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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

Food security indicates ____________.

  1. Availability of food to all people at all times

  2. Affordability of food to all people at all times

  3. Accessibility of food to all people at all time

  4. All of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation
Food security indicates enough food is available for all the persons. All persons have the capacity to buy food of acceptable quality and there is no barrier on access to food.
(a) Availability of food means food production within the country, food imports and the previous year's stock stored in government granaries.
(b) Accessibility means food is within reach of every person.
(c) Affordability implies that an individual has enough money to buy sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet one's dietary needs.

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

In urban areas a person who does not get ____________ calories of food is considered to be living below the poverty line.

  1. 1800

  2. 2000

  3. 2100

  4. 2400
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The estimated minimum level of income needed to secure the necessities of life is the poverty line. The nutritional requirement recommends a national norm of 2,400 kilo calories a day for rural areas and 2,100 calories a day for urban areas, the difference being attributed to the lower rate of physical activity in urban areas.

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

Among the underweight children of the world, 42 percent are in ________.

  1. India

  2. China

  3. Bangladesh

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

A new study based on a survey of the height and weight of more than one lakh children across six States has found that as many as 42 per cent of under-fives are severely or moderately underweight and that 59 per cent of them suffer from moderate to severe stunting, meaning their height is much lower than the median height-for-age of the reference population.

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

The Government has identified the poor families and has given to them ________ ration cards.

  1. Poverty

  2. Wealthy

  3. Below poverty line

  4. Poverty line
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Below Poverty Line is an economic benchmark used by the government of India to indicate economic disadvantage and to identify individuals and households in need of government assistance and aid. It is determined using various parameters which vary from state to state and within states.

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

To measure hunger, recently an index called ________ is being used as a yardstick.

  1. Poverty line

  2. World Hunger Index

  3. World hunger list

  4. Poverty list
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The Global Hunger Index (GHI) is a multidimensional statistical tool used to describe the state of countries' hunger situation. The GHI measures progress and failures in the global fight against hunger. The GHI is updated once a year.

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

According to the yardstick of poverty line, an individual in cities requires ______ calories and in rural areas requires ______ calories of food.

  1. 2400; 2100

  2. 2000; 2400

  3. 2400; 2000

  4. 2100; 2400
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

According to the yardstick of poverty line, an individual in cities requires 2100 calories and in rural areas requires 2400 calories of food.

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

Green Revolution in the 1960s was associated with ______.

  1. Use a HYV seeds

  2. Tree plantation programme

  3. Fisheries development

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The Green Revolution initiative resulted in the adoption of new technologies including new, high-yielding varieties (HYVs) of cereals, especially dwarf wheats and rices, and new methods of cultivation. 

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

Even though India is self-sufficient in food production, a large number of people still suffer from hunger because of ___________.

  1. Lack of transport facility

  2. Government's incapacity

  3. Natural disasters

  4. Lack of purchasing power and defects in public distribution system
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Even though India is self-sufficient in food production, a large number of people still suffer from hunger because of lack of purchasing power and defects in the distribution system.

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

The system which ensures the provision of food at all times to everyone in the country is called _________.

  1. Food security

  2. Public distribution system

  3. Fair price shops

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

Food security is the state of having reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious food of a proper quality. It ensures that everybody is capable of getting enough healthy food.