Tainted school meals kill at least 23 children in India

July 22, 2013

Q: At least 23 children, aged four to 12, died after eating pesticide-tainted meals at a school in India. Where is India on this map?

Circle the area on this map

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Q: The free meals were served as part of India's midday meal program which feeds 120 million schoolchildren. With more than 1.2 billion people, India is the world's second most populous nation. Which nation ranks third in population?

A. Russia

B. Brazil

C. China

D. United States

Q: The insecticide that tainted the meals is called Organophosphorous. It kills 200,000 people around the world every year and is very common in Indian farming. What share of India's workers are engaged in agriculture?

A. More than 90%

B. Just over half

C. Nearly a third

D. Less than 20%

Q: India's midday meal program is designed to encourage school attendance and fight the nation's high rate of childhood malnutrition. But, the world's highest rate of death from malnutrition is in the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere . . .

A. Angola

B. Guatemala

C. Haiti

D. Mexico

Q: The deaths of the schoolchildren occurred in the Bihar state on India's northern border with the Himalayan nation of . . .

A. Nepal

B. Sri Lanka

C. Maldives

D. Seychelles

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