EVS 1 (Science) Chapter 12 — Food for All: 17 MCQs with answers

Ensuring every person gets safe and nutritious food

Food for All means every person, in every village and city, should get enough safe and nutritious food every day.

Availability, accessibility and affordability

Food security has three parts: availability (enough food), accessibility (people can reach it) and affordability (price is within reach).

Production → Storage → Transport → Distribution → Consumption

Food first is produced, then stored, transported, distributed and finally consumed.

To supply subsidised food through ration shops

The PDS supplies food grains at prices lower than the open market through ration shops, mainly for poor families.

Identify families eligible for subsidised food

Ration cards identify which families are eligible to buy subsidised food from ration shops.

A drought

Droughts dry up fields and reduce harvests, badly affecting food production.

True

Food security requires **availability**, **accessibility** and **affordability** of food for all people at all times.

Affordability

The food is available and reachable, but the family cannot afford it, so affordability is the failing part.

Food becomes scarce and prices rise

A break in transport causes shortages in the city, and shortages push prices up.

Software engineer

The chapter names farmers, labourers, transporters, traders and the government as the people behind our food.

Costly seeds, low prices and debt

Small farmers struggle with costly seeds, unpredictable rain, low market prices and debt.

It takes food away from someone who could have eaten it

Every grain wasted is food that someone else could have eaten, so waste directly reduces food for others.

Because of poverty, poor distribution and wastage

Even with surplus grain, poverty, poor distribution and wastage prevent food from reaching everyone.

Reducing food waste at home and school

Reducing food waste is one of the simplest and most effective ways a citizen can contribute to Food for All.

Help students feel the problem of hunger, not just read facts

The story makes the idea of food for all come alive by showing real people and their struggles, so students feel the problem.

Weather and climate directly influence food availability

The chapter shows that weather and climate directly influence food availability, linking food security with climate.

Lower food accessibility as prices rise, making food unaffordable for many.

The correct option is B. A drought decreases food production, leading to scarcity. As a result, prices rise, which reduces accessibility for many families, making it harder for them to afford food despite its availability.