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Poverty

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

More than _______ of the world’s poor live in India

a)

half

b)

one-third

c)

one-fourth

d)

one-fifth

2.

What was the percentage of the population below the poverty line in India in 2011-12?

a)

26.1%

b)

19.3%

c)

22%

d)

32%

3.

Which of the following is the poverty determination measure?

a)

Head Count Ratio

b)

Sen Index

c)

Poverty Gap Index

d)

All of these

4.

When was the Task Force on Projections of Minimum Needs and Effective Consumption Demand was formed?

a)

1969

b)

1979

c)

1989

d)

1999

5.

Those who regularly move in and out of poverty are called

a)

Chronically poor

b)

Churning poor

c)

Occasionally poor

d)

Transient poor

6.

In 2011-12, poverty line was defined worth ________ as consumption per person a month for rural areas and _______ for urban areas.

a)

₹816 and ₹1,000

b)

₹1,012 and ₹1,210

c)

₹550 and ₹860

d)

₹860 and ₹673

7.

Which of the following is an action adopted under the provision of minimum basic amenities to the people?

a)

Prime Minister’s RozgarYojna

b)

Swarna Jayanti Shahari RozgarYojna

c)

Pradhan Mantri Gramodaya Yojna

d)

National Rural Livelihood Mission

8.

In 2011-12, which state had the highest poverty rate in India?

a)

Odisha

b)

Bihar

c)

Madhya Pradesh

d)

West Bengal

9.

NFWP was launched in

a)

November 2004

b)

December 2003

c)

November 2002

d)

December 2005

10.

Which of the following programmes provide assistance to elderly people are given under?

a)

VAMBAY

b)

NSAP

c)

PMGY

d)

PMRY

11.

UWSP and USEP are the 2 components of which yojana?

a)

Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana

b)

Indira Awas Yojana

c)

Antodaya Anna Yojana

d)

Swarna Jayanti Shahri Rozgar Yojana

12.

5 states account for 70% of India’s poor which of the following are not one of them,

a)

Bihar

b)

Andhra Pradesh

c)

Uttar Pradesh

d)

Kerala

13.

Under the food for work programme, the wages to the workers can be paid in,

a)

In the form of food

b)

In the form of cash

c)

Neither cash nor food

d)

Partly in cash and partly in food

14.

By which year the government was aiming to meet the Millennium Development Goals including the rate of global poverty?

a)

2017

b)

2013

c)

2015

d)

2009:

15.

Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana was launched in the year,

a)

2001

b)

1999

c)

2005

d)

2011