Current Affairs Quiz :024 june 2024
Q 1. When is Sickle Cell Disease Day celebrated?
a.18 June.
b.19 June
c.20 June
d.21 June
b.19 June
Q 2 When was the Public Distribution System (PDS) started in India?
(a) 1947
(b) 1951
(c) 1960
(d) 1966
Answer-: (b) 1951
2. What is the main objective of PDS?
(a) To provide food items to the poor and low-income people at affordable rates
(b) To ensure fair price to farmers for their produce
(c) To ensure food security
(d) All of the above
Answer-(d) All of the above
3. Which food items are distributed under PDS?
(a) Wheat, rice, sugar, pulses, oil
(b) Fruits, vegetables, meat, fish
(c) Clothes, footwear, household articles
(d) Only the food items mentioned in (a)
– (d) Only the food items mentioned in (a)
4 Who issues ration cards under PDS?
(a) Central Government
(b) State Governments
(c) Local bodies
(d) Any of the above
Answer- (b) State Governments
5. How does PDS function?
(a) The Central Government purchases food items and distributes them to the State Governments.
(b) State Governments distribute the food items to ration shops.
(c) Ration shopkeepers sell the food items to ration card holders at cheaper rates.
(d) All of the above
Answer- (d) All of the above
6. What are some of the drawbacks of PDS?
(a) Corruption
(b) Distribution of low quality food items
(c) Difficulty in reaching the targeted people
(d) All of the above
Answer- (d) All of the above
7. What measures can be taken to improve PDS?
(a) Using better technology to ensure access to the targeted population
(b) Taking stringent measures to reduce corruption
(c) Improving the quality of food items
(d) All of the above
Answer- (d) All of the above