Correct answer: (b) Only 4
Explanation
- A
1 and 2
1 and 2. Swaminathan is food production / NFSA debates, not the entitlement concept’s author here.
- B
Only 4
Only 4. Amartya Sen introduced entitlements in the analysis of food security and famine.
- C
3 and 4
3 and 4. Samali Srikant is not the theorist.
- D
Only 1
Only 1. Swaminathan is the Green Revolution name, not entitlements.
Summary. Official key is (b) only 4. Entitlements: Amartya Sen. Also note: Poverty and Famines — Sen 1981; Exchange entitlement — Wages, prices, rations; Swaminathan — MSP / Green Revolution; NFSA 2013 — Legal entitlements later, named after the idea.
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