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SAI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
SESSION 2020-21
CLASS-IX

ECONOMICS- CHAPTER-4 FOOD SECURITY IN INDIA

HOME ASSIGNMENT
SUB TOPIC-1
Overview, what is food security, why food security

Objective Assessment

1. Amartya Sen added a new dimension to
food security namely :
(a) Affordability
(b) Accessibility
(c) Entitlements
(d) Availability

The picture highlights the impact of which devastating
2.
calamity?
(a) Famine Bengal
(b) Famine Odisha
(c) Famine Bihar
(d) Famine of Uttar Pradesh.

3 Which of the following is not a dimension of food security.
(a) Affordability
(b) Accessibility
(c) Entitlements
(d) Availability

4 What does food security mean?

(a) Availability of food
(b) Accessibility of food
(c) Availability and accessibility of food to all at all times.
(d) Availability, accessibility and affordability of food to all at all the times.

5 Which one of the following does not ensure food security to the people.
(a) Enough food is available to all persons
(b) All persons have the capacity to buy food
(c) Extremely inadequate purchasing power.
(d) There is no barrier on access to food.

6 Match the following:

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