CUET-PG Sustainable Food Systems, Diets & Food Loss: practice questions

1 · Environmental footprints of different foods · medium

Why does ruminant meat have a high greenhouse gas footprint?

1. High electricity use in slaughterhouses and refrigerated retail display cabinets in consuming countries
2. Long-distance air freight of most beef from producing to consuming countries
3. Enteric methane, low feed conversion efficiency and large land areas for pasture and feed
4. Heavy plastic packaging of retail beef cuts compared with plant foods

2 · Sustainable and healthy diets: planetary health diet and critiques · easy

The EAT-Lancet planetary health diet was designed to feed about how many people in 2050 within environmental boundaries?

1. 10 billion
2. 5 billion
3. 8 billion
4. 15 billion

3 · Sustainable and healthy diets: planetary health diet and critiques · easy

At 14 g of red meat per day, how much red meat would a person eat in a year?

1. 14.0 kg
2. 5.1 kg
3. 0.5 kg
4. 51.1 kg

4 · Food loss and food waste: definitions and measurement · easy

In FAO and UNEP definitions, food discarded by a supermarket counts as:

1. Food loss
2. Post-harvest loss
3. Pre-harvest loss
4. Food waste

5 · Food loss and food waste: definitions and measurement · medium

A 'qualitative' food loss refers to:

1. A fall in quality or value without a fall in mass
2. A fall in the mass of food through spillage, pests or spoilage
3. A loss recorded only through qualitative interviews with farmers and traders at markets
4. A loss that occurs only in high-income countries' retail sector

6 · Reducing food loss and waste: interventions along the chain · easy

On food packaging, what does a 'use by' date indicate?

1. Quality: the food is at its best before this date but safe after it
2. Packing: the date on which the food was packed at the factory
3. Display: the last date the shop may place the food on its shelves
4. Safety: the food should not be eaten after this date

7 · Packaging and its trade-offs · easy

For high-impact foods such as meat and cheese, how does the climate footprint of packaging usually compare with that of the food?

1. Packaging is the largest share
2. Packaging and food are always equal
3. Packaging is a small share of the total
4. Packaging has no footprint at all

8 · Packaging and its trade-offs · easy

Which packaging feature mainly helps reduce household food waste?

1. Glossy printing
2. Resealable packs and pack sizes matched to household needs
3. Thicker plastic film
4. Larger family-size multipacks sold at a lower price per kilogram

9 · Food security, nutrition and sustainability trade-offs · easy

What is meant by the 'triple burden' of malnutrition?

1. Hunger, conflict and climate change occurring in the same year
2. Low yields, low prices and high input costs facing farmers in rain-fed areas of poor countries
3. Food loss, food waste and food fraud in the same supply chain
4. Undernutrition, micronutrient deficiencies and overweight or obesity coexisting

10 · Urban and peri-urban agriculture · easy

Which international agreement commits cities to developing sustainable urban food systems?

1. Paris Agreement (2015)
2. Basel Convention (1989)
3. Ramsar Convention (1971)
4. Milan Urban Food Policy Pact (2015)