Exam Details

Subject Economics of Food
Paper
Exam / Course Certificate Programme in Food and Nutrition
Department School of Continuing Education (SOCE)
Organization indira gandhi national open university
Position
Exam Date December, 2015
City, State new delhi,


Question Paper

List the commodities whose distribution is carried out by the Central Government.

Name any four products obtained from fish.

Differentiate between inland fishing and marine fishing.

Define the following terms:

-Dairy enterprise

-Dairy cooperative

List the common nutritional deficiency disorders found in India.

List the components of the Integrated Child Development Services Programme.

List any four food items for which food standards are available.

List any four adulterants found in food.

What is food budgeting? How is it useful? Enumerate the factors you would consider while preparing a food budget for your family.

Explain the concept of kitchen garden highlighting its uses and the types of plants which can be planted in a kitchen garden.

What is targeted public distribution system? Briefly discuss its working.

What are the components of food subsidy? Explain each in brief.

4. Explain the following briefly:

National Agriculture Policy

Agricultural inputs for which subsidy is given by the Government

Agriculture Extension System 6

What is a poultry enterprise Discuss the products of a poultry farm.

Elaborate on the fisheries development schemes implemented by the Government.

Explain Operation Flood and elaborate on how Operation Flood has helped farmers in income generation.

Give the nutritional norms prescribed under the following feeding programmes:

-Mid-day Meal Programme

-Integrated Child Development Services Programme

-Pradhan Mantri Gramodaya Yojana (PMGY)

-Nutritional Programme for Adolescent Girls

What are food standards? Explain.

Enlist the objectives and salient features of Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006.

What precautions would you adopt to protect against food adulteration

8. Write short notes on any four of the following:

Agencies providing Consumer Education

Grading Food Grains, Fruits and Vegetables -Process and Importance

Nutritional Anaemia Control Programme

Fair Price Shops

Food Fortification


Departments

  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • National Centre for Disability Studies (NCDS)
  • School of Agriculture (SOA)
  • School of Computer and Information Sciences (SOCIS)
  • School of Continuing Education (SOCE)
  • School of Education (SOE)
  • School of Engineering & Technology (SOET)
  • School of Extension and Development Studies (SOEDS)
  • School of Foreign Languages (SOFL)
  • School of Gender Development Studies(SOGDS)
  • School of Health Science (SOHS)
  • School of Humanities (SOH)
  • School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-Disciplinary Studies (SOITDS)
  • School of Journalism and New Media Studies (SOJNMS)
  • School of Law (SOL)
  • School of Management Studies (SOMS)
  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts (SOPVA)
  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts(SOPVA)
  • School of Sciences (SOS)
  • School of Social Sciences (SOSS)
  • School of Social Work (SOSW)
  • School of Tourism & Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSM)
  • School of Tourism &Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSSM)
  • School of Translation Studies and Training (SOTST)
  • School of Vocational Education and Training (SOVET)
  • Staff Training & Research in Distance Education (STRIDE)

Subjects

  • Economics of Food
  • You and Your Food
  • Your Food and its Utilization