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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which definition is most appropriate for poverty?
Poverty is a situation in which a
person is unable to get the
minimum basic necessities of life
Poor women and children
A situation in which a
person does not have enough possessions
- 2. Multiple Choice
State which has highest poverty in India is :
Karnataka
Bihar
Assam
Madhya Pradesh
- 3. Multiple Choice
Find the Incorrect option :
Poverty line is minimum level of income or consumption, necessary to fulfil the basic needs.
A person is poor if his/her income or consumption is less than poverty line
Poverty line may differ for each country
World Bank’s poverty line is $1.90 per person per day for developing country and $5.50 per person per day for developed countries
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which of the following best describes Vulnerability to poverty of a person or community ?
High illiteracy level
Lack of general resistance due to malnutrition.
Greater probability of becoming or remaining poor.
Unable to have benefits, facilities which others enjoy
- 5. Fill in the Blank
The average calorie requirement in rural India is _____ calories per person per day.
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which country has successfully reduced poverty from 88.3 per cent in 1981 to 0.7 per cent in 2015 ?
Bangladesh
Pakistan
China
USA
- 7. Multiple Choice
Poverty is reduced in Punjab and Haryana because of:
human resource development
proper management in public distribution of food grains
high agricultural growth rates
- 8. Fill in the Blank
Indian state _____ has least proportion of poor in India.
- 9. Multiple Choice
Raghu lives in a slum in Kanpur. He has a wife and two children. He works as an agricultural labour. He earns less than 1900 per month. However, with the help of a govt. scheme he manages to get 13 kg of food grains at the rate of `2 per kg wheat and ? `3 per kg rice.
Analyse the information given above and identify which one of the following Scheme has assisted Raghu :
BPL Ration Card
APL Ration Card
Antyodaya Card
Food for work
- 10. Fill in the Blank
The ___________ Act aims for food and nutritional security life at affordable prices and enables people to live a life with dignity
- 11. Multiple Choice
What is the main aim of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005?
to provide 100 days of wage employment to every household in rural areas
to create self employment opportunities in rural areas
- 12. Multiple Choice
When was the Prime Minister
Rozgar Yojana launched?
1997
2005
1993
2000
- 13. Multiple Choice
Which among the following is one of the indicators of poverty?
Savings
Demand
Income
Utility
- 14. Multiple Choice
Malnutrition, lack of healthcare are ___________ of poverty
social indicators
social exclusion
vulnerability
none of the above
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