Multiple choice

Directions: Select the option that best answers the question at the end of the passage.

But this will require planning, coordination and monitoring by high-powered bodies right down to the district level. The onus for coordinating and implementing the National Plan of Action on Nutrition could be given to the women and child department but, if it is to be effective, it must be given ministerial status. Intersectoral committees will also be necessary at the State level and the district magistrates must be made accountable for the total social development of the area. The success of the adult literacy programme in certain districts has shown that wonders can be achieved by a DM. States should also formulate their own plans on the basis of the national policy to suit their special needs. Rajasthan has already done so by developing a hugely successful two-day village contact drive that informs people of the services available under ICDS, while Orissa is attempting to create grain banks. These are small beginnings but they could go a long way in bettering the nutritional levels of the children and in time of the population as a whole.

The passage is _______.

  1. providing awareness regarding the despondent situation of nutrition in India

  2. a suggestion for an effective plan to be implemented for healthy nutritional levels

  3. telling about pathetic conditions of women and child today

  4. taking about the need for a DM

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Option (3) as well as (4) can easily be seen as incorrect because the passage basically talks about poling on nutrition levels in India. Among option (1) and (2), (2) is factually correct on basis of reading the passage because it discusses a plan for effective implementation for developing healthy nutritional levels and not provide us information about bad situation of nutrition in India. This marks option (2) correct.