UPSC Agriculture – Chapter 13: Food Security and the National Food Security Act (21 MCQs)
UPSC Agriculture – Chapter 13: Food Security and the National Food Security Act (21 MCQs) – 21 questions, subject: Agriculture. Every question has the correct answer with a one-line explanation; tap "Show Answer". Free practice for TNPSC, UPSC, SSC, Bank and RRB exams – Shanmugam IAS Academy, Coimbatore.
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The definition of food security as access "at all times" to sufficient, safe and nutritious food was given at:
Correct Answer: D [the World Food Summit, 1996]
Explanation:
organised by the FAO in Rome.
The "entitlement approach" to famines is associated with:
Correct Answer: B [Amartya Sen]
Explanation:
Poverty and Famines (1981).
Diet quality, safe water and sanitation relate mainly to which pillar of food security?
Correct Answer: A [Utilisation]
Explanation:
Utilisation is about how well the body absorbs food, which depends on diet quality, safe water, sanitation and health.
PL-480, under which India imported wheat in the 1950s and 1960s, was a law of:
Correct Answer: A [the United States]
Explanation:
PL-480 was the US Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act, 1954, under which India imported American wheat.
In which case did the Supreme Court treat the right to food as part of the right to life and issue interim orders from 2001?
Correct Answer: C [PUCL v Union of India]
Explanation:
In PUCL v Union of India the Supreme Court read the right to food into Article 21 and issued interim orders from 2001.
Under the NFSA, the number of people to be covered in each State is fixed by:
Correct Answer: D [the Centre]
Explanation:
Section 9 of the NFSA lets the Central Government determine the percentage of rural and urban population covered in each State.
If a State fails to supply entitled foodgrain, the NFSA provides for:
Correct Answer: C [a food security allowance to the entitled person]
Explanation:
Section 8 entitles persons not supplied their foodgrain or meals to a food security allowance paid by the State Government.
Under the NFSA, the take-home ration norm for pregnant women and lactating mothers is about:
Correct Answer: D [600 kcal a day]
Explanation:
Schedule II of the NFSA fixes the take-home ration for pregnant women and lactating mothers at 600 kcal and 18-20 g protein.
NFSA foodgrain was made free of cost for Antyodaya and priority households from:
Correct Answer: C [1 January 2023]
Explanation:
From 1 January 2023 the Centre made NFSA grain free for all Antyodaya and priority households.
Consider the following statements:
1. Fortified rice supplied through government schemes contains iron, folic acid and vitamin B12.
2. The NFSA prices coarse grains at ₹1 a kg.
3. The Shanta Kumar Committee's proposal to cut NFSA coverage to 40 per cent was adopted.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Correct Answer: B [1 and 2 only]
Explanation:
Statements 1 and 2 are true: fortified rice carries iron, folic acid and B12, and coarse grains are priced at ₹1 a kg.
Assertion (A): A famine can occur even when enough food is available in a country.
Reason (R): People may lose their purchasing power and other entitlements to food.
Correct Answer: A [Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A]
Explanation:
Sen showed famines arise when people lose entitlements such as wages and purchasing power, even with food available, so R explains A.
In 2024 the Cabinet approved continuing the supply of fortified rice through government schemes until:
Correct Answer: C [December 2028]
Explanation:
The Cabinet approved continuing fortified rice supply through the PDS, ICDS and PM POSHAN until December 2028.
The State-wise coverage ratios under the National Food Security Act, 2013 were worked out by the then Planning Commission on the basis of:
Correct Answer: B [the NSSO household consumption expenditure survey of 2011-12]
Explanation:
the Planning Commission (now NITI Aayog) used the NSSO Household Consumption Survey of 2011-12 to fix each State's rural and urban coverage.
Which of the following is a main weakness of the NFSA identified in this chapter?
Correct Answer: D [Coverage is still based on the 2011 Census]
Explanation:
newer households and migrants may be excluded.
Buffer stocks held by the government serve mainly which pillar of food security?
Correct Answer: B [Stability]
Explanation:
they meet shortfalls in bad years and calm prices.
Which of the following lets a migrant worker draw NFSA rations from any fair price shop in India?
Correct Answer: A [One Nation One Ration Card]
Explanation:
through Aadhaar-based authentication at ePoS machines.
Arrange the following in chronological order:
1. Antyodaya Anna Yojana
2. Food Corporation of India
3. National Food Security Act
4. Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Correct Answer: C [2-1-3-4]
Explanation:
FCI 1965, AAY 2000, NFSA 2013, PMGKAY 2020.
The Centre banned wheat exports in May 2022 mainly because:
Correct Answer: C [a heat wave cut wheat output]
Explanation:
The March 2022 heat wave lowered wheat yields in north India, so the Centre banned wheat exports in May 2022.
The National Food Security Act, 2013 is in force from:
Correct Answer: D [5 July 2013]
Explanation:
Though enacted in September 2013, the National Food Security Act is in force from 5 July 2013.
The "stability" pillar of food security refers to:
Correct Answer: B [access to adequate food at all times, without the risk of losing it to shocks]
Explanation:
Stability means people keep access to adequate food at all times, despite droughts, price spikes or other shocks.
With reference to the provisions made under the National Food Security Act, 2013, consider the following statements:
1. The families coming under the category of 'below poverty line (BPL)' only are eligible to receive subsidised food grains.
2. The eldest woman in a household, of age 18 years or above, shall be the head of the household for the purpose of issuance of a ration card.
3. Pregnant women and lactating mothers are entitled to a 'take-home ration' of 1600 calories per day during pregnancy and for six months thereafter.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Correct Answer: B [2 only]
Explanation:
the eldest woman of 18 or more heads the household for the ration card.
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