Poverty _Class 12 -Indian Economic Development

which of the following is poverty estimation tool

• sen index

• poverty gap index

• squared poverty index

• all of the above

Dadabhai Naoroji used the menu for a prisoner and sued appropriate prevailing prices to arrive at what may be called

(a)  

-----refers to poverty of people in comparison to other people, regions or nations.

• absolute poverty

• relative poverty

• both a and b

• neither a nor b

number of people living below poverty line is called

(a)  

What is Head count ratio?

• Total number of people in a country

• Proportion of people below poverty line.

• percentage of people above poverty line

• Total number of poor in a country

small farmers and seasonal workers are categorised as

• chronic poor

• churning poor

• occasionally poor

• Both B and C

In Pre-Independent India who among the following first to discuss the concept of a poverty line?

• VKRV RAO

• WILLIAM DIGBY

• R C DESAI

• DADABHAI NAOROJI

Which of the following organisation collect data on poverty in India?

• Reserve Bank of India (RBI)

• National Sample survey organisation (NSSO)

• Census of India

• None of the above

The national level poverty line consider it as 22%. Find with the help of diagram In which of the following state ratio of poor are lesser?

• Rajasthan

• Tamil Nadu

• Andhra Pradesh

• Gujarat

The Poverty line in India is prepared on the basis of

• Income of individual

• consumption expenditure

• National income

• Per capita income