MILLETS QUIZ

1.     Resolution adopted by the UN General Assembly on _________________  decided to declare 2023 as the International Year of Millets.

• 5^th March 2021

• 3^rd March 2021 

• 3^rd March 2022 

• 5^th March 2022

Fourth most important food grain in India after rice, wheat and maize in terms of area and production.

• Sorghum

• Finger Millet

• Pearl Millet

• Foxtail millet

Origin of Bajra

• America

• India

• Africa

• China

Where is Directorate of Millets Development situated?

• New Delhi

• Hyderabad

• Jaipur

• Bhopal 

When Millets were gazetted as the Nutri Cereals by the Government of India?

• 12th April 2020

• 13th April 2018

• 10th April 2019  

• 12th April 2018

How many countries supported Indian proposal for celebrating year 2023 as International Year of Millets in UNO?

• More than 70

• 65

• 50

• 20

What do you mean by NFSM ?

• National Food Security Mission    

• Nutritional Food Security Mission

• National Food Supply Mission    

• National Food Security Management

Which of these crops is not an Oil Crop?

• Mustard

• Sesame

•  Peanut

• Millet

___________ in millet can help lower cholesterol.

• Riboflavin

• Vitamin C

• Niacin

• Vitamin E 

The word millet has been derived from the french word ‘Mille’which means

• Hundred

• Thousands

• Lakhs

• Crores