This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 9 > Economics > Food Security In India > Class 9 Economics Chapter 4 Food Security In India – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 9 Economics Chapter 4 Food Security In India Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Seasonal hunger is prevalent in A) Rural areas. B) Urban areas. C) Both rural and urban areas. D) Metro cities. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both rural and urban areas. 2. Which one of the following is not covered under the PDS? A) (d) Vegetable. B) C) Kerosene. C) (a) Wheat. D) (b) Sugar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) (d) Vegetable. 3. The worst affected groups in rural areas facing food insecurity are: A) Landless people. B) Traditional artisans. C) Beggars. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 4. Which among the following schemes was initiated for the poor in all areas A) PDS. B) RPDS. C) AAY. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) PDS. 5. People living in different parts of the world experience the same level of food security. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 6. What does food security mean? A) Availability of food. B) Accessibility of food. C) Availability and accessibility of food to all at all times. D) Availability, accessibility and affordability of food to all at all the times. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Availability, accessibility and affordability of food to all at all the times. 7. Who added a new dimension "access" to food security? A) Amartya Sen. B) Homie. C) Nelson Mandela. D) Moala Youpifsai. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Amartya Sen. 8. Farmers are paid pre-announced price for their crops by FCI which is known as- A) Cost Price. B) Issue Price. C) Market Price. D) Minimum Support Price (MSP). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Minimum Support Price (MSP). 9. In which part of the country, grain banks have been set up the NGO's? A) Punjab. B) Maharashtra. C) Gujarat. D) Haryana. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Maharashtra. 10. ..... is declared by Govt every year before the sowing season to provide incentives to farmers. A) Minimum Support Price. B) Issue Price. C) Fair Price. D) Buffer stock. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Minimum Support Price. 11. What are the consequences of decrease in grain production? A) People become fat. B) Increase in food prices. C) People remain hungry. D) Both b and c. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both b and c. 12. Buffer stock is the stock of food grains procured by the government through: A) FICCI. B) IDBI. C) FCI. D) IFCI. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) FCI. 13. The two states that recorded significant increases in rice yield in 2012-13 are A) Assam and Tamil Nadu. B) Jharkhand and Odisha. C) West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh. D) Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh. 14. Which Dimension is not related to food Security in India- A) Accessibility of food. B) Affordability of food. C) Minimum Price of food. D) Availability of food. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Minimum Price of food. 15. Who do not come under the category of urban poor? A) Ii. The unemployed. B) Iv. Rickshaw pullers. C) I. The casual workers. D) Iii. The shopkeepers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Iii. The shopkeepers. 16. What is the name of successful cooperative in Gujarat for milk and milk products? A) Saras. B) Amul. C) Mother Dairy. D) Aare Milk. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Amul. 17. Malnutrition is a state of: A) Not having enough clean drinking water to drink. B) Not having enough food. C) Not having enough medicines. D) Not having proper supply of milk. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not having enough food. 18. Mother Diary is successfully running in ..... A) Tamil Nadu. B) Delhi. C) Gujarat. D) Maharashtra. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Delhi. 19. The price at which the government offers to sell food grains lower than the market price is known as? A) Procurement price. B) Minimum support price. C) Issue price. D) Market price. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Issue price. 20. Which state is associated with AMUL? A) Gujarat. B) Kerala. C) Maharashtra. D) West Bengal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gujarat. 21. F.C.I. stands for: A) Fosilse Corporation of India. B) Food Corporation of India. C) Food Coming to India. D) Foreign Co-operation with India. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Food Corporation of India. 22. Name the Cooperative that provides milk, vegetable and pulses at controlled rate decided by government of Delhi: A) Amul. B) Central store. C) Mother Dairy. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mother Dairy. 23. State the extension of the 1995 declaration made by the World Food Summit? A) Nursing and pregnant mothers and children under 5 yrs constitute the most important section of food insecure population. B) Poverty eradication is essential to improve access to food. C) Eradication of current hunger can ensure food security in the future. D) Accessibility is also an important dimension of food security. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Poverty eradication is essential to improve access to food. 24. Good Security means availability, accessibility and affordability of food to all people at all times. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 25. What is full form of FCI A) Free Consumer Identity. B) Food Corporation of India. C) Finance Committee of India. D) Fire Committee of India. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Food Corporation of India. 26. Who released a special stamp entitled 'Wheat Revolution' in July 1968? A) Indira Gandhi. B) Jawahar la Nehru. C) Motilal Nehru. D) Mahatma Gandhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indira Gandhi. 27. When was national food for work Programme launched? A) 19 April 2004. B) 11 Nov. 2006. C) 14 November 2004. D) 24 April 2006. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 14 November 2004. 28. The food procured by the FCI is distributed through government regulated ration shops among the poorer section of the society. This is called the ..... A) Public Distribution System. B) Rationing System. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Public Distribution System. 29. Ration shops are also known as ..... A) Fair price shops. B) One price shops. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fair price shops. 30. Who is the father of Green Revolution in India? A) Norman Borlaug. B) Vergees Kuran. C) MS swaminadhan. D) Amul Dairy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) MS swaminadhan. 31. The price at which the government offers to sell foodgrains lower than the market price is known as? A) Procurement price. B) Minimum support price. C) Issue price. D) Market price. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Issue price. 