UPSC PYQPrelims 2023

Civil Services Examination · Question 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
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Answer: (C) Only three

Explanation

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