Social issues - Poverty

What is the main cause of poverty?

• illiteracy

• food shortage

• Lack of money

• lack of experience

The minimum level of income deemed adequate in a particular country is the...

• Poverty line

• Living wage

• Minimum wage

• Least common multiple

What is Head count ratio?

• The number of poor people in a city

• The number of poor people in a country

• The number of poor under the poverty line

• Proportion of people below poverty line.

How are the people called who never move above the poverty line?

• None poor

• Chronic poor

• Absolute poor

• None of these

What are two major types of poverty?

• Left and right poverty

• Up and down poverty

• Individual and living poverty

• Absolute and relative poverty

What factors influence the poverty line?

• Time

• Place

• Gender

• House

Where does Relative poverty occur?

• In our home

• Everywhere

• Nowhere

• In a country

Extreme poverty is defined as people living on less than $1.90 a day.

• True

• False

A standard of living is the level of wealth, comfort, material goods, and necessities available to a certain socioeconomic class or a certain geographic area.

• False

• True

What is the number of children living in deep poverty due to the coronavirus epidemic?

• Around 150 million

• 896.456.773,5

• 572 million

• None of these