MCQ Questions | Class 9 Social Science Chapter 4 | Food Security in India with Answers

MCQ Questions for Class9 Social Science Chapter 4 Food Security in India

MCQ | Food Security in India Class 9 | Part 1

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Objective Question | NCERT Social Science Class 9

NCERT Solutions Class 9 Social Science Economics
Book:	National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT)
Board:	Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)
Class:	9th
Subject:	Social Science Economics
Chapter:	4
Chapters Name:	Food Security in India
Medium:	English

Ncert Solutions for Class 9 Social Science Economics | Objective Type Questions

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Food Security in India | Class 9 Social Science | NCERT Solutions

Q1.	When was Antyodaya Anna Yojana launched?
	A.1990
	B.1980
	C.1990
	D.2000

Ans: 2000

Q2.	Antyodaya cards are given to the
	A. poor
	B. poorest of the poor
	C. those below poverty line
	D. all of the above

Ans: poorest of the poor

Q3.	Chronic hunger is a consequence of diets persistently inadequate:
	A. in term of quality only
	B. in term of quantity only
	C. in term of quantity and quality
	D. none of the above

Ans: in term of quantity and quality
Explaination:
Chronic hunger is a consequence of diets persistently in adequate to both quality and quantity.

Q4.	Seasonal hunger is a type of hunger when a person:
	A. is unable to get food for the entire year
	B. is able to get food for the entire year
	C. is able to get work for the entire year
	D. is unable to get work for the entire year

Ans: is able to get work for the entire year
Explaination:
Seasonal hunger occurs when a labour is unable to get work for the entire year.

Q5.	Since independence, India is aiming at self-sufficiency in:
	A. food security
	B. food grains
	C. work force
	D. none of these

Ans: food grains
Explaination:
The main aim of India is to get self-sufficiency in food grains, since independence.

Q6.	The highest rate of growth in foodgrain was achieved in:
	A. Punjab and Bihar
	B. Haryana and Orissa
	C. Punjab and Haryana
	D. Punjab

Ans: Punjab and Haryana
Explaination:
Both Punjab and Haryana have benefitted for the ‘Green Revolution’.

Q7.	There are ………….. lakh ration shops all over the country:
	A.4.4
	B.4.5
	C.4.6
	D.4.7

Ans: 4.6
Explaination:
4.6.

Q8.	Fair Price Shops keep stock of:
	A. only food grains
	B. food grains and sugar
	C. food grain, sugar and kerosene oil
	D. none of the above

Ans: food grain, sugar and kerosene oil
Explaination:
Fair Price Shops keep stock of sugar, food grains and kerosene oil

Q9.	Food security means:
	A. availability of food to all people at all times.
	B. availability and accessibility of food as all people at all times.
	C. availability, accessibility and affordability of food to all people at all times.
	D. none of the above.

Ans: availability, accessibility and affordability of food to all people at all times.
Explaination:
Actually food security means availability, asscessibility and affordability of food grain.

Q10.	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