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POVERY (By S C Jena , KV3 BBSR)

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

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Class

Date

In India absolute poverty is measured in terms of :

Poverty Line

GDP

Per capita income

Unemployment Rate

The people who never move above the poverty line are called

Non Poor

Chronic Poor

Churning Poor

Usually Poor

Poverty across different classes , regions or countries is called:

Absolute Poverty

Ralative Poverty

Differential Povery

Cross region Poverty

Which of following is a principal cause of poverty in an underdeveloped economy?

Low level of Economic Growth

Unemployment and Under Employment

Capital Deficiency

All of these

Which of the following is not a Poverty Alleviation Programme adopted by Govt. of India

Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojna

Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme

Mission Indradhanus

Food for Work Programme

Under MGNRGA government gurantees to provide at least how many days of employment to a person ina year?

100

250

365

A cut of point on the line of distribution which distinguish people as poor and Non-poor is called :

Cut off Line

Poverty Line

Relative poverty

Distribution Line

In Pre-Independent India who was the first to discuss the concept of Poverty Line?

P C Mahalnobis

Jawaharlal Nehru

Dadabhai Naroji

Mahatma Gandhi

Occasionaly Poor and Churning poor are combinely called :

Chronic Poor

Non-Poor

Transient Poor

Never Poor

10.

Poverty in India is estimated on the basis of the consumption expenditure data collected by :

CSO

NSSO

Planning Commission

NITI Ayog

11.

According to C Rangarajan Committee report a person cannot be considered as poor in rural and urban areas if he/she is spending atlest how much per day resepectively?

Rs. 27 & Rs.33

Rs. 32 & Rs. 47

Rs.33 & Rs. 38

Rs. 47 & Rs. 52

12.

Which of the following is a self employment Programme?

Prime Minister's Rozgar Yojna

MGNREGS

Pradhan Mantri Gram Dasak Yojna

Food for Work Programme

13.

The minimum calorie intake required per person per day in rural and urban areas respectively to determine the poverty line in India is :

2100 & 2400

2400 & 2100

2000 & 2200

2200 & 2000

14.

Which of the following is not a dimesion of Poverty Reduction approach in India?

Growth Oriented Approach

Specific Poverty Alleviation Programmes

Income Creation Approach

Providing Basic Amenities to the poor

15.

Which of the following is the strategy for effetive eradication of Poverty in India?

Process of Social Mobilisation

Empowering Poor People by encouraging them to participate in employment

Prividing infrastructure like schools , roads in the identified poverty striken areas.

All of these

16.

What is Head Count Ratio?

Percentage of people living in rural areas

pPercentage of people living below Poverty Line

Percentage of people living above Poverty Line

Ratio of Poor people to Non-poor people

17.

"This achievement (independence) is but a step , an opening of opportunity , to the great triumphs and achievements that await us… the ending of poverty and ignorance and disease and inequality of opportunity." This statement is given by whom?

Mahatma Gandhi

Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan

Jawaharlal Nehru

Narendra Modi

18.

There is a probability for certain groups of people to became more poor in future is called:

Social Exclusion

Vulnerability

Incidence of Poverty

Poverty Probability

19.

The earlier Food for Work programme has been subsummed with which of the following programme?

Mid-day Meal Scheme

Minimum needs programme

MGNREGP

Integrated rural Development Programme

20.

When was MRNREGP launched in India?

2nd October 2005

2nd February 2005

2nd February 2006

15th August 2005

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POVERY (By S C Jena , KV3 BBSR)

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

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