Quiz  /  NEET MCQ on Famine

  • 1. 
    The condition wherein there is no enough food in a region to feed people is known as ______

  • Drought
  • Famine
  • Monsoon
  • Thunderstorm

  • 2. 
    Which of the following are the result of the droughts, flooding, increased population and unequal distribution of food?

  • Malaria
  • Typhoid
  • Famine
  • Dengue fever

  • 3. 
    Which of the following is linked with the self-starvation in preventing type anorexia nervosa/binge-eating?

  • Eating only certain food types
  • Not being bothered about weight gain
  • Not eating to help control weight gain
  • Regularly engaging in purging activities to help control weight gain

  • 4. 
    What happens when a person goes hungry for a long period of time?

  • They may be more prone to disease
  • They may be stunted in height
  • Affects brain functioning
  • All of these

  • 5. 
    How many children in the middle and low-income areas can be affected by Vitamin A deficiency?

  • 1/2
  • 1/3
  • 1/4
  • 1/8

  • 6. 
    WFP stands for _______

  • World Food Program
  • Wild Fire Protection
  • Wild Fauna Protection
  • Wild Food Program

  • 7. 
    Individuals with bulimia have a perceived lack of control over their eating pattern and are often reported to _________

  • Low self-esteem
  • High levels of self-disgust
  • High levels of depression
  • All of the above

  • 8. 
    The lesions to which part of the brain in animal research have been shown to cause appetite loss leading to self-starvation syndrome

  • Amygdala
  • Cerebellum
  • Basal ganglia
  • lateral hypothalamus

  • 9. 
    The Body Mass Index(BMI) measure depicts that one can be considered as overweight with a BMI of:

  • 45-59.9
  • 25-29.9
  • 20.9-30.9
  • 55-69.9

  • 10. 
    In the event of starvation, after consumption of glycogen and fats, the next nutrient that is to be consumed is

  • starch
  • cellulose
  • proteins
  • adenosine triphosphate
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