UPSC CSE Prelims
Question 84
Which of the following are the objectives of 'National Nutrition Mission' ?
- To create awareness relating to malnutrition among pregnant women and lactating mothers.
- To reduce the incidence of anaemia among young children, adolescent girls and women.
- To promote the consumption of millets, coarse cereals and unpolished rice.
- To promote the consumption of poultry eggs.
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Correct answer: A
Correct Option: A
Explanation: The National Nutrition Mission’s aims included nutrition awareness and reducing anaemia and malnutrition. Its stated objectives did not specifically mandate millet/unpolished-rice or poultry-egg consumption as distinct programme goals.
Statement/Pair-wise Analysis:
Statement/Item 1: Correct - Maternal and infant nutrition awareness, especially among pregnant and lactating women, is relevant to the programme.
Statement/Item 2: Correct - Reducing anaemia among children, adolescent girls and women is a stated objective.
Statement/Item 3: Incorrect - Promoting particular grains such as millet and unpolished rice was not an explicit objective in the stated mission formulation.
Statement/Item 4: Incorrect - Promoting poultry eggs specifically was not part of the listed official mission objectives.
Option-wise Analysis:
A: Correct - includes all and only the true statements/items.
B: Incorrect - includes incorrect statement/item 3.
C: Incorrect - includes incorrect statement/item 4.
D: Incorrect - includes incorrect statement/items 3, 4; omits correct statement/items 1, 2.
Review Note: Nutrition programme names and targets evolved (including POSHAN Abhiyaan); answer reflects the 2017 question’s policy setting.