MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS:

CLASS 9 GEOGRAPHY AND ECONOMICS CHAPTER 9 – FOOD SECURITY MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS:
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   MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS :   (MCQ’s) 

1.  Availability, stability, access, utility are the dimensions of __________.
(a) Economic problem
(b) Food security
(c) Buffer stock
(d) Fair price shops

2.  ________ means that food should be sufficient and nutritious enough to keep oneself healthy .
(a) Access
(b) Stability
(c) Utility
(d) Availability

3.  The national food security act of 2013 provides nutritional support to school children upto the age of _______ years .
(a) 15
(b) 14
(c) 10
(d) 11

4.  The digitalisation of the Public Distribution system in the month of March 2015 enabled card holders to get the _________ card .
(a) Smart ration
(b) Useful ration
(c) Smart consumer
(d) Food access

5.  It refers to the stock of food grains mainly rice and wheat purchased by the _____ government through farmers .
(a) Buffer stock
(b) Food stock
(c) Food system
(d) Buffer system.

6. Fair price shops sell ____.
(a) Sugar
(b) Kerosene oil
(c) Wheat
(d) All of the above
 
7. Which state is associated with AMUL ?
(a) Maharashtra
(b) Gujarat
(c) West Bengal
(d) Kerala
8. A large number of food insecure children are under the age of _____.
(a) 10
(b) 8
(c) 5
(d) 4
 
9. The Minimum Support price in declared by the Government every ___.
(a) One year
(b) Four years
(c) Five years
(d) Ten years
 
10. The most affected groups in rural areas facing food insecurity are_____.
(a) Landless people
(b) Traditional artisans
(c) Beggars
(d) All of the above
 
11. Green Revolution of 1960’s was associated with ____.
(a) Use of HYV seeds
(b) Tree plantation programme
(c) Fisheries development
(d) None of these
 
12. Revamped Public Distribution System provides benefits to_____.
(a) Cities
(b) Remote and backward areas
(c) Self-help groups
(d) Cooperative societies
 
13. Annapurna Scheme fulfills the food requirements of____.
(a) Indigent senior citizens
(b) Children
(c) Pregnant ladies
(d) Young persons
 
14. Antyodaya Anna Yojana and Annapurna Scheme are linked with _____
(a) Public distribution system
(b) Mid-day meal
(c) Special nutrition programme
(d) None of the above
 
15. In which state more than 90% ration shops are run by cooperatives.
(a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Orissa
(d) Bihar
 
16.  NREGA provides____.
(a) 200-days of assured work
(b) 100-days of assured work
(c) No assured work
(d) None of the above
 
17. Main purpose of buffer stock 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)
 
18. What is Food security means____.
(a) Availability of food
(b) Accessibility of food
(c) Affordability of food
(d) All of the above
19. Chronic hunger refers to ____.
(a) Low income
(b) Inadequate quantity of food
(c) Inadequate quality of food
(d) All of the above
 
20.  To whom the yellow card is issued?
(a) To shop keeper
(b) To land lord’s
(c) To government employee
(d) People below the poverty line

Answers:

1.(b) Food security
2.(c) Utility 
3.(b) 14 
4.(a) Smart ration 
5. (a) Buffer stock.
6.(d) All of the above
7.(b) Gujarat
8.(c) 5
9.(a) Year
10.(d) All of the above
11.(a) Use of HYV seeds
12.(b) Remote and backward areas
13.(a) Indigent senior citizens
14.(a) Public distribution system
15.(b) Tamil Nadu
16.(b) 100-days of assured work
17.(d) Both (b) and (c)
18.(d) All of the above
19.(d) All of the above
20.(d) People below the poverty line
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