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Antyodaya cards are the ration cards for the _____.

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  1. Poorest of the poor

  2. People above the poverty line

  3. People below the poverty line

  4. People at the poverty line

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Antyodaya cards are the ration cards for the people below the poverty line. People who have no stable income, old men and women, labours, etc., are provided these cards under the Public Distribution System.

By chronic hunger we mean _____.

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  1. Cycles of food growing and harvesting

  2. Persistently inadequate food availability

  3. Shortage of food during adverse weather conditions

  4. Inability to buy quality food

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Chronic hunger is a consequence of diets persistently inadequate in terms of quantity and/or quality. Poor people suffer from chronic hunger because of their very low income and in turn inability to buy food even for survival.

Seasonal hunger is prevalent in rural areas because _____.

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  1. People with low income are unable to buy food

  2. Agricultural activities depend on natural factors

  3. Green revolution was introduced

  4. Loans are not easily available

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Seasonal hunger is prevalent in rural areas because agriculture activities depend on natural factors. Seasonal hunger is related to cycles of food growing and harvesting.

Seasonal hunger badly affects _____ in urban areas.

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  1. Shopkeepers

  2. Construction labourers

  3. Beggars

  4. Bus drivers

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Workers most affected by seasonal hunger in urban areas are construction labourers. There is no regular work and no stable income for them. Due to seasonal activities in construction field, these labourers are more affected.

In the rural areas seasonal hunger is found due to _____.

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  1. Inadequate income

  2. Unemployment

  3. Cycles of food growing and harvesting

  4. Cycles of distribution

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
Seasonal hunger is related to cycles of food growing and harvesting. This is prevalent in rural areas because of the seasonal nature of agricultural activities and in urban areas because of the casual labour, e.g., there is less work for casual construction labour during the rainy season. This type of hunger exists when a person is unable to get work for the entire year.

Because of poverty poor people suffer from _____.

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  1. Seasonal hunger

  2. Chronic hunger

  3. Occasional hunger

  4. Temporary hunger

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:
Chronic hunger is a consequence of diets persistently inadequate in terms of quantity and/or quality. Poor people suffer from chronic hunger because of their very low income and in turn inability to buy food even for survival.

Food within the reach of every person is called _____.

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  1. Accessibility of food

  2. Affordability of food

  3. Availability of food

  4. Food insecurity

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Availability, accessibility and affordability of food to all people at all times is known as food security.

Availability means food should be available to all.
Accessibility means it must be within reach of every person.
Affordability means food must be affordable to every person.

Ration shops also known as _____ keep stocks of food grains, sugar, and kerosene oil for cooking.

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  1. Few Price Schemes

  2. Fair Price Shops

  3. Fast Price Shops

  4. First Price Shops

  5. None of these

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Fair Price Shop means a shop which has been licensed to distribute essential commodities by an order issued under section 3 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 to the ration card holders under the Targeted Public Distribution System. Locally these are known as ration shops and chiefly sell wheat, rice, kerosene and sugar at a lower price than the market which is hence known as the, Issue Price.

The accepted average calorie requirement in India is _____ calories per person per day in rural areas and _____ calories per person per day in urban areas.

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  1. 3400, 3100

  2. 4000, 2100

  3. 2400, 2100

  4. 2400, 3000

  5. None of these

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The accepted average calorie requirement in India is 2400 calories per person per day in rural areas and 2100 calories per person per day in urban areas.

The rationing system was revived in the wake of an acute food shortage during the 1960s, prior to the _____.

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  1. White Revolution

  2. Great Revolution

  3. Green Revolution

  4. Blue Revolution

  5. None of these

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The introduction of rationing in India dates back to the 1940s Bengal famine. This rationing system was revived in the wake of acute food shortage during the early 1960s, prior to the Green Revolution.