Poverty as a challenge

1.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

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

45 sec

1 pt

State which has highest poverty in India is :

Karnataka

Bihar

Assam

Madhya Pradesh

3.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

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

1 min

1 pt

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

45 sec

1 pt

The average calorie requirement in rural India is _____ calories per person per day.

6.

Multiple Choice

45 sec

1 pt

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

45 sec

1 pt

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

45 sec

1 pt

Indian state _____ has least proportion of poor in India.

9.

Multiple Choice

3 mins

1 pt

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

1 min

1 pt

The ___________ Act aims for food and nutritional security life at affordable prices and enables people to live a life with dignity

11.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

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

1 min

1 pt

When was the Prime Minister

Rozgar Yojana launched?

1997

2005

1993

2000

13.

Multiple Choice

45 sec

1 pt

Which among the following is one of the indicators of poverty?

Savings

Demand

Income

Utility

14.

Multiple Choice

45 sec

1 pt

Malnutrition, lack of healthcare are ___________ of poverty

social indicators

social exclusion

vulnerability

none of the above

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