Food security and related aspects - class-XI
Description: food security and related aspects | |
Number of Questions: 63 | |
Created by: Rachana Sahu | |
Tags: understanding poverty economics food security social science rural economics public health and the government |
Which of the following is/are the recent trends noticed in the Indian economy that have raised concern about food security, farmer's income and poverty?
(A) Slowdown in growth in agricultural sector
(B) Widening economic disparities between the irrigated and the rainfed areas
(C) Increased non-agricultural demand for land and water as a result of fast urbanization.
Which of the following is the goal of the Indira Aawas Yojana of the Govt of India?
(A) To provide dwelling units to people living Below Poverty Line (BPL)
(B) To make metro cities slum-free
(C) To provide housing facilities to the Central Govt employees.
'Mid Day Meals' is a scheme to provide nutritious food to ______________.
To reduce poverty government should adopt schemes which provide employment opportunities.
The Command Area Development Programme (CADP) has been renamed as which one of the following?
Which of the following programmes was launched to control urban poverty?
(A) Nehru Rozgar Yojana
(B) Valmiki Ambedkar Aawas Yojana
(C) National Slum Development Programme.
Family Planning Programme does not help in removing poverty.
What are the provisions of the Equal Wages Act:
Choose any one of the following for the given statement-Sexual division of labour.
The factor behind the discrimination of dalits in India is
An example of crosscutting differences is
What growth rate per annum does India need if it has to eradicate its poverty in the next $25$ years?
Which of the following schemes is designed and launched to improve the living standards of the urban poor?
(A) Accredited Social Health Activist(ASHA)
(B) Janami Suraksha Yojana
(C) Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana(VAMBAY)
What does the term 'AAY' denote?
The monopoly procurement agency of food grains in India is?
Which of the following programmes is not a programme for the social sector?
Consider the following statements:
1) Ensures stability in farm prices.
2) Ensures remunerative prices to farmers.
3) Helps building public stocks of food grains.
Which of the following states has launched E-Shakti Programme so that poverty can be reduced in the state?
Who was the first person to discuss 'Poverty Line'?
The Govt of India has launched a number of poverty alleviation programmes. This is done with the view that poverty is the root cause of social insecurity. In addition to that UNO has also launched Millennium Development Goals to be achieved by 2015. Which of the following is NOT one of those goals?
In which one of the following years, the National Food Processing Policy was formulated?
Examples of self employment programmes are ________.
What are the major ways of addressing poverty?
National Food for Work Programme (NFWP) aims at _____.
Which of the following is not one of the 3 major programmes that aim at improving the food and nutritional status of the poor?
Which of the following is true regarding the poverty alleviation programmes?
Rural Employment Generation Programme (REGP) aims at __________.
Prime Ministers Rozgar Yojana (PMRY) aims at _______.
Efforts in poverty alleviation have borne results as _________.
Which of the following is true regarding poverty alleviation programmes?
Poverty can effectively be eradicated by ________.
Government's poverty alleviation approach that was followed from third five year plan was ____________.
Three major programmes that aim at improving the food and nutritional status of the poor in India are ______.
Fill in the blanks from the alternatives given.
According to the Planning Commission, an individual in an urban area requires ________ calories per day.
The third approach to addressing poverty is to provide minimum basic amenities to the people. This was followed from the _________.
Micro credit or micro-finance is a novel approach to banking with the poor. In this approach, bank credit is extended to the poor through _________.
Which of the following is/are commodity/ies on which subsidy is given to farmers/poor in India?
A. Fertilizer
B. Kerosene
C. LPG
Poverty alleviating programmes are also known as employment generation programmes because ______.
Organisation of workers in which of the following groups has proved a very effective way of providing micro finance by banks to the rural people and poor in India?
In the $5th$ plan though removal of poverty was mentioned as a major objective, only a passing reference was made to the problem of ____________________.
Which of the following were the long term objectives of economic planning in India up to the $7th$ plan?
Until the late $1970s$ decision makers in the government and the planning commission were of the view that?
The forced labour has reduced the _______________ of the children.
Swarn Jayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana (SGSY) was introduced to combine, which of the following?
As per Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act of 2012, Any act of unsafe touch, exploitation, violence, harassment, and assault on any children (boy or girl) under the age of _____ years, is considered as Sexual Offence.
Which of the following are the features of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 ?
According to the Indian Constitution, if children below the age of _______ years are working for the financial consideration, then it is called as Child Labour.
Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act of _______ is brought to address the increasing sexual offences against the children in families and public spaces.
Compared to 1991 census, the number of women per 1000 men has increased in 2001.
The most important remedy to the problem of Poverty in India is____.
According to the law, the marriage that takes place between a boy of below _ years and a girl who is below _ years is child Marriage.
The life expectancy of female is always more than male.
As per National Family Health Survey-4, ___________ percentage of women have a lower BMI than needed compared to men.
Which of the following can be the steps taken to prevent marriage, child labour, child trafficking, sexual exploitation of children, etc in Karnataka ?
________ % of the human trafficked are women and children.
An individual needs requisite quantity of proteins,carbohydrates, fat, vitamins and salts. If these requirements are not fulfilled, it is called as _____________'.
Focuses on construction / Upgradation of houses to be given to the poor, free of cost comes under-
Which of the following poverty eradication scheme is presently operational in India?
What were the reasons for ineffective implementation of poverty alleviation schemes?
" National Food for Work" programme was launched in _________.
Which one of the following statements regarding Aam Admi Bima Yojana (AABY) is not correct?
The governments approach to poverty reduction was of three dimensions. What were they?
Which of the following is/are true about the Indira Awas Yojana?
(A) The scheme provides financial assistance to people living below poverty line for construction of housing units.
(B) Every family gets an assistance of Rs 3 lakhs for construction of new housing units and up to Rs 2 lakhs for upgradation of old/ existing units.
(C) The scheme is available only to those who are staying in any village or urban area having a population of 50,000 or more.