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A plantation crop of India is Tea.

An important Rabi crop is Wheat.

A fibre crop Cotton.

On 1 November 2016, Tamil Nadu became the last state in the country to implement the National Food Security Act after holding out for three years. In a government order issued on 27 October, the state specified that while it was enforcing the law, it would be modifying its provisions.

Health, Education and living standard are the major dimensions of poverty.

(a) A is correct but R is not the correct explanation to A.

(b) Rs 12,000 

(b) Kancheepuram

Its aim is to detect and to provide sustained regular treatment to all leprosy patients in the State.

An important Kharif crop is Paddy.

The farmers who own more than 10 hectares of land are known as large farmers.

The Buffer stock helps to resolve the problem of shortage of food during adverse weather conditions or during the periods of calamity.

Correct option is (d) Rainy

Land area under cultivation is the basic constraint in raising farm production because it is fixed and scarce.

Nutrition is the process of providing or obtaining the food necessary for health and growth.

Correct Answer is: (c) Nutrition

C) Rabi is called rainy season is wrong

B) Multiple cropping

The minimum wages for a farm labourer set by the government is Rs.60/- per day.

1. Minimum wage mentioned above is ₹ 118 for women for threshing. 

2. Whereas women here is get more than that nearly ₹ 300/- per day when they are doing threshing work. 

3. So the amount they get here is more than that was listed by government.

1. Many families in my region are engaged in milk production. 

2. Various types of grass, maize, bajra, etc., is used to feed the cattle. 

3. Two tradesmen established milk collection and storing points.

4. Family labour and especially women take care of the rearing of animals.

B) 1 – c, 2 – a, 3 – b

1. There are works in farming like ploughing fixed for men.

2. There are several others like transplanting and picking cotton are fixed for women. 

3. But the remaining farm works can be done by both men and women. 

4. Among them also more wages were set up by the government for men compared to women. 

5. Because men are physically strong. 

6. With that energy they got, they complete the works neatly and quickly. 

7. Thus men receive higher wage than women.

D) 1 – c,2 – b, 3 – a

A part of the earning from surplus farm produce is saved and kept for buying capital for the next season. Another part may be utilized for lending to small farmers who require a loan.

1. Because ours is a male-dominated society. 

2. Women are paid less wages because of gender bias.

Correct option is C) Government

Buffer stock is done to distribute food grains in the deficit areas and among the poorer strata of the society at a price lower than the market price also known as the Issue Price.

Health centres provide continuous and comprehensive care to the patients. It helps in making the patients available with the social welfare and pubilc health services initiated by the Governing bodies.

Functions of Health Centre:

1. Provision of medical care. 

2. Education about health. 

3. Prevention and control of locally epedemic diseases. 

4. Safe water supply and basic sanitation. 

5. Maternal – child health including family planning. 

6. Clinical Services. 

7. Aged and disability care. 

8. Child care. 

9. Overall Health Promotion.

Empowering adolescent girls and making them participate in the peer group services and activities as a group. This would enable them to gain confidence and became a catalyst of change.

(b) beginning

Correct option is C) 10

(i) B) Weeding

(ii) C) ii and iv

(iii) C) Ploughing

PPP is used to compare countries income levels, and other relevant economic data concerning the cost of living, (or) possible rates of Inflation or deflation.

PPP refers to the Purchasing Power Parity. It is an economic theory that estimates the amount that needs to be adjusted to the price of the item, given the exchange rate of the two countries.

Correct option is B) Punjab

China is the largest economy in terms of PPP – GDP in 2019.

(d) All the above

D) High Yielding Varieties

A. (ii) 

B. (iii) 

C. (iv) 

D. (v) 

E. (i)

(d) all are correct

ICDS is considered to be one of the world’s largest programme of its kind for the holistic development of the child.

Better medical care leads to healthy population.

(d) all are correct

A. (v) 

B. (i) 

C. (iv) 

D. (ii) 

E. (iii)

Tamil Nadu Integrated Nutrition Programme was started in 1980.

HYV The programme was implemented in selected districts where irrigation was assured.

Minimum Support Price is a price fixed by an expert group for a particular crop by considering various costs involved in the cultivation of that crop. After announcing the MSP, the State will open procurement centres in places where these crops are widely grown. However, the farmers are free to sell in the open market if they get a better price for their crop produce. On the other hand, if the open market price is lower than the MSP, the farmers would get an assured price (the MSP) by selling their produce to the FCI. Thus, with the implementation of MSP farmers are certain about the price they would get at the end of the crop season. Further, farmers also get insulated against any price crash during the harvest season.

Health status is one of the indicators of the overall well-being of population and human resources development.

(a) United States of America