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Food security indicates ____________.

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  1. Availability of food to all people at all times

  2. Affordability of food to all people at all times

  3. Accessibility of food to all people at all time

  4. All of these

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:
Food security indicates enough food is available for all the persons. All persons have the capacity to buy food of acceptable quality and there is no barrier on access to food.
(a) Availability of food means food production within the country, food imports and the previous year's stock stored in government granaries.
(b) Accessibility means food is within reach of every person.
(c) Affordability implies that an individual has enough money to buy sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet one's dietary needs.

In urban areas a person who does not get ____________ calories of food is considered to be living below the poverty line.

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  1. 1800

  2. 2000

  3. 2100

  4. 2400

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The estimated minimum level of income needed to secure the necessities of life is the poverty line. The nutritional requirement recommends a national norm of 2,400 kilo calories a day for rural areas and 2,100 calories a day for urban areas, the difference being attributed to the lower rate of physical activity in urban areas.

Among the underweight children of the world, 42 percent are in ________.

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  1. India

  2. China

  3. Bangladesh

  4. Indonesia

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A new study based on a survey of the height and weight of more than one lakh children across six States has found that as many as 42 per cent of under-fives are severely or moderately underweight and that 59 per cent of them suffer from moderate to severe stunting, meaning their height is much lower than the median height-for-age of the reference population.

The Government has identified the poor families and has given to them ________ ration cards.

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  1. Poverty

  2. Wealthy

  3. Below poverty line

  4. Poverty line

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Below Poverty Line is an economic benchmark used by the government of India to indicate economic disadvantage and to identify individuals and households in need of government assistance and aid. It is determined using various parameters which vary from state to state and within states.

To measure hunger, recently an index called ________ is being used as a yardstick.

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  1. Poverty line

  2. World Hunger Index

  3. World hunger list

  4. Poverty list

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The Global Hunger Index (GHI) is a multidimensional statistical tool used to describe the state of countries' hunger situation. The GHI measures progress and failures in the global fight against hunger. The GHI is updated once a year.

According to the yardstick of poverty line, an individual in cities requires ______ calories and in rural areas requires ______ calories of food.

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  1. 2400; 2100

  2. 2000; 2400

  3. 2400; 2000

  4. 2100; 2400

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

According to the yardstick of poverty line, an individual in cities requires 2100 calories and in rural areas requires 2400 calories of food.

Green Revolution in the 1960s was associated with ______.

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  1. Use a HYV seeds

  2. Tree plantation programme

  3. Fisheries development

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Green Revolution initiative resulted in the adoption of new technologies including new, high-yielding varieties (HYVs) of cereals, especially dwarf wheats and rices, and new methods of cultivation. 

Even though India is self-sufficient in food production, a large number of people still suffer from hunger because of ___________.

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  1. Lack of transport facility

  2. Government's incapacity

  3. Natural disasters

  4. Lack of purchasing power and defects in public distribution system

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Even though India is self-sufficient in food production, a large number of people still suffer from hunger because of lack of purchasing power and defects in the distribution system.

According to the National Sample Survey Organization estimates, in 2011-12 _______ percent people in India were poor.

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  1. 21.8

  2. 19.8

  3. 24.4

  4. 22.7

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

According to the National Sample Survey Organization estimates, in 2011-12 21.8 percent people in India were poor.

The system which ensures the provision of food at all times to everyone in the country is called _________.

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  1. Food security

  2. Public distribution system

  3. Fair price shops

  4. Scientific agriculture

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Food security is the state of having reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious food of a proper quality. It ensures that everybody is capable of getting enough healthy food.