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Food Security in India - Worksheet

The document provides a set of 10 questions for a Grade 9 social studies exam on the topic of food security in India. The questions cover topics such as the purpose of buffer stocks, problems with ration shops, features of the Public Distribution System, reasons for food insecurity in certain populations, the role of cooperatives in food security, components of India's food security system, and factors that have led to a decline in the Public Distribution System. Students are asked to answer each question in their notebook.

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Food Security in India - Worksheet

The document provides a set of 10 questions for a Grade 9 social studies exam on the topic of food security in India. The questions cover topics such as the purpose of buffer stocks, problems with ration shops, features of the Public Distribution System, reasons for food insecurity in certain populations, the role of cooperatives in food security, components of India's food security system, and factors that have led to a decline in the Public Distribution System. Students are asked to answer each question in their notebook.

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CBSE

NAME: GRADE: 9 SEC: J/K/L


SUBJECT: Social TOPIC: Food Security in India -2

Answer the following questions in notebook.


1. What is buffer stock? 1m

2. Why buffer stock is created by the government? 3m

3. Analyse any five problems in the functioning of ration shops. 5m

4. Describe any three features of Public Distribution System in India. 3m

5. Explain any three problems in the functioning of the ration shops. 3m

6. Why food insecure people are generally concentrated in few pockets of the society

and country? 3m

7. “The cooperatives are playing a significant role in the food security of India”. Explain

the statement with two suitable arguments. 3m

8. Explain the two components of the Food Security System designed by the government

of India. 5m

9. Write a note on success of Academy of Development Science (ADS) in innovative

food security intervention. 5m

10. What factors have led to the decline of the PDS? 5m

Prepared by: Shalini OIS; Einstein Campus

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