UPSC Prelims 2005 · General Studies
Question 131: Economy and Social Development
Under which one of the Ministries of the Government of India does the Food and Nutrition Board work?
AnswerThe answer is (c).
The given answer is the Ministry of Human Resource Development. The Food and Nutrition Board sat in its Department of Women and Child Development, which became a separate Ministry of Women and Child Development in 2006, so the Board now comes under that ministry.
Why each option is right or wrong
- (a) Agriculture is not the ministry for the Food and Nutrition Board.
- (b) Health has other nutrition bodies, but not this Board in 2005.
- (c) Given answer: Human Resource Development, through its Department of Women and Child Development.
- (d) Rural Development is not the ministry for the Board.
Worth knowing: Changed since: the Department of Women and Child Development became a ministry in 2006, and the Food and Nutrition Board now falls under the Ministry of Women and Child Development.
Explanation: written by UPSC Grade, not by UPSC.
Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2005, General Studies. UPSC's own paper isn't online; the words are from a published compilation. The paper on upsc.gov.in.