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UPSC CDS Indian Economy — practice questions — page 11

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The most devastating famine in India, the Bengal famine, occurred in:Read the answer and worked solution →The Bengal famine of 1943 killed about:Read the answer and worked solution →Famine-like conditions have persisted for years in Kalahandi and Kashipur in:Read the answer and worked solution →The National Family Health Survey 1998-99 counted malnourished women and children at about:Read the answer and worked solution →Hunger caused by diets persistently inadequate in quantity or quality is:Read the answer and worked solution →Hunger tied to cycles of food growing and harvesting is:Read the answer and worked solution →Indira Gandhi released a special stamp entitled Wheat Revolution in:Read the answer and worked solution →India's total foodgrain production in 2016-17 was:Read the answer and worked solution →India's food security system has two components: buffer stock and the:Read the answer and worked solution →The pre-announced price at which FCI buys grain from farmers is the:Read the answer and worked solution →The lower price at which buffer stock grain is sold to poorer sections is the:Read the answer and worked solution →There are about how many ration shops across India?Read the answer and worked solution →Ration cards for the poorest of the poor are called:Read the answer and worked solution →Rationing in India dates back to which decade, against the backdrop of the Bengal famine?Read the answer and worked solution →Integrated Child Development Services was introduced on an experimental basis in:Read the answer and worked solution →Food-for-Work was introduced in:Read the answer and worked solution →The Revamped Public Distribution System of 1992 covered how many blocks?Read the answer and worked solution →The Targeted Public Distribution System, adopting the principle of the poor in all areas, began in:Read the answer and worked solution →Antyodaya Anna Yojana and the Annapurna Scheme were launched in:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the food schemesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the food system wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the food security yearsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the food wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Buffer stock or PDSRead the answer and worked solution →Sort schemes, prices and cardsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Food security bingoRead the answer and worked solution →The average income of a country, total income divided by population, is called:Read the answer and worked solution →In 2017, countries with per capita income of US$ 12,056 and above were called:Read the answer and worked solution →Low-income countries in 2017 had per capita income of:Read the answer and worked solution →

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The most devastating famine in India, the Bengal famine, occurred in:

  1. 1899
  2. 1943
  3. 1947
  4. 1965
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Correct answer: B. 1943

1. It killed about thirty lakh people. 2. The Bengal famine was in 1943. 3. Rationing began in the 1940s as a result. _Source: syllabus Economics, Chapter 4, Food Security in India._

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The Bengal famine of 1943 killed about:

  1. Three crore
  2. Thirty thousand
  3. Thirty lakh
  4. Three lakh
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Correct answer: C. Thirty lakh

1. Famine brings starvation deaths and epidemics. 2. Thirty lakh people died. 3. Nothing like it has happened in India since. _Source: syllabus Economics, Chapter 4, Food Security in India._

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Famine-like conditions have persisted for years in Kalahandi and Kashipur in:

  1. Bihar
  2. Assam
  3. Kerala
  4. Orissa
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Correct answer: D. Orissa

1. Starvation deaths are also reported in Baran and Palamau. 2. Kalahandi and Kashipur are in Orissa. 3. Food security is needed at all times. _Source: syllabus Economics, Chapter 4, Food Security in India._

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