Class 9 Social Science Economics MCQ Food Security in India

Question : Since independence, India is aiming at self-sufficiency in:
(a) food security
(b) food grains
(c) work force
(d) none of these

Question : Antyodaya cards are given to the
(a) poor
(b) poorest of the poor
(c) those below poverty line
(d) all of the above

Question : The society which facilitated setting up of grain banks in different regions is :
(a) Amul (Gujarat)
(b) Academy of Development Science (Maharashtra)
(c) Mother Dairy (Delhi)
(d) None of the above

Question : MSP refers to :
(a) Minimum Support Price
(b) Maximum Support Price
(c) Marginal Support Price
(d) None of the above

Question : NREGA provides:
(a) 100-days of assured work
(b) 200-days of assured work
(c) None of the options
(d) No assured work

Question : The price that is announced before the sowing season is called:
(a) Issue price
(b) Fair price
(c) Market price
(d) Minimum support price

Question : Fair Price Shops keep stock of:
(a) only food grains
(b) food grains and sugar
(c) food grain, sugar and kerosene oil
(d) none of the above

Question : Season hunger is prevalent in
(a) rural areas
(b) urban areas
(c) both rural and urban areas
(d) metro cities

Question : Which of the following group of people are not affected by food insecurity?
(a) Landless people with little or no land
(b) Traditional artisans
(c) Petty self-employed workers
(d) Shopkeepers

Question : Which of the following places of Jharkhand witnessed starvation death recently?
(a) Palamau
(b) Dhanbad
(c) Ranchi
(d) Puri

Question : In which of the following years was the food grain stock with the FCI the maximum?
(a) 2001
(b) 2009
(c) 2002
(d) 2000

Question : The famine of Bengal occurred is:
(a) 1941
(b) 1942
(c) 1943
(d) 1944

Question : The most devastating famine occurred in Bengal in
(a) 1938
(b) 1940
(c) 1942
(d) 1943

Question : Annapurna Scheme (APS) has been launched in April:
(a) 2000
(b) 2005
(c) 1999
(d) 2003

Question : In year 2000 which of the following programmes was launched?
(a) APS
(b) PMGY
(c) NREGA
(d) PDS

Question : When was the Antyodaya Anna Yojana scheme launched?
(a) In Jan 1999
(b) In May 2000
(c) In Dec 2000
(d) In October 2005

Question : Food security in needed in a country:
(a) to ensure food at all times
(b) to ensure food to the rich
(c) to ensure food at sometimes
(d) none of the above

Question : Which state is associated with AMUL?
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Gujarat
(c) West Bengal
(d) Kerala

Question : Main purpose of buffer stock scheme is :
(a) to save food grains from pest attack
(b) to stop price fluctuations
(c) to meet the crisis of low production
(d) both (b) and (c)

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

Question : Who released a special stamp entitled ‘Wheat Revolution’ in July 1968?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Indira Gandhi
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) Motilal Nehru

Question : Hunger is another aspect indicating:
(a) food security
(b) food insecurity
(c) to meet their demands
(d) none of the above

Question : The Minimum Support price in declared by the Government every
(a) year
(b) four years
(c) five years
(d) ten years

Question : Women and children under the age of five are food insecure population due to :
(a) Malnutrition
(b) Healthy diet
(c) Fats
(d) None of the above

Question : Buffer stock is the stock of food grains procured by the government through
(a) FCI
(b) IDBI
(c) FICCI
(d) IFCI

Question : Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) and Annapurna Scheme (APS) are linked with :
(a) public distribution system
(b) mid-day meal
(c) special nutrition programme
(d) none of the above

Question : Green Revolution of 1960s was associated with:
(a) use of HYV seeds
(b) tree plantation programme
(c) fisheries development
(d) None of these

Question : Food for Work Programme was launched in which of the following years?
(a) 2003
(b) 2001
(c) 2004
(d) 2005

Question : The Mother Dairy is an important cooperative in
(a) Delhi
(b) Punjab
(c) Haryana
(d) Gujarat

Question : In which part of the country, grain banks have been set up by NGO’s?
(a) Gujarat
(b) Haryana
(c) Punjab
(d) Maharashtra

Question :Chronic hunger is a consequence of diets persistently inadequate:
(a) in term of quality only
(b) in term of quantity only
(c) in term of quantity and quality
(d) none of the above

Question :Seasonal hunger is a type of hunger when a person:
(a) is unable to get food for the entire year
(b) is able to get food for the entire year
(c) is able to get work for the entire year
(d) is unable to get work for the entire year

Question :Since independence, India is aiming at self-sufficiency in:
(a) food security
(b) food grains
(c) work force
(d) none of these

Question :The highest rate of growth in foodgrain was achieved in:
(a) Punjab and Bihar
(b) Haryana and Orissa
(c) Punjab and Haryana
(d) Punjab

Question :There are ………….. lakh ration shops all over the country:
(a) 4.4
(b) 4.5
(c) 4.6
(d) 4.7

Question :Fair Price Shops keep stock of:
(a) only food grains
(b) food grains and sugar
(c) food grain, sugar and kerosene oil
(d) none of the above

Question :Food security means:
(a) availability of food to all people at all times.
(b) availability and accessibility of food as all people at all times.
(c) availability, accessibility and affordability of food to all people at all times.
(d) none of the above.