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WorksheetsPOVERTY -II
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
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
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
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 Poverty line in India is prepared on the basis of
Income of individual
consumption expenditure
National income
Per capita income
The minimum calorie requirement in Rural areas to decide poverty line is
2100 calories
2400 calories
2600 calories
2000 calories
SGSY stands for
Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana
Swarna Jayanti Shahari Swarozgar Yojana
Swarna Jayanti Gram Swathantrar Yojana
Sampoorna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana
Which of the following programme ia also known as National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM)
Swarna jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY)
Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana
Prime Minister Rozgar Yojana (PMRY)
Rural Employment Guarantee Programme (REGP)
Which of the following is wage employment Programme?
Prime Minister Rozgar Yojana
Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana
Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
Identify the programme which aim at improving the food and nutritional status of the poor?
Public Distribution System (PDS)
Integrated Child Development Scheme(ICDS)
Midday meal scheme( MDMS)
All of the above
Number of people living below poverty line is Absolute poverty/Relative poverty
(a)
Which scheme encouraged people to open bank account in 2004?
Integrated Child development scheme
Public distribution system
National old age scheme
Jan Dhan Yojana
Which one of the following is the problem of poverty alleviation Programmes?
Lack of resources
improper implementation
Lack of infrastructure
All of the above
Prime Minister in his speech while launching Jan Dhan Yojana mention how many bank accounts are opened in one day?
1.5 crore
2.5 crore
2 crore
None of the above
Under which scheme each bank account holder is entitled to Rs.1 lakh accident insurance Rs.30,000 insurance cover?
Prime Minister's Rozgar Yojana
MGNREGA
Jan Dhan Yojana
PMRY
Poverty alleviation programmes are implemented with the help of which of the following programme from 1990 onwards?
Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana
Self-help Group
MGNREGA
None of the above
