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

Which organisation has facilitated a network of NGOs for setting up grains banks in Maharashtra?

  1. Amul

  2. Mother Dairy

  3. Academy of Development Science

  4. Central Government
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation
  • Academy of Development Science has facilitated a network of NGOs for setting up grain banks in different regions.
  • ADS organises training and capacity building programmes on food security for NGOs. Grain Bank are now slowly taking shape in different parts of Maharashtra.
  • ADS efforts to set up the 'Grain Bank', is paying rich dividends.
  • The ADS Grain Bank programme is acknowledged as a successful and innovative food security intervention.
Multiple choice geography food security in india components of food security government measures for food security important index numbers

In which state the most devastating famine of India occurred in 1943?

  1. Bengal

  2. Odisha

  3. Bihar

  4. Uttar Pradesh
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The Bengal famine of 1943 struck the Bengal Province of British India during World War II following the Japanese invasion of Burma. Approximately 3 million people died due to famine.

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

Which of the following step is taken in agriculture to make India self-sufficient in food grains?

  1. Use of HYV seeds

  2. Use of chemical fertilisers and pesticides

  3. New scientific methods of farming

  4. All of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

In 1960s the government adopted certain strategies in agriculture to make India self-sufficient in food grains:
(i) Use of HYV seeds.
(ii) Use of chemical fertilisers and pesticides.
(iii) New scientific methods of farming.
(iv) Several schemes for irrigation were undertaken to bring more land under cultivation.

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

Which programme was launched in the year 2000?

  1. AAY

  2. NREGA

  3. PDS

  4. PMGY
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) is a Government of India 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 the state of Rajasthan.

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

Public distribution system relates to__________.

  1. marketing system

  2. retailing system

  3. industrial system

  4. selling system
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Public distribution system relates to retailing system. PDS is a network of fair price shops where the necessary commodities and staple food grains are provided to the poor people at low price as compared to the market. So this is a retailing system as the distribution is done through retail shops. 

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

The base year for consumer price index has now been revised from 1982 to _____.

  1. 1990

  2. 1991

  3. 1996

  4. 2001
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Government is always set to modify index and base year to calculate DA. The last revision in the base year was in 2006 by the Sixth Central Pay Commission from 1982 to 2001. 

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

The objectives of FEMA include -

  1. Facilitating external trade and payment

  2. Promoting the orderly development and maintenance of foreign exchange market in India

  3. Both (a) and (b)

  4. Neither (a) nor (b)
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

option c  is correct

The main objective of FEMA is to facilitate external trade and payments and for promoting the orderly development and maintenance of foreign exchange market in India. FEMA deals with provisions relating to procedures, formalities, dealings, etc. of foreign exchange transactions in India.

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

The unsustainable levels of government deficits in the late $80$'s can be attributed to:

  1. High levels of government expenditures

  2. Insufficient revenues

  3. Poor returns on government investments

  4. All of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The unsustainable levels of government deficits in the late 80's can be attributed to high levels of government expenditures, insufficient revenues and poor returns on government investments.