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Birla Public School, Doha – Qatar (2024-25)

GRADE IX

Chapter 4-Food Security in India

MCQ

Q.1. Who added a new dimension to food security and emphasised the “access”
to food?

(a) Raghuram Rajan


(b) Amartya Sen
(c) Abhijit Banerjee
(d) Adam Smith
Ans. (b) Amartya Sen

Q.2. Green Revolution in the 1960s was associated with :


(a) use of HYV seeds
(b) tree plantation programme
(c) fisheries development
(d) Horticulture
Ans. (a) use of HYV seeds

Q.3. Revamped Public Distribution System (RPDS) aimed to provide benefits to:
(a) cities
(b) remote and backward areas
(c) self-help groups
(d) cooperative societies
Ans. (b) remote and backward areas
Q.4. Antyodaya cards are related to
(a) All poors
(b) poorest of the poor
(c) persons below poverty line
(d) Persons above poverty line
Ans. (b) poorest of the poor

Q.5. Name the cooperative that provides milk and vegetables controlled rate
decided by the government of Delhi:
(a) Amul
(b Kendriya Bhandar
(c) Mother Dairy
(d) Krishak Bharati cooperative
Ans. (c) Mother Dairy

Q.6. 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) Cooperative society
Ans. (b) Academy of Development Science (Maharashtra)

Q.7. Minimum Support Price (MSP) is announced by the government to provide :


(a) incentives to farmers for raising production
(b) incentives to traders to earn maximum profit from farmers
(c) incentives to moneylenders to lend maximum to farmers
(d) incentives to wholesalers to earn maximum profit from farmers

Ans. (a) incentives to farmers for raising production

Q.8. Which crop registered the largest increase in production as a result of Green
Revolution?
(a) wheat
(b) rice
(c) maize
(d) Jowar
Ans. (a) wheat

Q.9. 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)
Ans. (d) both (b) and (c)

Q.10. Food security means :


(a) availability of food
(b) accessibility of food
(c) affordability of food
(d) all the above
Ans. (d) all the above
Q.11. The most devastating famine occurred in India in 1943 in :
(a) Assam
(b) Bengal
(c) Bihar
(d) Orissa
Ans. (b) Bengal

Q.12. In which of the following states do we find the largest number of food
insecure people?
(a) Bihar, Jharkhand and Orissa
(b) Bihar, Jharkhand and Gujarat
(c) Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Tamilnadu
(d) Bihar, Chhattisgarh and Karnataka
Ans. (a) Bihar, Jharkhand and Orissa

Q.13. In which state of India, Amul Dairy is situated?


(a) Rajasthan
(b) Gujarat
(c) Karnataka
(d) Bihar
Ans. (b) Gujarat

Q.14. Who released a special stamp entitled ‘Wheat Revolution’ in July 1968?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Indira Gandhi
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) Motilal Nehru
Ans. (b) Indira Gandhi

Q.15. Assertion (A) : Public Distribution System (PDS) is the most important step
taken by the Government of India towards ensuring food security

Reason (R): The farmers are paid a pre announced price for their crops. This
price is called Minimum Support Price (MSP).

(a) Both A and B are true and R is the correct explanation of A


(b) Both A and B are true and R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true but R is false
(d) A is false but R is true

Ans. (b) Both A and B are true and R is not the correct explanation of A

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