PSEB Punjab Board Class 9 Social Science Economics Textbook Solution Chapter 4 Food Security in India Exercise Questions and Answers
Exercise
A.) Objective Answer type Questions
1.) Fill in the Blanks
(i) To make available food at affordable prices to the poorer section government has started …………..system.
(ii) A big famine occurred in 1943 in………………….state of India.
(iii) The malnutrition prevails more among……………….and………………
(iv) ……………….card is issued to the very poor people.
(v) ………………is the price announced by the government for agricultural products.
Answer:-
i) Public Distribution
ii) Bengal
iii) women and children
iv)Antyodaya
v)Minimum Support Price
2.) Multiple Choice Questions
(i) Which card is issued to the people living below poverty line?
(a) Antyodaya Card
(b) BPL Card
(c) APL Card
(d) CPL Card
Answer:- b) BPL cards
(ii) …………….is an indicator of food security.
(a) Milk
(b) water
(c) Hunger
(d) Air
Answer:-(c) Hunger
(iii) What is the price announced by the government for agricultural products known as?
(a) Minimum Support Price
(b) Issue Price
(c) Minimum Price
(d) Fair Price
Answer:-(a) Minimum Support Price
(iv) Besides Bengal Famine in which other states did famine occur?
(a) Karnataka
(b) Punjab
(c) Odisha
(d) Madhya Pradesh
Answer:-(c) Odisha
(v) Which Cooperative provides milk and milk producteds in Gujarat?
(a) Amul
(b) Verka
(c) Mother Dairy
(d) Sudha
Answer:-(a) Amul
3.) True/False
(i) Availability of food means there is no food production within the country.
(ii) Hunger is an Indicator of food security.
(iii) Ration shops are also known as Fair Price shops.
(iv) Mark fed, Punjab is India’s largest marketing cooperative.
Answer:-
i) False
ii)True
iii) True
iv) False
4.) Very Short Answer type Questions
(i) What do you mean by food security?
Answer:-food security means that food is available to every individual, all people should have access to basic food and they can afford to buy the food.
(ii) Explain the need for food security?
Answer :-need for food security due to continuous and rapid growth in population.
(iii) What do you mean by Famine?
Answer :-Many people are unable to buy food at high prices. If this situation continues for a long period, it may cause a situation of starvation. A massive starvation creates a situation of famine.
(iv) Give two examples of epidemics.
Answer:-cholera, diarrhoea are two examples of epidemics
(v) In which year Famine of Bengal occurred?
Answer:- 1943, Famine Bengal occurred
(vi) How many people were killed during the Famine of Bengal?
Answer:-Thirty lakh people were killed during the Famine of Bengal
(vii) Who were the main sufferers during famine.
Answer:- thirty lakh people in Bengal in the year 1943, who were the main sufferers during famine.
(viii) Who gave the term ‘entitlement’.
Answer :- Dr.Amartya Sen gave the term ‘entitlement’
(ix) Name the state were food insecure people exist in large number
Answer:-States like Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, West Bengal, Chattisgarh, parts of Madhya Pradesh account for the largest number of food insecure people in the country.
(x) Name the states where food insecure people exist in large number.
Answer:-the states where food insecure people exist in large number like Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, West Bengal, Chattisgarh, parts of Madhya Pradesh.
B.) Short Answer type Questions
1.) What do you mean by Green Revolution?
Answer:-
After independence, Indian policy planners adopted all measures to achieve self-sufficiency in good grains. India adopted new strategies in agriculture and increased its production in 1968. This increase resulted in ‘Green Revolution’
2.) What do you mean by Buffer Stock?
Answer:-Buffer stock is the stock of food grains namely wheat and rice procured by the government through Food Corporation of India (FCI).
3.) What do you mean by Public Distribution System?
Answer:-The food procured by the FCI is distributed through government regulated ration shops among the poorer section of the society. This is called the Public Distribution System (PDS).
4.) What is Minimum Support Price?
Answer:-FCI purchases this surplus production from the farmers of these states. The farmers are paid a pre announced price called Minimum Support Price (MSP) for their crops.
5.) What do you mean by seasonal hunger and chronic hunger?
Answer:- Seasonal hunger is related to cycles of food growing and harvesting. This is common in rural areas because of the seasonal nature of agricultural activities and in urban areas because of the casual labouring
Chronic hunger is a consequence of persistently inadequate diets in terms of quantity or quality. Poor people suffer from chronic hunger because of their very low income and inability to buy food for their family even for survival
6.) Why buffer stock is created by the government?
Answer:-Buffer stock is created by the government to distribute food grain in the deficit areas and among poorer sections of society at a price lower than the market price.
7.) What do you mean by issue price?
Answer:-Buffer stock is created by the government to distribute food grain in the deficit areas and among poorer sections of society at a price lower than the market price. This price is known as ‘Issue Price’.
8.) Explain the role of cooperatives in providing food.
Answer :-
- A cooperative is a form of business organization in which members voluntarily form a society for producing, procuring or marketing goods and services on no profit no loss basis to their members.
- For example, in Tamil Nadu, around 94 percent of total fair price shops are being run by the cooperatives.
- The Punjab State Cooperative Milk Producers Fedaration limited popularly known as MILKFED Punjab, under which the brand VERKA is well known for milk production and manufacturing of fresh milk products in punjab