WorksheetsPoverty
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
More than _______ of the world’s poor live in India
half
one-third
one-fourth
one-fifth
What was the percentage of the population below the poverty line in India in 2011-12?
26.1%
19.3%
22%
32%
Which of the following is the poverty determination measure?
Head Count Ratio
Sen Index
Poverty Gap Index
All of these
When was the Task Force on Projections of Minimum Needs and Effective Consumption Demand was formed?
1969
1979
1989
1999
Those who regularly move in and out of poverty are called
Chronically poor
Churning poor
Occasionally poor
Transient poor
In 2011-12, poverty line was defined worth ________ as consumption per person a month for rural areas and _______ for urban areas.
₹816 and ₹1,000
₹1,012 and ₹1,210
₹550 and ₹860
₹860 and ₹673
Which of the following is an action adopted under the provision of minimum basic amenities to the people?
Prime Minister’s RozgarYojna
Swarna Jayanti Shahari RozgarYojna
Pradhan Mantri Gramodaya Yojna
National Rural Livelihood Mission
In 2011-12, which state had the highest poverty rate in India?
Odisha
Bihar
Madhya Pradesh
West Bengal
NFWP was launched in
November 2004
December 2003
November 2002
December 2005
Which of the following programmes provide assistance to elderly people are given under?
VAMBAY
NSAP
PMGY
PMRY
UWSP and USEP are the 2 components of which yojana?
Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana
Indira Awas Yojana
Antodaya Anna Yojana
Swarna Jayanti Shahri Rozgar Yojana
5 states account for 70% of India’s poor which of the following are not one of them,
Bihar
Andhra Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Kerala
Under the food for work programme, the wages to the workers can be paid in,
In the form of food
In the form of cash
Neither cash nor food
Partly in cash and partly in food
By which year the government was aiming to meet the Millennium Development Goals including the rate of global poverty?
2017
2013
2015
2009:
Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana was launched in the year,
2001
1999
2005
2011
