UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — How schools can tackle adolescent malnutrition

Q1. With reference to the Weekly Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation (WIFS) programme as a school-based intervention against adolescent malnutrition, consider the following statements. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. It provides a supervised weekly dose of 100 mg elemental iron and 500 µg folic acid.
  2. It covers school-going adolescent girls and boys of classes 6th to 12th in government/aided/municipal schools.
  3. Out-of-school adolescent girls are covered through Anganwadi centres.
  4. The programme is implemented by the Ministry of Education.
  • A. 1 and 2
  • B. 1, 2 and 3
  • C. 2, 3 and 4
  • D. 1 and 4

Q2. In the context of adolescent metabolic risk highlighted by recent national nutrition data, the 'thin-fat phenotype' refers to which one of the following?

  • A. Children with normal or low body mass index but high visceral fat and elevated metabolic risk
  • B. Children who are simultaneously stunted (low height-for-age) and wasted (low weight-for-height)
  • C. Children whose obesity is masked by oedema-related weight gain from severe protein deficiency
  • D. Children with high body mass index but normal blood sugar and lipid profiles

Q3. The PM POSHAN (Poshan Shakti Nirman) scheme, the principal platform for delivering hot cooked meals to school children, is implemented by which one of the following ministries?

  • A. Ministry of Education
  • B. Ministry of Women and Child Development
  • C. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
  • D. Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

Q4. School mid-day meals first acquired statutory entitlement backing in India under which one of the following laws?

  • A. The National Food Security Act, 2013
  • B. The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009
  • C. The Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006
  • D. The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005