Food Security Of India
Q & A Based on Class 9 Chapter
Q 1: Why is food security essential?
Answer:
① When the country faces a disaster or calamity like earthquake, flood, drought, tsunami and there is a widespread failure of crops which causes famine, etc. All the sections of society have to face shortage of food. Hence, it is needed to ensure sufficient food.
② A section of people in India still sleeps without food. They have no money to secure two square meals for their family members. Deaths due to starvation have also been reported. Thus food security is needed in a country to ensure food to all people at all times.
Q2: Name the year when a devastating famine occurred in India.
Answer: In 1943, famine of Bengal is the most devastated famine.
Q3: What is food security? What conditions should be fulfilled to ensure food security in a country like India?
OR
What are the dimensions of food security?
Answer: Food security does not mean to get two square meals only but something more than that. Thus, food security in a country is ensured only if the below said conditions are fulfilled.