Food Security in India MCQ for Class 9 Social Science Chapter 4 Answers

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Q1. Since independence, India is aiming at self-sufficiency in:

(i) food security
(ii) food grains
(iii) work force
(iv) none of these

(ii) food grains

Q2. Antyodaya cards are given to the

(i) poor
(ii) poorest of the poor
(iii) those below poverty line
(iv) all of the above

(ii) poorest of the poor

Q3. The society which facilitated setting up of grain banks in different regions is :

(i) Amul (Gujarat)
(ii) Academy of Development Science (Maharashtra)
(iii) Mother Dairy (Delhi)
(iv) None of the above

(ii) Academy of Development Science (Maharashtra)

Q4. MSP refers to :

(i) Minimum Support Price
(ii) Maximum Support Price
(iii) Marginal Support Price
(iv) None of the above

(i) Minimum Support Price

Q5. NREGA provides:

(i) 100-days of assured work
(ii) 200-days of assured work
(iii) None of the options
(iv) No assured work

(i) 100-days of assured work

Q6. The price that is announced before the sowing season is called:

(i) Issue price
(ii) Fair price
(iii) Market price
(iv) Minimum support price

(iv) Minimum support price

Q7. Fair Price Shops keep stock of:

(i) only food grains
(ii) food grains and sugar
(iii) food grain, sugar and kerosene oil
(iv) none of the above

(iii) food grain, sugar and kerosene oil

Q8. Season hunger is prevalent in

(i) rural areas
(ii) urban areas
(iii) both rural and urban areas
(iv) metro cities

(iii) both rural and urban areas

Q9. Which of the following group of people are not affected by food insecurity?

(i) Landless people with little or no land
(ii) Traditional artisans
(iii) Petty self-employed workers
(iv) Shopkeepers

(iv) Shopkeepers

Q10. Which of the following places of Jharkhand witnessed starvation death recently?

(i) Palamau
(ii) Dhanbad
(iii) Ranchi
(iv) Puri

(i) Palamau

Q11. In which of the following years was the food grain stock with the FCI the maximum?

(i) 2001
(ii) 2009
(iii) 2002
(iv) 2000

(iii) 2002

Q12. The famine of Bengal occurred is:

(i) 1941
(ii) 1942
(iii) 1943
(iv) 1944

(iii) 1943

Q13. The most devastating famine occurred in Bengal in

(i) 1938
(ii) 1940
(iii) 1942
(iv) 1943

(iv) 1943

Q14. Annapurna Scheme (APS) has been launched in April:

(i) 2000
(ii) 2005
(iii) 1999
(iv) 2003

(i) 2000

Q15. In year 2000 which of the following programmes was launched?

(i) APS
(ii) PMGY
(iii) NREGA
(iv) PDS

(i) APS

Q16. When was the Antyodaya Anna Yojana scheme launched?

(i) In Jan 1999
(ii) In May 2000
(iii) In Dec 2000
(iv) In October 2005

(iii) In Dec 2000

Q17. Food security in needed in a country:

(i) to ensure food at all times
(ii) to ensure food to the rich
(iii) to ensure food at sometimes
(iv) none of the above

(i) to ensure food at all times

Q18. Which state is associated with AMUL?

(i) Maharashtra
(ii) Gujarat
(iii) West Bengal
(iv) Kerala

(ii) Gujarat

Q19. Main purpose of buffer stock scheme is :

(i) to save food grains from pest attack
(ii) to stop price fluctuations
(iii) to meet the crisis of low production
(iv) both (ii) and (iii)

(iv) both (ii) and (iii)

Q20. Which institution was set up by Maharashtra Academy of Development Science to facilitate a network of NGOs?

(i) Grain banks
(ii) Commercial banks
(iii) Gramin banks
(iv) Co-operative banks

(i) Grain banks

Q21. Who released a special stamp entitled ‘Wheat Revolution’ in July 1968?

(i) Mahatma Gandhi
(ii) Indira Gandhi
(iii) Jawaharlal Nehru
(iv) Motilal Nehru

(ii) Indira Gandhi

Q22. Hunger is another aspect indicating:

(i) food security
(ii) food insecurity
(iii) to meet their demands
(iv) none of the above

(ii) food insecurity

Q23. The Minimum Support price in declared by the Government every

(i) year
(ii) four years
(iii) five years
(iv) ten years

(i) year

Q24. Women and children under the age of five are food insecure population due to :

(i) Malnutrition
(ii) Healthy diet
(iii) Fats
(iv) None of the above

(i) Malnutrition

Q25. Buffer stock is the stock of food grains procured by the government through

(i) FCI
(ii) IDBI
(iii) FICCI
(iv) IFCI

(i) FCI

Q26. Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) and Annapurna Scheme (APS) are linked with :

(i) public distribution system
(ii) mid-day meal
(iii) special nutrition programme
(iv) none of the above

(i) public distribution system

Q27. Green Revolution of 1960s was associated with:

(i) use of HYV seeds
(ii) tree plantation programme
(iii) fisheries development
(iv) None of these

(i) use of HYV seeds

Q28. Food for Work Programme was launched in which of the following years?

(i) 2003
(ii) 2001
(iii) 2004
(iv) 2005

(iii) 2004

Q29. The Mother Dairy is an important cooperative in

(i) Delhi
(ii) Punjab
(iii) Haryana
(iv) Gujarat

(i) Delhi

Q30. In which part of the country, grain banks have been set up by NGO’s?

(i) Gujarat
(ii) Haryana
(iii) Punjab
(iv) Maharashtra

(iv) Maharashtra

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