper and best maintenance of food grains.
15. In which of the following years was the food grain stock with the FCI the maximum?
(a) 2001
(b) 2009
(c) 2002
(d) 2000
► (c) 2002
16. The most devastating famine occurred in India in 1943 in:
(a) Assam
(b) Bengal
(c) Bihar
(d) Orissa
► (b) Bengal
17. In which of the following year did our country cross the 200 million tonnes per year mark in food grain production?
(a) 2013-14
(b) 2014-15
(c) 2015-16
(d) 2016-17
► (c) 2015-16
18. Which among the following schemes was initiated for the poor in all areas?
(a) TPDS
(b) RPDS
(c) AAY
(d) All of the above
► (a) TPDS
19. Chronic hunger refers to:
(a) Low income
(b) Inadequate quantity of food
(c) Inadequate quality of food
(d) All of the above
► (d) All of the above
20. In which part of the country, grain banks have been set up by NGO's?
(a) Gujarat
(b) Haryana
(c) Punjab
(d) Maharashtra
► (d) Maharashtra
21. The price that is announced before the sowing season is called:
(a) Issue price
(b) Fair price
(c) Market price
(d) Minimum support price
► (d) Minimum support price
22. Minimum Support Price is announced fay the government to provide:
(a) incentives to farmers
(b) incentives to middlemen
(c) incentives to government officials
(d) none of the above
► (a) incentives to farmers
23. When was National Food Security Act passed?
(a) 2010
(b) 2011
(c) 2012
(d) 2013
► (d) 2013
24. The main purpose of a buffer stock scheme is:
(a) to solve the problem of shortage of food
(b) to support the farmers
(c) to create the stock for a profit
(d) none of the above
► (a) to solve the problem of shortage of food
25. The society which facilitated setting up of grain banks in different regions is :
(a) Amul (Gujarat)
(b) Academy of Development Science (Maharashtra)
(c) Mother Dairy (Delhi)
(d) None of the above
► (b) Academy of Development Science (Maharashtra)
26. Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) and Annapurna Scheme (APS) are linked with :
(a) public distribution system
(b) mid-day meal
(c) special nutrition programme
(d) none of the above
► (a) public distribution system
27. Name the cooperative that provides milk and vegetables controlled rate decided by the Government of Delhi:
(a) Amul
(b) Kendriya Bhandar
(c) Mother Dairy
(d) None of these
► (c) Mother Dairy
28. Which of the following is not a dimension of food security?
(a) Availability
(b) Accessibility
(c) Affordability
(d) Costly
► (d) Costly
