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General ScienceEasyAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2017, GAT

Which one of the following agencies enforces the laws on food security in India?

  1. A.FDA
  2. B.WHO
  3. C.FSSAI
  4. D.FAO

Correct answer

C. FSSAI

Explanation

The correct answer is C, FSSAI. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India is the statutory body that lays down standards for food and regulates its manufacture, storage, sale and import across India.

FSSAI was set up under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, which brought together several older food laws such as the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954. It works under the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and has its headquarters in New Delhi. It licenses and registers food businesses, sets limits for additives and contaminants, and runs campaigns such as Eat Right India. State food safety commissioners enforce the Act on the ground.

A is wrong because the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) is the food and drug regulator of the United States.

B is wrong because the WHO is the United Nations agency for international public health and does not enforce Indian law.

D is wrong because the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization) is a UN agency, headquartered in Rome, that works against hunger worldwide.

Exam tip: FSSAI – FSS Act 2006, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi.

Practice Questions

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Q1.General ScienceAsked in: UPSC Civil Services · CSE Prelims 2022, GS Paper IMedium

Which of the following are nitrogen-fixing plants?

1. Alfalfa

2. Amaranth

3. Chickpea

4. Clover

5. Purslane (Kulfa)

6. Spinach

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

  1. A.1, 3 and 4 only
  2. B.1, 3, 5 and 6 only
  3. C.2, 4, 5 and 6 only
  4. D.1, 2, 4, 5 and 6
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Correct answer: A. 1, 3 and 4 only

Alfalfa, chickpea and clover are legumes, and legumes fix nitrogen. Plants of the legume family (Fabaceae) carry root nodules that house Rhizobium bacteria.

Q2.General ScienceAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2017, Paper IMedium

The mass number of an element is NOT changed when it emits

  1. A.Alpha and Beta radiations only
  2. B.Alpha and Gamma radiations only
  3. C.Beta and Gamma radiations only
  4. D.Alpha, Beta and Gamma radiations
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Correct answer: C. Beta and Gamma radiations only

Neither beta nor gamma emission changes the total number of protons and neutrons in a nucleus, so the mass number stays the same.

Q3.General ScienceAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2025, Paper IMedium

Which one among the following statements about facilitated transport in plants is correct?

  1. A.All passive transports are types of facilitated transport.
  2. B.Facilitated transport is an example of active transport.
  3. C.Water moves across plasma membrane by active transport.
  4. D.Facilitated transport requires assistance of carrier proteins.
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Correct answer: D. Facilitated transport requires assistance of carrier proteins.

In facilitated transport, molecules cross the membrane with the help of membrane proteins, while still moving down their concentration gradient.

Q4.General ScienceAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2017, Paper IMedium

Who among the following has coined the term 'Quark', the fundamental particles that make up protons and neutrons in an atomic nucleus ?

  1. A.Richard Feynman
  2. B.Murray Gell-Mann
  3. C.Albert Einstein
  4. D.Niels Bohr
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Correct answer: B. Murray Gell-Mann

The American physicist Murray Gell-Mann proposed quarks in 1964 and gave them their name. Gell-Mann, and independently George Zweig, suggested that protons, neutrons and other such particles are built from smaller units.