Food Security MCQ
Food security, as defined by the United Nations’ Committee on World Food Security, means that all people, at all times, have physical, social, and economic access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food that meets their food preferences and dietary needs for an active and healthy life.
11. For grain banks in different regions which society is established?
a) Academy of Development Science
b) Kissan
c) Amul
d) Food research center
Answer: a
Clarification: Academy of Development Science (ADS) has facilitated a network of NGOs for setting up grain banks in different regions. Because of ADS grain banks are slowly taking shape in different parts of Maharashtra and in the borders of Karnataka.
12. Where can we find seasonal hunger?
a) Urban
b) Metro cities
c) Forest
d) Rural areas
Answer: d
Clarification: Seasonal hunger is related to cycles of food growing and harvesting. This is prevalent in rural areas because of the seasonal nature of agriculture activities. It occurs in a community or society at only certain times of the year.
13. Buffer stock scheme purpose is______________
a) To save food grains from pest attack
b) To stop price fluctuations
c) To transport the food
d) To deliver the food
Answer: b
Clarification: A buffer stock scheme is an attempt to use commodity storage for the purpose of stabilizing prices in an entire economy. For example, the United States ‘Strategic Petroleum Reserve’ stores 727 million barrels of crude petroleum, which is sold during shortages.
14. Goats are the solution to global food security.
a) True
b) False
Answer: a
Clarification: Goats are an important part of the solution to global food security because they are fairly low maintenance and easy to raise and farm when compare to other animals. The trinomial name of goat is ‘Capraaegagrus hircus’. Female goats referred as ‘does’.
15. How many pillars are there in food security according to WHO?
a) One
b) Two
c) Three
d) Four
Answer: c
Clarification: According to WHO there are three pillars that determine food security. They are food availability, food access and food use. In addition to WHO, the world summit on food security stated that there are four pillars namely food availability, food access, food utilization and food stabiltity.
16. In which state of India Amul headquarter situated?
a) Kerala
b) Bihar
c) Gujarat
d) West Bengal
Answer: c
Clarification: Amul is an Indian dairy co-operative based at Anand in the state of Gujarat. It is founded in 1946 by Tribhuvandas Patel. Amul abbreviation stands for Anand Milk Union Limited. Amul created India’s white revolution.
17. F.C.I stands for__________________
a) Food Center of India
b) Food Center of Investigation
c) Food Complex of Integrity
d) Food Corporation of India
Answer: d
Clarification: The Food Corporation of India (FCI) was setup under ‘Food Corporation Act 1964’. It established in order to fulfill the objectives of the food policy. Since its inception, FCI has played a significant role in India’s success in transforming the crisis management oriented food security into a stable system.
18. An ecosystem which can be easily damaged but can recovered after some time if damaging effect stops will be having ____________________
a) High stability and high resilience
b) High stability and low resilience
c) Low stability and low resilience
d) Low stability and high resilience
Explanation: In any ecosystem the condition of low stability and high resilience makes it to damage easily and after a certain amount of time they recover from damaging effects. Hence both stability and resilience play an important role in ecosystem.
19. Pyramids of number in grassland ecosystem are inverted.
a) True
b) False
Explanation: Pyramids of number in grassland ecosystem is erect. It is the graphical representation which depicts the number of organisms, biomass and productivity at each tropic level. All ecological pyramids begin at the bottom with the producer and goes into the upper level.
20. In ecosystem standing crop refers to________________
a) All the green plants
b) All the non living materials
c) All living and dead animals
d) All the living materials both animals and plants
Explanation: Standing crop is the amount of total biomass present in an ecosystem. This is the amount of total living matter. There is no circulation in standing crop. In standing crop continuous synthesis and consumption of biomass are going on.
