UPSC PYQPrelims 2023

Civil Services Examination · प्रश्न 52

Consider the following statements in the context of interventions being undertaken under Anaemia Mukt Bharat Strategy: 1. It provides prophylactic calcium supplementation for pre-school children, adolescents and pregnant women. 2. It runs a campaign for delayed cord clamping at the time of childbirth. 3. It provides for periodic deworming to children and adolescents. 4. It addresses non-nutritional causes of anaemia in endemic pockets with special focus on malaria, hemoglobinopathies and fluorosis. How many of the statements given above are correct?

  1. Only one
  2. Only two
  3. Only three
  4. All four
उत्तर देखें और व्याख्या

उत्तर: (C) Only three

व्याख्या

AMB provides iron–folic acid (not calcium) supplementation. It promotes delayed cord clamping, periodic deworming and addressing non-nutritional causes.