wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

Poverty 1

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

2.

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

3.

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

4.

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

5.

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

6.

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

a)

2100 calories

b)

2400 calories

c)

2600 calories

d)

2000 calories

7.

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

8.

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

9.

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

10.

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)  

11.

Number of people living below poverty line is Absolute poverty/Relative poverty

(a)  

12.

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

13.

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 )

14.

Prime Minister in his speech while launching Jan Dhan Yojana mention how many bank accounts are opened in one day?

a)

1.5 crore

b)

2.5 crore

c)

2 crore

d)

None of the above

15.

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