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Worksheetsquiz on food security
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
In developing countries most wastage occurs during transfer from
retail to consumers
farm to retail
government to farm while transporting seeds
between buyers and consumers
POSHAN TO PATHSHALA initiative is meant to give
meals for special children in schools.
mid day meals in government schools
meals as an incentive for children in low income schools run by NGO
random meals to needful children
According to 2019 survey,rank of India in food security index (out of 113) is
72
95
45
89
One way by which scientists are trying to help food security is
pass laws to make it illegal to waste food
putting a restriction on food variety in marriages
creating a drought and salt resistant variety of crop
cloning prawns and mass producing them.
Which scheme was introduced by PDS in 2000 for providing basic food items at low price to BPL families?
Antyodaya Anna Yojana
Food for work scheme
Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana
Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Yojana
Name the government co operative that provides milk,vegetables etc at rates decided by Delhi Government
AMUL
Mother Dairy
Kendriya Bhandar
none of these
Which of these is not a cause of food insecurity in India?
overpopulation
hoarding
lack of agriculturable land
lack of cold storage facilities.
"Happy Fridge" set up by Feeding India is a refrigerator :
to keep raw materials which don't meet the quality standards of culinry world
for keeping extra food people have in home which is further donated
fridge to preserve food for later use.
Main aim of Feeding India initiative is to
Restrict wastage of food in marriages.
end food wastage and hunger.
To assist farmers to increase their yield
provide food to poor school children as an incentive to study.
Which of these can be done to minimise wastage of food?
proper packaging by farmers
reducing wastage and variety in lavish weddings.
cooking only the amount that is needed
buying in small quantities.
