UPSC Social Justice – Chapter 13: Nutrition, Hunger and Food Security (23 MCQs)
UPSC Social Justice – Chapter 13: Nutrition, Hunger and Food Security (23 MCQs) – 23 questions, subject: Social Justice. 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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Stunting refers to:
Correct Answer: D [low height for age]
Explanation:
Stunting is low height for age and reflects long-term, chronic undernutrition.
Which measure reflects recent, acute undernutrition?
Correct Answer: C [Wasting]
Explanation:
Wasting is low weight for height, which shows recent, acute weight loss or undernutrition.
"Hidden hunger" refers to:
Correct Answer: A [a deficiency of micronutrients]
Explanation:
Hidden hunger is a lack of micronutrients such as iron, iodine, vitamin A and zinc even when calories are enough.
Under the NFSA, a priority household is entitled to foodgrains of:
Correct Answer: D [5 kg per person per month]
Explanation:
The NFSA entitles each member of a priority household to 5 kg of foodgrains per month.
The NFSA covers up to what share of the urban population?
Correct Answer: A [50 per cent]
Explanation:
The NFSA covers up to 50 per cent of the urban and 75 per cent of the rural population.
Under the NFSA, the head of the household for issuing a ration card is:
Correct Answer: A [the eldest woman aged 18 or above]
Explanation:
The NFSA makes the eldest woman aged 18 or above the head of the household for issuing ration cards.
The Food Corporation of India was set up in:
Correct Answer: C [1965]
Explanation:
The Food Corporation of India was set up in 1965 to procure, store and move foodgrains.
POSHAN Abhiyaan was launched in 2018 at:
Correct Answer: B [Jhunjhunu]
Explanation:
8 March 2018.
Poshan Maah is observed every year in:
Correct Answer: D [September]
Explanation:
Poshan Maah, the national nutrition month under POSHAN Abhiyaan, is observed every September.
Consider the following statements:
1. PM POSHAN was earlier known as the Mid-Day Meal scheme.
2. One Nation One Ration Card allows rations to be drawn from any fair price shop in the country.
3. The Antyodaya Anna Yojana was launched along with the NFSA in 2013.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Correct Answer: B [1 and 2 only]
Explanation:
PM POSHAN is the renamed Mid-Day Meal scheme and ONORC allows portability across fair price shops; AAY dates from 2000.
Assertion (A): The Supreme Court ordered cooked mid-day meals in schools in the PUCL case.
Reason (R): The Court read the right to food into the right to life under Article 21.
Correct Answer: A [Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A]
Explanation:
In PUCL (2001) the Court read the right to food into Article 21 and so ordered cooked mid-day meals.
The Global Hunger Index is now published by:
Correct Answer: C [Welthungerhilfe, the IFHV and Helvetas]
Explanation:
The 2026 edition is jointly published by Welthungerhilfe, the IFHV of Ruhr University Bochum and Helvetas.
Fortified rice supplied through the PDS is enriched with:
Correct Answer: B [iron, folic acid and vitamin B12]
Explanation:
Rice supplied through the PDS, ICDS and PM POSHAN is fortified with iron, folic acid and vitamin B12.
SDG 2 is concerned with:
Correct Answer: D [zero hunger]
Explanation:
SDG 2 aims to end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition by 2030 – Zero Hunger.
The Antyodaya Anna Yojana entitles each household to foodgrains of:
Correct Answer: C [35 kg per month]
Explanation:
Antyodaya Anna Yojana households are entitled to 35 kg of foodgrains per household per month.
The national Mid-Day Meal programme began on:
Correct Answer: B [15 August 1995]
Explanation:
The national Mid-Day Meal programme was launched on 15 August 1995 and was renamed PM POSHAN in 2021.
Arrange the following in chronological order:
1. POSHAN Abhiyaan
2. National Food Security Act
3. Food Corporation of India
4. Antyodaya Anna Yojana
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Correct Answer: C [3-4-2-1]
Explanation:
1965, 2000, 2013, 2018.
Under the NFSA, the minimum maternity benefit for pregnant women is:
Correct Answer: D [₹6,000]
Explanation:
The NFSA gives pregnant women and lactating mothers a maternity benefit of at least Rs 6,000.
The 6×6×6 strategy is associated with:
Correct Answer: B [Anaemia Mukt Bharat]
Explanation:
Anaemia Mukt Bharat uses six target groups, six interventions and six institutional mechanisms – the 6x6x6 strategy.
The Integrated Child Development Services scheme was launched in:
Correct Answer: B [1975]
Explanation:
2 October 1975.
Which of the following are the objectives of 'National Nutrition Mission'?
1. To create awareness relating to malnutrition among pregnant women and lactating mothers.
2. To reduce the incidence of anemia among young children, adolescent girls and women.
3. To promote the consumption of millets, coarse cereals and unpolished rice.
4. To promote the consumption of poultry eggs.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Correct Answer: A [1 and 2 only]
Explanation:
awareness and reduction of anaemia are among its aims.
Consider the following statements in the context of interventions being undertaken under Anaemia Mukt Bharat Strategy:
1. It provides prophylactic calcium supplementation for pre-school children, adolescents and pregnant women.
2. It runs a campaign for delayed cord clamping at the time of child-birth.
3. It provides for periodic deworming to children and adolescents.
4. It addresses non-nutritional causes of anaemia in endemic pockets with special focus on malaria, hemoglobinopathies and fluorosis.
How many of the statements given above are correct?
Correct Answer: C [Only three]
Explanation:
2, 3 and 4 are correct.
Which of the following is/are the indicator/indicators used by IFPRI to compute the Global Hunger Index Report?
1. Under nourishment
2. Child stunting
3. Child mortality
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Correct Answer: C [1, 2 and 3]
Explanation:
all three are used; child wasting is the fourth indicator.
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