Population — Social Studies STD 9 — Question

Which river is known as the 'sorrow of West Bengal'?

Read the given table that shows some important features of PDS in India. Read the data and select the appropriate option from the following.

Name of Scheme	Year of introduction	Coverage target group	Latest Volume	Issue Price (Rs per kg.)
PDS	Up to 1992	Universal	-	Wheat: 2.34 Rice: 2.89
AAY	2002	Poorest of the poor	35 kg of foodgrains	Wheat: 2.00 Rice: 3.00
APS	2000	Indigent senior citizens	10 kg of foodgrains	Free
National Food Security Act (NFSA)	2013	Priority households	5 kg per person per month	Wheat: 2.00 Rice: 3.00 Coarse grains: 1.00

Which scheme is open to all?

Name the group of islands lying in the Arabian Sea.

Mahatma Gandhis vision about Indian constitution was published in which magazine?

The people’s dreams were written in diaries and later published in a highly disconcerting book called the Third Reich of Dreams. Who wrote this book?