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Poverty

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which is not a cause of poverty?

a)

Higher education

b)

Poor health facilities

c)

Poor infrastructure

d)

High growth of population

2.

Which is a measure to remove poverty?

a)

Employment opportunities

b)

Low production

c)

Less income

d)

More big cars

3.

The proportion of poor is highest in

a)

West bengal

b)

Bihar

c)

Jharkhand

d)

Madhya Pradesh

4.

National food security act was passed in

a)

2013

b)

2014

c)

2015

d)

2017

5.

Annapurna scheme is meant for

a)

Poor rural households

b)

Poor urban households

c)

Women and children

d)

Poor senior citizens of 65 years and above

6.

Absolute poverty refers to

a)

Comparative poverty

b)

Poverty with respect to different regions

c)

Number of people living below poverty line

d)

Per capita income

7.

Which of the following helps in eradicating poverty?

a)

Reducing income inequality

b)

Check on price rise

c)

Controlling growth of population

d)

All of the above

8.

Under MGNREGS guaranteed wage employment is provided for

a)

365 days

b)

200 days

c)

100 days

d)

150 days

9.

Sampoorna grameen rozgar yojana aims at

a)

Setting up of infrastructure and creation of employment

b)

Providing food grains

c)

Guaranteed wage employment

d)

Public distribution system

10.

National food for work programme was launched in

a)

15 November 2015

b)

14 November 2012

c)

14 November 2004

d)

2 February 2006

11.

AAM ADMI BIMA YOJNA covers persons from backward section of the society of age:

a)

18 to59 years

b)

16 to 50 years

c)

18 to 50 years

d)

None of the above

12.

Which state in india has more than 40 percent people belong to rural poverty?

a)

Bihar

b)

Jharkhand

c)

Orissa

d)

U.P.

13.

Which of the following food scheme is launched by the indian govt.?

a)

Mid day meal scheme

b)

Annapurna scheme

c)

Integrated child development scheme

d)

All of these

14.

Which programme govt. Adopted to help elderly people and destitute women?

a)

Food for work

b)

Public distribution system

c)

National social assistance programme

d)

All of these

15.

Which scheme imparts skill training for self and wage employment by providing credit at subsidized rate?

a)

National urban livelihood mission

b)

MGNREGS

c)

Sampoorna grameen rozgar yojna

d)

None of these

16.

MPCE stands for

a)

Monthly per capita expenditure

b)

Minimum per capita expenditure

c)

Maximum per capita expenditure

d)

None of the above

17.

Which organization collect data on poverty in India?

a)

NSSO

b)

SJSRY

c)

CENSUS

d)

ALL OF THE ABOVE

18.

Scheme for construction of home to be given to the poor free of cost:

a)

Jawahar awas yojna

b)

Rajeev awas yojna

c)

Indira awas yojna

d)

All of the above

19.

The people who move up and down the poverty line are called

a)

Chronic poor

b)

Occasionally poor

c)

Non poor

d)

Churning poor

20.

Which poverty indicates towards the large inequalities of income in the society?

a)

Absolute

b)

Relative

c)

Both absolute and relative

d)

None of the above