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Health nutrition and hygiene education to mother, non formal pre-school education to children aged 3-6 years, supplementary feeding for all children below 6 years is the major objective of which of the following programme ?

What is the age group of beneficiaries under NOAPS (National Old Age Pension Scheme) ?

What are the career avenues after specializing in Food processing and Technology ?
A. Production manager
B. Teaching and Research
C. Day care centres
D. Quality assurance
E. Sensory evaluation

________, a psychologist had outlined the great need that children have for a concerned, caring and knowledgable adult.

The mission of public health nutrition is to :

Who among the following developed the canning process in the year 1810 ?

Which of the following falls under voluntary product certification ?

Which of the following nutrition programme in India aim to prevent blindness caused by Vitamin - A deficiency ?

Non - nutrient constituents present in foods that have physiological or biological activity and influence health are referred as _________.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic feature of HACCP ?

Diet given during severe infection, gastrointentional disorders and in early phase of recovery after surgery is ________.

In which year, Government of India announced the setting up of mega food processing parks for boosting food processing industry in India ?

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Anganwadi Centers (AWCs) are the most common and publicly available facilities, initially constituted in 1975 to strengthen the public health system by providing immunization and health check-ups, and later to provide supplementary nutrition non-formal pre-school education and day-care.
The two key elements of early childhood development include education and health. A child's early years (0 to 8 years) form the foundation of all learning and are therefore the most extraordinary period of development in a child's life. Research has shown that greater cognitive abilities and being developmentally on track with literacy and numeracy in childhood provide for better learning in school and higher educational attainment, leading to major social and economic gains for society in the long run. Similarly, providing children with a muturing environment in early years, with adequate nutrition, hygiene, protection and responsive stimulation, boosts healthy childhood development and delivers positive outcomes.

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Consumers not only purchase products but a whole gamut of services like those of banks, other financial institutions, airlines and travel agencies, hospitals and other medical practitioners; public utilities like garbage collection, cleanliness and maintenance of roads, parks, etc; electricity water telephone, post and telegraph: educational institutions and so on.
Consumers face a number of problems with regard to these services like excessive billing, being charged but not delivering the service, gap between promised level of service and service that is delivered, overstating the service attributes and enticing the consumer, making false claims and so on.
Gap between service delivery and external communication is a consumer issue. Consumer expectations are affected by promises made by the service provider in his external communication which may be through brochures, advertisements, personal selling ete. E.g. If a resort hotel brochure shows a beautiful room but the guests arrive and find the room to be cheap and very ordinary. Many a times people make advance bookings based on the brochures or seeing the website or some other advertisements. In such bookings sometimes advance also has to be paid. If the customer does not like the room ambience he may be left with little choice since refunds are not given by many hotels.

Radio and Television are the most popular, cheapest and convenient mass mediums that can be used for development purposes. Radio and Television programmes are presented in the form of news, interviews, discussions, documentaries, dramas, quiz etc. Based on the popularity of radio as medium of communication. All India Radio has introduced a new concept of 'local radio station'. It is run and managed by local people and the contents are for local use in their local dialect. The local radio station generally supports local programmes of development.
In September 2004, India launched Education Satellite (EDUSAT) which was the first Indian satellite built exclusively to serve the educational sector. EDUSAT is used to meet demand for an interactive satellite based distance education system in India. Todays Television offers a variety of programme through several channels international, national and local levels. Some of the programmes have scope for people to participate in the form of televisions shows, reality shows, competitions like Kaun Banega Karorpati. Aap ki Adalat, etc. These indicate the scope of education and entertainment to be harnessed together for common good.

The term education is familiar to all of us. But, 'Special education' may be new expression for some of you. It is a term that refers to educational provisions for children with special needs, emerging due to physical, mental and emotional challenges. Therefore they have Special Educational Needs (SEN). Thus Special Education means specially designed instruction for children with above mentioned challenges in all settings such as classroom, home, work place, public places, the street and the rehabllitation homes, etc. When children/students with SEN study in general classrooms with their peers, the arrangement is called 'inclusive education'.
The need for special educators and other personal in education programmes, both in social and inclusive education settings, has been increasing, over time, more so after the Persons With Disabilities (PWD) Act, 1995 was passed Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) has provision for eight years of education for all children, including those with professionals and personal who work in areas related to disabllity are regulated by the Rehabitation Council of India (RCI). This autonomous body facilitates special education training through several approved institutions thioughout the country certificate course in 'Early Childhood Special Education Enabling inclusion' from Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), which qualities the candidate to be early childhood special inclusive educator.

A strategy that involves dividing a larger market into subsets of consumers having needs and applications is known as ______

Which method of dyeing gives variegated and irregular cloud like effect ?

At which stage the process of dyeing is most commonly done?

In which sequence does an Automatic washer performs its operations?
(A) Washing
(B) Regulation of Temperature of water
(C) Filling up water
(D) Rinsing
(E) Water level control
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Match List - I with List- II.

List - I	List - II
(A) Quality Control	(I) Implementation and monitoring of quality systems
(B) Quality Assurance	(II) Has certified figures by national, international agencies
(C) Quality Management	(III) To get 'Zero-Defect Product
(D) Standards	(IV) Preventive problem management so it does not occur again

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Which of the following does not ensure the quality of a product?

Food safety and quality can be ensured through:
(A) Good food habits
(B) Good Manufacturing Practices
(C) Good Handling Practices
(D) Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points
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Choose the correct combination of Elements of Design.
(A) Texture
(B) Colour
(C) Balance
(D) Form
(E) Line
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Arrange in correct sequence of five stages of fashion cycle.
(A) Introduction of a style
(B) Peak of popularity
(C) Decline in popularity
(D) Increase in popularity
(E) Rejection of style or Obsolescence
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