Food Security UPSC Questions

Economics

Food Security MCQ Questions


7.
The procurement is done at _____
A.
Minimum Support Price
B.
Maximum Support Price
C.
Minimum State Price
D.
Maximum State Price
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ANSWER :
A. Minimum Support Price
8.
The procured food is stored in its warehouses at different locations and from there it is supplied to the _____ in terms of requirement.
A.
Rural region
B.
State governments
C.
Central government
D.
Panchayat
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ANSWER :
B. State governments
9.
Very recently, in which of the following countries have lakhs of people either suffered from severe famine/acute malnutrition or died due to starvation caused by war/ethnic conflicts?
UPSC - 2018
A.
Angola and Zambia
B.
Morocco and Tunisia
C.
Venezuela and Colombia
D.
Yemen and South Sudan
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ANSWER :
D. Yemen and South Sudan
10.
FCI also sells in the open market to stabilize, if their prices turn volatile especially in periods of _____
A.
Economic crisis
B.
Flourished growth
C.
Crop failures
D.
Abundance in rain
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ANSWER :
C. Crop failures
11.
Even if the market price of the food grain is higher, farmers prefer to sell to _____ because it procures in bulk.
A.
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India
B.
Bureau of Indian Standards
C.
Food Corporation of India
D.
Departmental stores
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ANSWER :
C. Food Corporation of India
12.
The ‘Revamped Public Distribution System (RPDS)’ was launched in _____ 1992.
A.
September
B.
August
C.
July
D.
June
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ANSWER :
D. June