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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

The society which facilitated setting up of grain banks in different regions is ________.

  1. Amul (Gujarat)

  2. Academy of Development Science (Maharashtra)

  3. Mother Dairy (Delhi)

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B 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.
Multiple choice social science food security in india need for nregs rural development and employment guarantee scheme food security and nutrition

Massive starvation takes place due to _______.

  1. Rise in the price of essential commodities

  2. Decline in production of good grains

  3. Drought

  4. Both (a) and (b)
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Drought is a continuous period of dry weather, when an area gets less than its normal amount of rain. Crops and other plants need water to grow, and land animals need it to live. It can become dangerous for people and other animals; causing famine and even creating deserts.

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

Average consumption of PDS grains per person per month at all India level is _______.

  1. 1 kg

  2. 4 kg

  3. 300 gm

  4. 500 gm
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

In coverage and public expenditure, it is considered to be the most important food security network. However, the food grains supplied by the ration shops are not enough to meet the consumption needs of the poor or are of inferior quality. The average level of consumption of PDS grains in India is only 1 kg per person / month.

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

Public Distribution System is associated with _______.

  1. Fair price shops

  2. Cooperative stores

  3. Super bazaars

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

Public distribution system is a government-sponsored chain of shops entrusted with the work of distributing basic food and non-food commodities to the needy sections of the society at very cheap prices.

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

Name the cooperative body that provides milk, vegetable and pulses at controlled rate decided by government of Delhi.

  1. Amul

  2. Kendriya Bhandar

  3. Mother Dairy

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

Mother Dairy Fruit & Vegetable Pvt Ltd is an Indian company that manufactures, markets and sells milk, milk products and other edible products. Its milk products include cultured products, ice cream, paneer and ghee under the Mother Dairy brand. Mother Dairy provides milk, vegetable and pulses at controlled rate decided by government of Delhi.

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

In which state of India the famous cooperative Amul is situated?

  1. Gujarat

  2. Maharashtra

  3. Delhi

  4. Bihar
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation
  • Amul is a dairy cooperative, based at Anand in Gujarat.
  • Formed in 1946, it is a brand managed by a cooperative body, the Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd. (GCMMF).
Multiple choice social science food security in india need for nregs rural development and employment guarantee scheme food security and nutrition

Chronic hunger refers to ______.

  1. Low income

  2. Inadequate quantity of food

  3. Inadequate quality of food

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

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