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WorksheetsPoverty
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 14mins
Which is not a cause of poverty?
Higher education
Poor health facilities
Poor infrastructure
High growth of population
small farmers and seasonal workers are categorised as
chronic poor
churning poor
occasionally poor
Both B and C
which of the following is poverty estimation tool
sen index
poverty gap index
squared poverty index
all of the above
Non poor implies persons who are
Transient poor
churning poor
chronic poor
never poor
A cut-off point (in terms of per capita expenditure) dividing people as poor & non-poor indicates the number of those who are:
relatively poor
absolutely poor
occasionally poor
both (b) and (c)
The first poverty line was based on
adult cost of living
adult jail cost of living
calorie consumption
adult cost of calorie consumption
The people who never move above the poverty line are called
chronic poor
non-poor
transient poor
churning poor
Rural poor mainly includes
landless labourers
street vendors
rag pickers
push cart vendors
`Scholars identify the poor on the basis of
their occupation
ownership of assets
gender inequality
(a) and (b)
(a) poverty is defined with respect to minimum requirements of life.
National (a) Livelihood Mission provides interest subsidy on bank loans.
Consumption reflects the actual use of goods & services, while income only shows the capacity to purchase.
True
False
a.
Relative Poverty
Match the following:
a -i, b-iv, c-iii, d-ii
a-ii, b-i, c-iv, d-iii
a-ii, b--iii, c-iv, d-i
a-ii, b-iii, c-i, d-iv
Why did “Growth oriented Approach” of the government proved to be ineffective?
Is poverty line is the correct measure of poverty? Explain. Mention the other poverty line indices which have come up recently.
