Food Security in India

Q. refers to the availability, affordability, and accessibility of food for everyone in a country.

1. Food Security
2. Midday Meal
3. Free Food
4. Development

Q.

Why buffer stock is created by the government?

Q. Who are the beneficiaries of the Midday Meal Scheme?

1. Old age pension recipients
2. Workers of the National Rural Employment Act
3. Resident doctors of government hospitals in rural areas
4. Children attending school

Q. Which country is the largest producer of milk in the world?

1. USA
2. Brazil
3. China
4. India

Q. Which of the following does not describe food security?

1. Availability of food
2. Affordability of food
3. Availability of drinks
4. Access to food

Q. Which of the following schemes aims at a hunger-free Karnataka?

1. Integrated Child Development Services
2. Midday Meal Scheme
3. Anna Bhagya Scheme
4. Kishori Shakti Yojana

Q. The Midday Meal Scheme focuses on children in ______ schools.

1. convent
2. primary
3. secondary
4. higher secondary

Q. The Indian government has established the to buy and store food grains.

1. Fair price shops
2. Food Corporation of India
3. Minimum Support Price
4. Ration cards

Q. Which of the following schemes increased the enrolment ratio in primary schools in various parts of India?

1. Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan
2. Midday Meal Scheme
3. Scheme of Vocational Education
4. National Means-cum-merit Scholarship Scheme

Q. Which of the following statements are not true concerning the minimum support price?

1. The government announces it before the sowing season.
2. The government announces it after the sowing season.
3. It acts as a safety net for the farmers.
4. It is the price at which businesses buy the produce from the farmers.

Q. Which section of the society is issued with red or orange ration cards under the Antyodaya scheme?

1. People below the poverty line
2. Poor
3. Poorest of the poor
4. People above the poverty line

Q. What does FCI stand for?

1. Foreign Co-operation with India
2. Food Corporation of India
3. Food Coming to India
4. Fossils Corporation of India

Q. Which of the following schemes offers its beneficiaries 35 kilograms of rice and wheat per month per family?

1. Antyodaya scheme
2. National Food Security Mission
3. Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana
4. Anna Bhagya Scheme

Q. Which of the following yojanas are aimed at achieving food security?

1. Anna Bhagya
2. Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana
3. MGNREGA
4. Midday Meal Scheme