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Poverty

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is Extreme poverty?

a)

Living on less than $10 per day

b)

Living on less than $5 per day

c)

Living on less than $2.5 per day

d)

Living on less than $1.9 per day

2.

What is poverty itself?

a)

When you don't have money

b)

When your basic needs aren't met

c)

When your begging in th streets

d)

When you don't have a job

3.

True or False? Poor people lose the right to social security and participation in society

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Sometimes true and sometimes false

4.

True or False? Poor people get all their rights like others

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Sometimes true and sometimes false

5.
How many types of poverty are there?
a)
One
b)
Two
c)
Three
d)
Four
6.
If people do not have enough resources to survive this is
a)
relative poverty
b)
absolute poverty
7.
Absolute poverty
a)
can be eradicated
b)
can't be eradicated
8.
When people have unequal  living standards is called
a)
absolute poverty
b)
relative poverty
9.
Relative poverty occurs 
a)
in some countries
b)
in a small number of countries
c)
everywhere
10.
Poverty affects
a)
individuals
b)
ethnic groups
c)
society
d)
all of the above
11.

Which is not a cause of poverty?

a)

Higher education

b)

Poor health facilities

c)

Poor infrastructure

d)

High growth of population

12.

Which is a measure to remove poverty?

a)

Employment opportunities

b)

Low production

c)

Less income

d)

More big cars

13.

In Pre-Independent India who among the following first to discuss the concept of a poverty line?

a)

VKRV RAO

b)

WILLIAM DIGBY

c)

R C DESAI

d)

DADABHAI NAOROJI

14.

What is Head count ratio?

a)

Total number of people in a country

b)

Proportion of people below poverty line.

c)

percentage of people above poverty line

d)

Total number of poor in a country

15.

Which of the following organisation collect data on poverty in India?

a)

Reserve Bank of India (RBI)

b)

National Sample survey organisation (NSSO)

c)

Census of India

d)

None of the above

16.

The national level poverty line consider it as 22%. Find with the help of diagram In which of the following state ratio of poor are lesser?

a)

Rajasthan

b)

Tamil Nadu

c)

Andhra Pradesh

d)

Gujarat

17.

The Poverty line in India is prepared on the basis of

a)

Income of individual

b)

consumption expenditure

c)

National income

d)

Per capita income

18.

The minimum calorie requirement in Rural areas to decide poverty line is

a)

2100 calories

b)

2400 calories

c)

2600 calories

d)

2000 calories

19.

SGSY stands for

a)

Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana

b)

Swarna Jayanti Shahari Swarozgar Yojana

c)

Swarna Jayanti Gram Swathantrar Yojana

d)

Sampoorna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana

20.

Which of the following programme ia also known as National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM)

a)

Swarna jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY)

b)

Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana

c)

Prime Minister Rozgar Yojana (PMRY)

d)

Rural Employment Guarantee Programme (REGP)

21.

Which of the following is wage employment Programme?

a)

Prime Minister Rozgar Yojana

b)

Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana

c)

Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana

d)

Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act

22.

Identify the programme which aim at improving the food and nutritional status of the poor?

a)

Public Distribution System (PDS)

b)

Integrated Child Development Scheme(ICDS)

c)

Midday meal scheme( MDMS)

d)

All of the above

23.

Assume the total population of a country is 200 crores and the people below poverty line is 44 crores. What is the Head Count ratio?

a)

20 percent

b)

25 percent

c)

22 percent

d)

26 percent

24.

The educated unemployed from low income families in rural and urban areas can get financial help to set up any kind of enterprise is known as

(a)  

25.

Which scheme encouraged people to open bank account in 2004?

a)

Integrated Child development scheme

b)

Public distribution system

c)

National old age scheme

d)

Jan Dhan Yojana

26.

Which one of the following is/are the feature of MGNREGA?

a)

(a)Self employment by providing bank loans

b)

(b)100 days of guaranteed employment

c)

(c )It is a wage employment programme

d)

both (b) and (c )

27.

Under which scheme each bank account holder is entitled to Rs.1 lakh accident insurance Rs.30,000 insurance cover?

a)

Prime Minister's Rozgar Yojana

b)

MGNREGA

c)

Jan Dhan Yojana

d)

PMRY

28.

Which one of the following is the problem of poverty alleviation Programmes?

a)

Lack of resources

b)

improper implementation

c)

Lack of infrastructure

d)

All of the above

29.

Poverty alleviation programmes are implemented with the help of which of the following programme from 1990 onwards?

a)

Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana

b)

Self-help Group

c)

MGNREGA

d)

None of the above

30.

National food for work programme was launched in

a)

15 November 2015

b)

14 November 2012

c)

14 November 2004

d)

2 February 2006

31.

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

a)

Bihar

b)

Jharkhand

c)

Orissa

d)

U.P.

32.

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

33.

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

34.

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

35.

MPCE stands for

a)

Monthly per capita expenditure

b)

Minimum per capita expenditure

c)

Maximum per capita expenditure

d)

None of the above

36.

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

37.

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

a)

Chronic poor

b)

Occasionally poor

c)

Non poor

d)

Churning poor

38.

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

39.

Poverty and inequality during an epidemic lead to...

a)

Everyone being more likely to get coronavirus

b)

More people dying from coronavirus

c)

Both

d)

Neither

40.

Which of the following is one of the poorest state in India?

a)

Punjab

b)

Himachal Pradesh

c)

Bihar

d)

Haryana