CBSE Class 9 Economics Food Security in India MCQs

Question: In which decades was the Rationing System introduced in India?

a) 1940s

b) 1970s

c) 1950s

d) 1960s

Answer: 1940s

Question: NREGA provides:

a) 100-days of assured work

b) 200-days of assured work

c) None of the options

d) No assured work

Answer: 100-days of assured work

Question: In which year was the Integrated Child Development Service (ICDS) introduced?

a) 1975

b) 1965

c) 1985

d) 1995

Answer: 1975

Question: Which of the following places of Jharkhand witnessed starvation death recently?

a) Palamau

b) Dhanbad

c) Ranchi

d) Puri

Answer: Palamau

Question: Which are the two places in Orissa where starvation deaths are reported?

a) Kalahandi and Kashipur

b) Kashipur and Bhubaneshwar

c) Puri and Bhubaneshwar

d) Kalahandi and Puri

Answer: Kalahandi and Kashipur

Question: In which of the following years was the food grain stock with the FCI the maximum?

a) 2002

b) 2001

c) 2009

d) 2000

Answer: 2002

Question: In year 2000 which of the following programmes was launched?

a) APS

b) PMGY

c) NREGA

d) PDS

Answer: APS

Question: Who is the nodal officer at district level?

a) Collector

b) District officer

c) Commissioner

d) Superintendent of police

Answer: Collector

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

a) Grain banks

b) Commercial banks

c) Gramin banks

d) Co-operative banks

Answer: Grain banks

Question: The concept of entitlements was introduced by:

a) Amartya Sen

b) Pranab Mukharjee

c) Sonia Gandhi

d) Manmohan Singh

Answer: Amartya Sen

Question: Percentage of seasonal as well as chronic hunger in India over the years has

a) Decreased

b) Remained constant

c) Increased

d) None of the options

Answer: Decreased

Question: When was the Antyodaya Anna Yojana scheme launched?

a) In Dec 2000

b) In May 2000

c) In October 2005

d) In Jan 1999

Answer: In Dec 2000

Question: In which part of the country, grain banks have been set up by NGOs?

a) Haryana

b) Maharashtra

c) Gujarat

d) Punjab

Answer: Haryana

Question: Buffer stock is the stock of food grains procured by the government through

a) FCI

b) IDBI

c) FICCI

d) IFCI

Answer: FCI

Question: Which among the following schemes was initiated for the poor in all areas?

a) All of the options

b) AAY

c) RPDS

d) TPDS

Answer: All of the options

Question: Name the cooperative that provides milk and vegetables controlled rate decided by the Government of Delhi:

a) Mother Dairy

b) Amul

c) Kendriya Bhandar

d) None of the options

Answer: Mother Dairy

Question: Which among the following schemes was started in the year 2000 for the indigent senior citizens?

a) APS

b) SGSY

c) NFWP

d) PDS

Answer: APS

Question: F.C.I. stands for

a) Food Corporation of India

b) Foreign Co-operation with India

c) Fossils Corporation of India

d) Food Coming to India

Answer: Food Corporation of India

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

a) Malnutrition

b) Fats

c) Healthy diet

d) None of the options

Answer: Malnutrition

Question: The Mother Dairy is an important cooperative in

a) Delhi

b) Punjab

c) Haryana

d) Gujarat

Answer: Delhi

Question: Kalahandi is situated in which of the following states?

a) Orissa

b) Punjab

c) Rajasthan

d) Bihar

Answer: Orissa

Question: Food for Work Programme was launched in which of the following years?

a) 2004

b) 2001

c) 2005

d) 2003

Answer: 2004

Question: Which are the special target groups in Antyodaya Anna Yojana?

a) Poorest of the poor

b) Backward class

c) None of the options

d) Poor and non-poor

Answer: Poorest of the poor

Question: To whom the yellow card is issued?

a) People below the poverty line

b) To land lords

c) To government employee

d) To shop keeper

Answer: People below the poverty line

Question: The price that is announced before the sowing season is called:

a) Minimum support price

b) Market price

c) Issue price

d) Fair price

Answer: Minimum support price

Question: Who released a special stamp entitled Wheat Revolution in July 1968?

a) Indira Gandhi

b) Mahatma Gandhi

c) Jawaharlal Nehru

d) Motilal Nehru

Answer: Indira Gandhi

Question: In which state of India, Amul Dairy is situated?

a) Rajasthan

b) Gujarat

c) Karnataka

d) Bihar

Answer: Rajasthan

Question: In which of the following states do we find the largest number of food insecure people?

a) Bihar, Jharkhand and Orissa

b) Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Tamilnadu

c) Bihar, Jharkhand and Gujarat

d) Bihar, Chhattisgarh and Karnataka

Answer: Bihar, Jharkhand and Orissa

Question: The most devastating famine occurred in India in 1943 in:

a) Bengal

b) Bihar

c) Assam

d) Orissa

Answer: Bengal

Question: Chronic hunger refers to:

a) All the options

b) Inadequate quality of food

c) Inadequate quantity of food

d) Low income

Answer: All the options