Food Security I...

Which of the following sectors has been set up a Venture Capital Fund(VCF) by the GOI ?

A pesticide which is a chlorinated hydrocarbon is sprayed on a food crop. The food chain is: Food crop - Rat - Snake - Hawk. In this  food chain, the highest concentration of the pesticide would accumulate in which one of the the following?

India has experienced persistent and high food inflation in the recent past. What could be the reason?
$$1$$. Due to a gradual switchover to the cultivation of commercial crops, the area under the cultivation of food grains has steadily decreased in the last five years by about $$30\%$$.
$$2$$. As a consequence of increasing incomes, the consumption patterns of the people have undergone a significant change.
$$3$$. The food supply chain has structural constraints.
Which of the statements given are correct?

With what purpose is the Government of India promoting the concept of 'Mega Food Parks'?
$$1$$. To provide good infrastructure facilities for the food processing industry.
$$2$$. To increase the processing of perishable items and reduce wastage.
$$3$$. To provide emerging and eco-friendly food processing technologies to entrepreneurs.
Select the correct answer using the codes given.

In case of a parasitic food chain, the shape of the pyramid of number is always:

What term denotes the organisms getting their food from others?

The price at which the Government purchase foodgrains for maintaining the public distribution system and for building up buffer stocks are known as

An objective of the National Food Security Mission is to increase the production of certain crops through area expansion and productivity enhancement in a sustainable manner in the identified districts of the country. What are those crops?

Pulses have seen high rise in recent times-select the factor which was not responsible for this rise:

The food stocks that are built up during the years of bumper harvest are called?