MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
Q.1. Every _________ person in India is poor.
(a) third (b) fourth (c) fifth (d) sixth
Ans. (b)
Q.2. Vulnerability to poverty is determined by the options
for finding an alternative living in terms of
(a) assets (b) education (c) health (d) all the above
Ans. (d)
Q.3. Social exclusion denies certain individuals the
(a) facilities (b) benefits (c) opportunities (d) all the
above
Ans. (d)
Q.4. How many people in India live below the poverty line?
(a) 30 crores (b) 26 crores (c) 28 crores (d) 24 crores
Ans. (b)
Q.5. Which organisation carries out survey for determining
the poverty line?
(a) NSSO (b) CSO (c) Planning Commission (d) None of the
above
Ans. (a)
Q.6. Which social group is most vulnerable to poverty in India?
(a) Scheduled castes (b) Scheduled tribes (c) Casual
labourers (d) All the above
Ans. (d)
Q.7. Which two states of India continue to be the poorest
states?
(a) Madhya Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir (b) Uttar Pradesh,
Uttarakhand
(c) Orissa, Bihar (d) None
of the above
Ans. (c)
Q.8. Poverty line in rural areas is (As per 1999 – 2000
prices)
(a) Rs 328 (b) Rs. 370 (c) Rs 454 (d) Rs. 460
Ans. (a)
Q.9. Who are the poorest of the poor?
(a) Women (b) Old people (c) Children (d) All the above
Ans. (d)
Q.10. What is the poverty ratio in the state of Orissa?
(a) 50% (b) 47% (c) 60% (d) 57%
Ans. (b)
Q.11. In which state has the high agricultural growth helped
to reduce poverty?
(a) Jammu & Kashmir (b) West Bengal (c) Punjab (d) Gujarat
Ans. (c)
Q.12. In which state have the land reform measures helped to
reduce poverty?
(a) Tamil Nadu (b) Punjab (c) West Bengal
(d) Kerala
Ans. (c)
Q.13. Which state has focused more on human resource
development?
(a) Gujarat (b) Madhya Pradesh (c) Maharashtra
(d) Kerala
Ans. (d)
Q.14. In which state is the public distribution system
responsible for the reduction in poverty?
(a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Tamil Nadu (c) Both (a) and (b) (d)
None of the above
Ans. (c)
Q.15. What is the main cause of poverty in India?
(a) High income inequalities (b) Less job opportunities (c) High growth in population (d) All the above
Ans. (d)
Q.16. Which of the following is responsible for high poverty
rates?
(a) Huge income inequalities (b) Unequal distribution of
land
(c) Lack of effective implementation of land reforms (d) All the above
Ans. (d)
Q.17. In rural areas, which of the following are not poor?
(a) Landless agricultural workers (b) Backward classes (c) Rural artisans (d) Medium farmers
Ans. (d)
Q.18. Nutritional level of food energy is expressed in the
form of
(a) calories per day (b) wheat consumption (c) rice consumption per day (d) none of the above
Ans. (a)
Q.19. As per Planning Commission, minimum daily intake of
calories for determining poverty line for rural area is
(a) 2100 (b) 2400 (c) 1500 (d) none of the above
Ans. (b)
Q.20. Poverty ratio in India
as compared to Pakistan
is
(a) same (b) half (c) two times (d) two and a half times
Ans. (c)
Q.21. What are accepted average calories required in India in urban
areas?
(a) 2100 (b) 2400 (c) 2800 (d) 2500
Ans. (b)
Q.22. Who is considered as poor?
(a) A rich landlord (b) A businessman (c) A landless
labourer (d) A teacher
Ans. (c)
Q.23. Which among the following is the method to estimate
the poverty line?
(a) Investment method (b) Income method (c) Capital method (d) Human method
Ans. (b)
Q.24. Which state has the largest percentage of poors in India?
(a) Bihar (b) Orissa (c)
Kerala (d) Punjab
Ans. (b)
Q.25. When was National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
passed?
(a) September 2005 (b) August 2004 (c) May 2009 (d) None of
these
Ans. (a)
Q.26. Who advocated that India would be truly independent
only when the poorest of its people become free of human suffering ?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Indira Gandhi (c) Jawahar lal Nehru (d) Subhash Chandra Bose
Ans. (a)
Q.27. Which of the following programmes was launched in the
year 2000?
