Poverty as a Challenge Part 1

NFWP is stand for:

• National Federation for Work and Progress
• National Forest for Wildlife Protection
• National Food and Wheat Processing
• National Food for Work Programme

Among the economic groups, which of the following groups are the most vulnerable groups in India?

• Rural agricultural labour households and urban casual labour households
• Farmers with 1-hectare land
• Urban small shopkeepers
• Urban daily wages

Antyodaya Anna Yojana was launched in :

• 2003
• 1999
• 2000
• 2005

Every____ person in India is poor

• Third
• Fourth
• Fifth
• Tenth

For making comparisons between developing countries, which uniform standard (per person per day) for the poverty line is used in terms of minimum availability?

• $1
• $2
• $3
• $5

How many people were poor in India between 2011-12?

• 25 crore    
• 27 crore
• 29 crore    
• 31 crore

In which state has the high agricultural growth helped to reduce poverty?

• Jammu & Kashmir
• West Bengal
• Punjab
• Gujarat

In which state have the land reform measures helped to reduce poverty?

• Tamil Nadu
• Punjab
• West Bengal
• Kerala

In which state is the public distribution system responsible for the reduction in poverty?

• Andhra Pradesh
• Tamil Nadu
• BothAndhra Pradesh & Tamilnadu
• None of the above

Poverty ratio in India as compared to Pakistan is

• same
• half
• two times
• two and a half times