32. What is the goal of the National Food Security Act(NFSA) in India? A) To regulate food prices in the market. B) To provide food security to vulnerable sections of society. C) To provide sub sized food grains to the entire population. D) To promote the export of food grains. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To provide food security to vulnerable sections of society. 33. Antyodaya cards are given to A) Poor. B) Poorest of the poor. C) Those below poverty line. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 34. When was the Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) scheme launched? A) In Dec. 2000. B) In Jan, 1999. C) In October, 2005. D) In May, 2000. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In Dec. 2000. 35. Fair Price Shops are related with ..... A) Central school organization. B) International Market. C) Food Corporation of India. D) Defence Sector. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Food Corporation of India. 36. In which year was the Integrated Child Development Service (ICDS) introduced? A) 1965. B) 1975. C) 1995. D) 1985. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1975. 37. What does affordability imply? A) Naira doesn't have enough money to buy sufficient, safe and nutritious food. B) Aisha has enough money to buy sufficient, safe and nutritious food. C) All persons do not have the capacity to buy food of acceptable quality. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aisha has enough money to buy sufficient, safe and nutritious food. 38. If the price of food increases the poor people will find food ..... A) Cheap. B) Easily. C) Free. D) Unaffordable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unaffordable. 39. Which of the following are kinds of Ration Cards issued in India? A) Antyodaya Cards. B) APL Cards. C) BPL Cards. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 40. Which scheme was introduced by the PDS for the poorest of the poor in the year 2000? A) Food for work. B) Employment Guarantee Scheme. C) Full Rural Employment Scheme. D) An end-rice project. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An end-rice project. 41. What does availability of food mean for Avani, Aditi, and Aarav? A) Food production within the country. B) Food imports. C) The previous years stock stored in government granaries. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 42. Why was the agricultural laborers, fishermen, transport workers and other casual labourers badly affected by the Bengal Famine? A) High levels of grain exporting for the soldiers fighting in World War II. B) Failing of crops on a large scale. C) Due to the dramatically increasing price of rice. D) Scarcity of grains and stoppage of imports from Burma. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Due to the dramatically increasing price of rice. 43. Which is not related from Poverty Alleviation Programmes(PAPs) A) Below Poverty Line(BPL). B) Mid Day Meals(MDM). C) Food For Work(FFW). D) Antodaya Anna Yojana (Aaya). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Below Poverty Line(BPL). 44. During a calamity, how can price controls (price floors and ceilings) affect food distribution? A) They increase food wastage without any impact on supply. B) They can stabilize food prices but may lead to shortages or surpluses. C) They prevent food from reaching the affected areas. D) They always ensure an equal distribution of food. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They can stabilize food prices but may lead to shortages or surpluses. 45. The most devastating famine occurred in India in 1943 in: A) Punjab. B) Assam. C) Mumbai. D) Bengal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bengal. 46. At what price government purchases the food grain from farmers for making Buffer Stock? A) Minimum Support Price (MSP). B) Controlled Price. C) Maximum Support Price. D) Market Price. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Minimum Support Price (MSP). 47. Food Security means access to. A) Any type of food. B) Safe, Nutritious food to sustain a healthy lifestyle. C) Available food and the knowledge to prepare that food. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Safe, Nutritious food to sustain a healthy lifestyle. 48. Which one of these is not a valid reason for food security in India? Which one of these is not a valid reason for food security in India? A) Overpopulation. B) Hoarding and black marketing. C) Foodgrains stores are overflowing with foodgrains. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Foodgrains stores are overflowing with foodgrains. 49. What is the primary goal of a price ceiling in relation to food security during a calamity? A) To ensure a minimum price for producers. B) To keep food prices affordable for consumers. C) To increase food production during a crisis. D) To encourage farmers to produce more food. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To increase food production during a crisis. 50. What is full form of MSP? A) Minimum Standard Prices. B) More Support Price. C) Minimum Support Price. D) Maximum Support Price. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Minimum Support Price. 51. The most devastating famine occured in India in 1943 in ..... A) Bengal. B) Punjab. C) Bihar. D) Assam. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bengal. 52. The price that is announced before the sowing season is called A) Issue price. B) Fair price. C) Minimum support price. D) Market price. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Minimum support price. 53. Annapurna Scheme is related from- A) Poor Students. B) Poorest of the poor. C) Indigent Senior Citizens. D) Urban poor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indigent Senior Citizens. 54. In which year Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) was launched A) December 2000. B) January 2011. C) December 2015. D) January 2010. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) December 2000. 55. Which of the following option is not a dimension of poverty? A) Accessibility. B) Affordability. C) Arability. D) Availibility. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Arability. 56. The most devastating famine occurred in Bengal in- A) 1956. B) 1947. C) 1951. D) 1943. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1943. 57. Which of the following crops are related to Green revolution? A) Maize, Rice. B) Bajra, Wheat. C) Wheat, Rice. D) Cotton, Bajra. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wheat, Rice. 58. Chronic hunger refers to: A) A low income. B) In adequate quantity of food. C) In adequate quality offood. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 59. Which state has the largest population of the poor in India? A) Orissa. B) Kerala. C) Bihar. D) Punjab. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bihar. 60. In which of the following states the most devastating famine of India in the year 1943 occurred? A) Orissa. B) Bihar. C) Bengal. D) Uttar Pradesh. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bengal. 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