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Multiple choice geography food security in india components of food security government measures for food security important index numbers

Mother Dairy is making strides in provision of milk and vegetables to the consumers at controlled rates decided by _____.

  1. Government of Bihar

  2. Government of Gujarat

  3. Government of Punjab

  4. Government of Delhi

  5. None of these
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Mother Dairy is making strides in provision of milk and vegetables to the consumers at controlled rates which is decided by Delhi Government.

Multiple choice geography food security in india components of food security government measures for food security important index numbers

Public Distribution System (PDS) is the most important step taken by the Government of India towards ____________________.

  1. Ensuring water security

  2. Ensuring milk security

  3. Ensuring food security

  4. Ensuring fans security

  5. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Public Distribution System (PDS) is an Indian food security system. Established by the Government of India, it distributes subsidized food and non-food items to the poor. This scheme was launched in India on June 1947. Food security means availability, accessibility and affordability of food to all people at all times.

Multiple choice geography food security in india components of food security government measures for food security important index numbers

In India, the Public Distribution System is related to _______.

  1. Distribution of money

  2. Distribution of health care

  3. Distribution of education

  4. Distribution of food grains
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Major commodities distributed under public distribution system include staple food grains, such as wheat, rice, sugar, and kerosene, through a network of fair price shops. Food Corporation of India, a Government-owned corporation, procures foodgrains and maintains the PDS.

Multiple choice geography food security in india components of food security government measures for food security important index numbers

Which of the following types of people are most likely to have food security?

  1. Workers employed in ill-paying jobs

  2. Daily wage workers

  3. Landless labourers

  4. Workers employed in call-centres
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Food security is nothing but the opportunity to gain food all along which is possible to people who have continuous work. Among the given options, workers employed in ill-paying jobs, daily wage workers, landless laborers do not get enough pay or continuous work and hence food security is seen only for call centre workers.

Multiple choice geography food security in india components of food security government measures for food security important index numbers

FCI procures and distributes food grains on behalf of the government. FCI stands for ___.

  1. Food Grain Corporation of India

  2. Food Corporation of India

  3. Food Co-operation of India

  4. Food Co-operative of India
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Food Corporation of India was set up on 14th January, 1965 to implement the following objectives of the National Food Policy:

  1. Effective price support operations for safeguarding the interests of the farmers.
  2. Distribution of foodgrains throughout the country for Public Distribution System.
  3. Maintaining satisfactory level of operational and buffer stocks of foodgrains to ensure National Food Security.
  4. Regulate market price to provide foodgrains to consumers at a reliable price.
Multiple choice geography food security in india components of food security government measures for food security important index numbers

NFWP is stand for ____.

  1. National Federation for Work and Progress

  2. National Forest for Wildlife Protection

  3. National Food and Wheat Processing

  4. National Food for Work Programme
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

NFWP is stand for National Food for Work Programme. This programme was launched in the year 2004 by the minister of rural development. The objective of this scheme is to give employment to Indian poors who can undertake unskilled jobs and thus also maintaining food security.  

Multiple choice geography food security in india components of food security government measures for food security important index numbers

Main purpose of buffer stock is _____.

  1. To save food grains from pest attack

  2. To stop price fluctuations

  3. To meet the crisis of low production

  4. Both (b) and (c)
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D Correct answer
Explanation

A buffer stock scheme is an attempt to use commodity storage for the purposes of stabilising prices in an entire economy or, more commonly, an individual (commodity) market. Specifically, commodities are bought when there is a surplus in the economy, stored, and are then sold from these stores when there are economic shortages in the economy.

Multiple choice geography food security in india components of food security government measures for food security important index numbers

When was the Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) launched?

  1. January 1999

  2. May 2000

  3. December 2000

  4. October 2005
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) is a Government sponsored scheme to provide highly subsidised food to millions of the poorest families. It was launched by the government on 25 December 2000 and first implemented in Rajasthan.