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Multiple choice social science food security in india need for nregs rural development and employment guarantee scheme food security and nutrition

By chronic hunger we mean _____.

  1. Cycles of food growing and harvesting

  2. Persistently inadequate food availability

  3. Shortage of food during adverse weather conditions

  4. Inability to buy quality food
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Chronic hunger is a consequence of diets persistently inadequate in terms of quantity and/or quality. Poor people suffer from chronic hunger because of their very low income and in turn inability to buy food even for survival.

Multiple choice social science food security in india need for nregs rural development and employment guarantee scheme food security and nutrition

Seasonal hunger is prevalent in rural areas because _____.

  1. People with low income are unable to buy food

  2. Agricultural activities depend on natural factors

  3. Green revolution was introduced

  4. Loans are not easily available
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Seasonal hunger is prevalent in rural areas because agriculture activities depend on natural factors. Seasonal hunger is related to cycles of food growing and harvesting.

Multiple choice social science food security in india need for nregs rural development and employment guarantee scheme food security and nutrition

Seasonal hunger badly affects _____ in urban areas.

  1. Shopkeepers

  2. Construction labourers

  3. Beggars

  4. Bus drivers
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Workers most affected by seasonal hunger in urban areas are construction labourers. There is no regular work and no stable income for them. Due to seasonal activities in construction field, these labourers are more affected.

Multiple choice social science food security in india need for nregs rural development and employment guarantee scheme food security and nutrition

In the rural areas seasonal hunger is found due to _____.

  1. Inadequate income

  2. Unemployment

  3. Cycles of food growing and harvesting

  4. Cycles of distribution
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation
Seasonal hunger is related to cycles of food growing and harvesting. This is prevalent in rural areas because of the seasonal nature of agricultural activities and in urban areas because of the casual labour, e.g., there is less work for casual construction labour during the rainy season. This type of hunger exists when a person is unable to get work for the entire year.
Multiple choice social science food security in india need for nregs rural development and employment guarantee scheme food security and nutrition

Because of poverty poor people suffer from _____.

  1. Seasonal hunger

  2. Chronic hunger

  3. Occasional hunger

  4. Temporary hunger
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation
Chronic hunger is a consequence of diets persistently inadequate in terms of quantity and/or quality. Poor people suffer from chronic hunger because of their very low income and in turn inability to buy food even for survival.
Multiple choice social science food security in india need for nregs rural development and employment guarantee scheme food security and nutrition

Food within the reach of every person is called _____.

  1. Accessibility of food

  2. Affordability of food

  3. Availability of food

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

Availability, accessibility and affordability of food to all people at all times is known as food security.

Availability means food should be available to all.
Accessibility means it must be within reach of every person.
Affordability means food must be affordable to every person.

Multiple choice social science food security in india need for nregs rural development and employment guarantee scheme food security and nutrition

Ration shops also known as _____ keep stocks of food grains, sugar, and kerosene oil for cooking.

  1. Few Price Schemes

  2. Fair Price Shops

  3. Fast Price Shops

  4. First Price Shops

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

Fair Price Shop means a shop which has been licensed to distribute essential commodities by an order issued under section 3 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 to the ration card holders under the Targeted Public Distribution System. Locally these are known as ration shops and chiefly sell wheat, rice, kerosene and sugar at a lower price than the market which is hence known as the, Issue Price.

Multiple choice social science food security in india need for nregs rural development and employment guarantee scheme food security and nutrition

The accepted average calorie requirement in India is _____ calories per person per day in rural areas and _____ calories per person per day in urban areas.

  1. 3400, 3100

  2. 4000, 2100

  3. 2400, 2100

  4. 2400, 3000

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

The accepted average calorie requirement in India is 2400 calories per person per day in rural areas and 2100 calories per person per day in urban areas.

Multiple choice social science food security in india need for nregs rural development and employment guarantee scheme food security and nutrition

The rationing system was revived in the wake of an acute food shortage during the 1960s, prior to the _____.

  1. White Revolution

  2. Great Revolution

  3. Green Revolution

  4. Blue Revolution

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

The introduction of rationing in India dates back to the 1940s Bengal famine. This rationing system was revived in the wake of acute food shortage during the early 1960s, prior to the Green Revolution. 

Multiple choice social science food security in india need for nregs rural development and employment guarantee scheme food security and nutrition

Hunger is another aspect indicating ____________.

  1. Health insecurity

  2. Social insecurity

  3. Fun insecurity

  4. Food insecurity

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

Food security implies availability, accessibility and affordability of food at all times. Thus, if a person is hungry for either part of the year or throughout the year, this indicates food insecurity.
If the person is chronically hungry, then that person is not able to access an adequate quality or quantity of food at any time. If the person is seasonally hungry, that person is not able to avail adequate quality or quantity of food at certain times of the year.