(a) National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (b) Prime Minister Rojgar Yojana
(c) Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojna (d) Pradhan Mantri Gramodaya Yojana
Ans. (d)
Q.28. Who do not come under the category of urban poor?
(a) The casual workers (b) The unemployed (c) The shopkeepers (d) Rickshawpullers
Ans. (c)
Q.29. How many percent of Indian people were poor in the
year 2000?
(a) 36% (b) 46% (c) 26% (d) 29%
Ans. (c)
Q.30. Which scheme was started in 1993 to create
self-employment opportunities for educated unemployed youth in rural areas and small towns?
(a) Prime Minister Rojgar Yojana (b) National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
(c) Rural Employment Generation Programme (d) Swarnajayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana
Ans. (a)
Q.31. For how many days NREGA provides employment?
(a) 70 (b) 80 (c) 90 (d) 100
Ans. (d)
Q.32. Which one of the social groups are vulnerable to
poverty?
(a) Scheduled caste (b) Urban casual labour (c) Rural agricultural households (d) All the above
Ans. (d)
Q.33. By which year governments are aiming to meet the Milennium
Development Goals including halving the rate of global poverty?
(a) 2011 (b) 2015 (c) 2045 (d) 2035
Ans. (b)
Q.34. Which one is not the major causes of income inequality
in India?
[2011 (T-2)]
(a) Unequal distribution of land (b) Lack of fertile land
(c) Gap between rich and the poor (d) Increase in population
Ans. (b)
Q.35. In which of the following countries did poverty
actually rise from 1981 to 2001?
(a) Sub-Saharan Africa (b) India (c) China
(d) Russia
Ans. (a)
Q.36. The calorie requirement is higher in the rural areas
because :
(a) they do not enjoy as much as people in the urban areas. (b) food items are expensive.
(c) they are engaged in mental work. (d) people are engaged in physical labour.
Ans. (d)
Q.37. Which of the following is an indicator of poverty in India?
(a) Income level (b) Illiteracy level (c) Employment level (d) All of these
Ans. (d)
Q.38. Which of the following is not a valid reason for the
poverty alleviation programme in India?
(a) Lack of proper implementation (b) Lack of right
targeting
(c) Corruption at the highest level (d) Overlapping of
schemes
Ans. (c)
Q.39. Which industry suffered the most during colonial
period?
(a) Jute (b) Textile (c) Indigo (d) All the above
Ans. (a)
Q.40. Poverty ratio in which of the following states is
above the national average?
(a) West Bengal (b) Tamil
Nadu (c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Karnataka
Ans. (a)
Q.41. Which of the following is not considered a social
indicator of poverty?
(a) Less number of means of transport (b) Illiteracy level
(c) Lack of access to health care (d) Lack of job
opportunities
Ans. (a)
Q.42. Full form of NFWP is :
(a) National Federation for Work and Progress (b)
National Forest for
Wildlife Protection
(c) National Food and Wheat Processing (d) National Food for
Work Programme
Ans. (d)
Q.43. Which country of South-East Asia
made rapid economic growth resulting in a significant decline in poverty?
(a) India
(b) China (c) Nepal (d) Pakistan
Ans. (b)
Q.44. In which part of the world poverty has remained the
same during 1981 to 2001?
(a) South Asia (b) Sub-Saharan Asia (c) China
(d) Latin America
Ans. (d)
Q.45. Which of the following states has the poverty ratio
below the national average?
(a) West Bengal (b) Uttar
Pradesh (c) Assam (d) Maharashtra
Ans. (d)
Q.46. The current anti-poverty programme consists of two
planks. They are:
(a) Socio-economic reasons and public distribution system.
(b) Promotion of economic growth and targeted anti-poverty
programme.
(c) Anti-poverty programme and public distribution system.
(d) None of the above.
Ans. (b)
Q.47. According to World Bank, poverty is measured by:
(a) People living below Rs. 100 per day (b) People living
below 1$ per day
(c) People living below Rs. 550 per month (d) None of the
above
Ans. (b)
Q.48. Kerala has tried to control poverty by:
(a) Investing in human resource (b) Investing in medical
science
(c) Investing in infrastructure (d) None of the above
Ans. (a)
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