Food Security and Nutrition

Samacheer Book Back Questions And Answers For Economy Standard 10 Full Book “Food Security and Nutrition“

I. Choose the correct answer:
1. _____ of food is physical availability of food stocks in desired quantities, which is a function of domestic production, changes in stocks and imports.
(a) Availability of food
(b) Access to food
(c) Absorption of food
(d) none

2. Buffer stock is the stock of food grains, namely wheat and rice, procured by the government through the:
(a) FCI
(b) Consumer Cooperatives
(c) ICICI
(d) IFCI

3. Which is correct?
(i) HYV-High Yielding Varieties
(ii) MSP-Minimum Support Price
(iii) PDS-Public Distribution System
(iv) FCI-Food Corporation of India
(a) (i) and (ii) are correct
(b) (iii) and (iv) are correct
(c) (ii) and (iii) are correct
(d) all are correct

4. _____ extended assistance through its Public Law 480.
(a) United States of America
(b) India
(c) Singapore
(d) UK

5. _____ revolution was bon in India paving way for self sufficiency in food grain production.
(a) Blue Revolution
(b) White Revolution
(c) Green Revolution
(d) Grey Revolution

6. _____ is the only state in India to adopt universal PDS.
(a) Kerala
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) Karnataka

7. _____ is the process of providing or obtaining the food necessary for health and growth.
(a) Health
(b) Nutrition
(c) Sanitation
(d) Security

8. Tamil Nadu Integrated Nutrition Programme was started in:
(a) 1980
(b) 1975
(c) 1955
(d) 1985

9. _____ status is one of the indicators of the overall well-being of population and human resources development.
(a) Health
(b) Nutritional
(c) Economic
(d) Wealth

10. Tamil Nadu Health System Projects has launched _____ service at free of cost.
(a) 106 Ambulance
(b) 108 Ambulance
(c) 107 Ambulance
(d) 105 Ambulance

II. Fill in the blanks:
1. _____foundation from USA introduced HYV in India.
2. _____ is an important indicator of nutrition deficiency.
3. In the year _____ National Food Security Act was passed by the Indian Parliament.
4. _____ play an important role in the supply of quality goods at responsible rates to common people.
5. _____ is the value of currency expressed in terms of the amount of goods and services that one unit of money can buy.

Answers:
1. FORD
2. Underweight
3. 2013
4. Consumer co-operatives
5. Purchasing power

III. Match the following:
1. Consumer cooperatives           A. Subsidized rates
2. Public Distribution system       B. 2013
3. UNDP                                       C. Least poor region
4. National food security act       D. Supply of quality goods
5. Kerala                                       E. United nations development programme

Answers:
1. D
2. A
3. E
4. B
5. C

IV. Assertion and Reason:
1. Assertion (A): Purchasing power increases, price decreases and vice versa.
Reason (R): The production of goods decline, the price of goods increases and then the purchasing power is affected.
(a) A is correct, R is false
(b) Both A and R are false statements
(c) A is correct and R is a correct explanation
(d) A is not correct, R is the correct explanation of A

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