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Poverty as a Challenge

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Poverty as defined by World Bank implies living below:

a)

$1.00 per day

b)

$1.50 per day

c)

$1.90 per day

d)

$1.10 per day

2.

Rural Employment Generation Programme was launched in

a)

1993

b)

1994

c)

1995

d)

1996

3.

What is the accepted average calories requirement in India in rural areas?

a)

2200 calories

b)

2300 calories

c)

2400 calories

d)

2500 calories

4.

Which among the following is the method to estimate the poverty line?

a)

Investment method

b)

Capital method

c)

Human method

d)

Income method

5.

For how many days MNREGA provides employment?

a)

1000

b)

90

c)

100

d)

50

6.

Which scheme was started in 1993 to create self-employment opportunities for educated unemployed youth in rural areas and small towns?

a)

Prime Minister Rozgar Yojana

b)

Rural Employment Generation Programme

c)

Swarnajayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana

d)

Pradhan Mantri Gramodaya Yojana

7.

In which state has the land reform measures helped to reduce poverty?

a)

Tamil Nadu

b)

Kerala

c)

West Bengal

d)

Haryana

8.

Who advocated that India would be truly independent only when the poorest of its people become free of human suffering?

a)

Mahatma Gandhi

b)

Jawahar lal Nehru

c)

B.R Ambekar

d)

Rajendra Prasad

9.

kerala has tried to control poverty by

a)

investing in infrastructure

b)

investing in human resource

c)

public distribution of food grains

d)

land reform measures

10.

Which of the following is not considered a social indicator of poverty?

a)

less number of means of transportation

b)

lack of access to health care

c)

Illiteracy level

d)

lack of job opportunities