Food Security in India MCQs – NCERT Class 9 Economics Chapter 4 MCQ

 

CBSE Class 9 Economics Chapter 4 Food Security in India MCQs with Answers

Here is a compilation of Food Security in India MCQs of Class 9 Economics Book Chapter 4.  Students can practice The MCQs as have been added by CBSE in the new exam pattern. At the end of Multiple-Choice Questions, the answer key has also been provided for your reference.

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Food Security in India MCQs

 

Q1. Food security includes ______.

1. Availability of food
2. Accessibility of food

III. Affordability of food

 

1. I and II
2. II and III
3. III and I
4. I, II and III

 

Q2. Food availability means ______.

1. that food requirement of the country must be met by its own production.
2. that enough food is available in the country for meeting its needs.
3. that enough food is available in the granaries that it can be exported to needy countries.
4. all of these.

 

Q3. The most devastating famine in India occurred in the state of ______.

1. Punjab
2. Uttar Pradesh
3. Bengal
4. Bihar

 

Q4. The PDS card for below poverty line is ________.

1. red card
2. blue card
3. yellow card
4. white card

 

Q5. Chronic hunger ________.

1. is a consequence of diets persistently inadequate in terms of quantity and/or quality
2. is related to cycles of food growing and harvesting
3. is a consequence of poor eating habits
4. affects rich people more than poor people

 

Q6. The first stage of the Green Revolution dealt predominantly with ________.

1. wheat
2. rice
3. pulses
4. milk

 

Q7. The second stage of the Green Revolution dealt predominantly with ________.

1. wheat
2. rice
3. pulses
4. milk

 

Q8. Which of the following statements is true regarding the Green Revolution ?

1. The country has avoided famines after the Green Revolution.
2. The Green Revolution has worsened the famine situation in the country
3. The Green Revolution failed to deal with famines in India.
4. The Green Revolution increased the occurrence of famines in India.

 

Q9. The food distributed by the Public Distribution System is procured through ______.

1. Food Corporation of India
2. Ministry of Agriculture
3. Ministry of Health and Family Affairs
4. Department of Food Control

 

Q10. The shops used for distribution under PDS are also known as ________.

1. ration shops
2. fair price shops

 

1. Only I
2. Only II
3. Both I and II
4. Neither I nor II

 

Q11. The buffer stock of food grains in India is made up of ______.

1. rice
2. wheat
3. III. pulses

 

1. I and II
2. II and III
3. III and I
4. I, II and III

 

Q12. The purchase of buffer stock is done at _____.

1. market price
2. production cost
3. minimum support price
4. maximum support price

 

Q13. Until ___________, food security was understood as the “availability at all times of adequate supply of basic foodstuffs”. 

1. 1950s
2. 2000s
3. 1973s 
4. 1970s

 

Q14. Who added a new dimension to food security and emphasised the “access” to food?

1. Raghuram Rajan
2. Amartya Sen
3. Abhijit Banerjee
4. Adam Smith

 

Q15. “Food security at the individual, household, regional, national and global levels exists when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life”

Above is the declaration of__________

1. 1992, World Food Summit
2. 1992, World Food Security Summit
3. 1995, World Food Summit
4. 1997, World Food Security Summit

 

Q16. The two most successful crops due to the green revolution are- 

1. Wheat and Barley
2. Rice and Pulses
3. Rice and Wheat
4. Dal and Barley

 

Q17. According to the 1995 World Food Summit, what is essential to improve access to food?

1. Sustainable development
2. Wealth 
3. Poverty eradication
4. Saving Soil

 

Q18. When was the special stamp entitled ‘Wheat Revolution’ launched?

1. 1975
2. 1978
3. 1965
4. 1968

 

Q19. The expanded form of PAP is –

1. Poverty alleviation programs 
2. Poverty alleviation propaganda
3. Poverty abbreviation programmes 
4. Public anti-poverty programs

 

Q20. In ration shops, foodgrains are sold at _________

1. Fair Price
2. Minimum Support Price
3. Issue Price
4. Buffer rates

 

Q21. The full form of FFW is – 

1. Family For Food
2. Food For Family 
3. Food For Work
4. Food For World

 

Q22. When did the green revolution take place?

1. 1980s
2. 1970s
3. 1990s
4. 2000s

 

Q23. Ration shops also known as

1. Fair price shops 
2. Buffer stock 
3. Public distribution 
4. Issued food shops

 

Q24. The farmers are paid ______ by the FCI for their surplus produce.

1. Fair Price
2. Minimum Support Price
3. Issue Price
4. Buffer rates

 

Q25. Annapurna Scheme was launched in the year ________.

1. 2000
2. 2007
3. 2010
4. 2012

 

Q26. Antyodaya scheme was launched in the year ________.

1. 1990
2. 1995
3. 1998
4. 2000

 

Q27. Under the Public Distribution System the ‘issue price’ is _____.

1. more than market price
2. less than market price
3. more than minimum support price
4. both (a) and (c)

 

Q28. Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) was started on an experimental basis in the year _____.

1. 1961
2. 1975
3. 1980
4. 1986

 

Q29. The grain bank program in maharashtra is managed by

1. The Government of Maharashtra
2. Academy of Development Science
3. Amul
4. Mother Dairy

 

Q30. Amul is a cooperative established in _________.

1. Punjab
2. Haryana
3. Gujarat
4. Kerala

 

Food Security in India MCQ Answer key for Class 9 Economics Chapter 4

Question	Answer
1.	D
2.	B
3.	C
4.	C
5.	A
6.	A
7.	B
8.	A
9.	A
10.	C
11.	A
12.	C
13.	D
14.	B
15.	C
16.	C
17.	C
18.	D
19.	C
20.	C
21.	C
22.	B
23.	A
24.	B
25.	A
26.	D
27.	B
28.	B
29.	B
30.	C

 

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