UPSC Prelims 2017 · GS Paper I
Question 23: Economy and Social Development
Which of the following are the objectives of ‘National Nutrition Mission’ ?
- 1.To create awareness relating to malnutrition among pregnant women and lactating mothers.
- 2.To reduce the incidence of anaemia among young children, adolescent girls and women.
- 3.To promote the consumption of millets, coarse cereals and unpolished rice.
- 4.To promote the consumption of poultry eggs.
Select the correct answer using the code given below :
AnswerUPSC’s answer is (a).
The National Nutrition Mission aimed to cut stunting, undernutrition, anaemia and low birth weight, with a focus on young children, adolescent girls, pregnant women and lactating mothers, and it relies on awareness campaigns. So Statements 1 and 2 are objectives. Promoting millets, coarse cereals or unpolished rice, and promoting poultry eggs, are not among its stated objectives. Remember: awareness plus anaemia reduction were named objectives; particular foods were not.
- 1. Awareness on malnutrition among pregnant and lactating women is an aim.
- 2. Reducing anaemia in children, adolescent girls and women is an aim.
- 3. Promoting millets and unpolished rice is not a stated objective.
- 4. Promoting eggs is not a stated objective.
How you could have got this
- If you were sure statement 3 is not correct, (b) and (d) go: each of them includes 3.
What you needed to know: Promoting millets and unpolished rice is not a stated objective.
- Then, if you were sure statement 4 is not correct, (c) goes: it includes 4.
What you needed to know: Promoting eggs is not a stated objective.
Only (a) is left. You didn’t need statements 1 or 2.
Which options go is worked out from UPSC’s key and the options, not by a model.
Why each option is right or wrong
- (a) Right: awareness among mothers and reducing anaemia are the mission's objectives.
- (b) Wrong: promoting millets and coarse cereals is not a stated objective.
- (c) Wrong: promoting poultry eggs is not a stated objective.
- (d) Wrong: neither food-promotion statement is a stated objective, and it leaves out the real ones.
Worth knowing: The mission was launched as POSHAN Abhiyaan in March 2018 and later folded into Mission Poshan 2.0; the answer follows the objectives as announced in 2017.
Answer: UPSC’s key. Explanation: written by UPSC Grade, not by UPSC.
Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2017, General Studies Paper I, Series A. The paper on upsc.gov.in.