Choose the correct option:
Question 1.
NFWP is stand for:
(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
Answer
Answer: (d) National Food for Work Programme
Question 2.
How many people in India live below the poverty line?
(a) 30 crores
(b) 26 crores
(c) 28 crores
(d) 24 crores
Answer
Answer: (b) 26 crores
Question 3.
Which social group is most vulnerable to poverty in India?
(a) Scheduled castes
(b) Scheduled tribes
(c) Casual labourers
(d) All the above
Answer
Answer: (d) All the above
Question 4.
Poverty line in rural areas is (As per 1999 – 2000 prices)
(a) Rs 328
(b) Rs. 370
(c) Rs 454
(d) Rs. 460
Answer
Answer: (a) Rs 328
Question 5.
What is the poverty ratio in the state of Orissa?
(a) 50%
(b) 47%
(c) 60%
(d) 57%
Answer
Answer: (b) 47%
Question 6.
In which state have the land reform measures helped to reduce poverty?
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Punjab
(c) West Bengal
(d) Kerala
Answer
Answer: (c) West Bengal
Question 7.
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
Answer
Answer: (c) Both (a) and (b)
Question 8.
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
Answer
Answer: (d) All the above
Question 9.
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
Answer
Answer: (a) calories per day
Question 10.
Poverty ratio in India as compared to Pakistan is
(a) same
(b) half
(c) two times
(d) two and a half times
Answer
Answer: (c) two times
Question 11.
Which one from the following is considered as poor?
(a) A rich landlord
(b) A businessman
(c) A landless labourer
(d) A teacher
Answer
Answer: (c) A landless labourer
Question 12.
Which state has the largest percentage of poors in India?
(a) Bihar
(b) Orissa
(c) Kerala
(d) Punjab
Answer
Answer: (b) Orissa
Question 13.
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
Answer
Answer: (a) Mahatma Gandhi
Question 14.
Who do not come under the category of urban poor?
(a) The casual workers
(b) The unemployed
(c) The shopkeepe
(d) Rickshawpullers
Answer
Answer: (c) The shopkeepe
Question 15.
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
Answer
Answer: (a) Prime Minister Rojgar Yojana
Question 16.
Which one of the social groups is vulnerable to poverty?
(a) Scheduled caste
(b) Urban casual labour
(c) Rural agricultural households
(d) All the above
Answer
Answer: (d) All the above
Question 17.
Which one are not the major causes of income inequality in India?
(a) Unequal distribution of land
(b) Lack of fertile land
(c) Gap between rich and the poor
(d) Increase in population
Answer
Answer: (b) Lack of fertile land
Question 18.
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.
Answer
Answer: (d) people are engaged in physical labour.
Question 19.
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
Answer
Answer: (c) Corruption at the highest level
Question 20.
Which one from the following states is above the national average of poverty ratio?
(a) West Bengal
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Karnataka
Answer
Answer: (a) West Bengal
1. Which social group is most vulnerable to poverty in India?
(a) Schedule castes
(b) Schedule tribes
(c) Casual labourers
(d) All of the above
► (d) All of the above
2. What is accepted average calories required in India in urban areas?
(a) 2100
(b) 2400
(c) 2800
(d) 2500
► (a) 2100
3. Every____ person in India is poor.
(a) Third
(b) Fourth
(c) Fifth
(d) Tenth
► (b) Fourth
4. Who is an Urban poor as per the year 2011-12?
(a) Income Rs 450 per month per person
(b) Income Rs 500 per month per person
(c) Income Rs 1,000 per month per person
(d) Income Rs 454 per month per person
► (c) Income Rs 1,000 per month per person
5. 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
► (c) Both (a) and (b)
6. How many people in India live below the poverty line?
(a) 50 million
(b) 88 million
(c) 60 million
(d) 76 million
► (b) 88 million
7. Which two states of India continue to be the poorest states?
(a) Orissa, Bihar
(b) Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand
(c) Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra
(d) None of the above
► (a) Orissa, Bihar
8. Poverty ratio in India as compared to Pakistan is
(a) same
(b) half
(c) two times
(d) two and a half times
► (c) two times
9. For making comparisons between developing countries, which uniform standard (per person per day) for the poverty line is used in terms of minimum availability?
(a) $1
(b) $2
(c) $3
(d) $5
► (a) $1
10. In which state have the land reform measures helped to reduce poverty?
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Punjab
(c) West Bengal
(d) Kerala
► (c) West Bengal
11. Prime Minister’s Rozgar Yojana was started in:
(a) 1990
(b) 1991
(c) 1992
(d) 1993
► (d) 1993
12. In which state has the high agricultural growth helped to reduce poverty?
(a) Jammu & Kashmir
(b) West Bengal
(c) Punjab
(d) Gujarat
► (c) Punjab
13. Which one is not the major cause of income inequality in India?
(a) Unequal distribution of land
(b) Lack of fertile land
(c) Gap between the rich and the poor
(d) Increase in population
► (b) Lack of fertile land
14. Which organisation carries out a survey for determining the poverty line?
(a) NSSO
(b) PMRY
(c) PMGY
(d) None of the above
► (a) NSSO
15. How many people were poor in India between 2011-12?
(a) 25 crore
(b) 27 crore
(c) 29 crore
(d) 31 crore
► (b) 27 crore
16. Which industry suffered the most during colonial period?
(a) Cotton
(b) Textile
(c) Food
(d) Both (a) and (b)
► (d) Both (a) and (b)
17. The country which has the largest single concentration of the poor people in the world is :
(a) China
(b) Pakistan
(c) India
(d) Nepal
► (c) India
18. Social exclusion denies certain individuals the
(a) facilities
(b) benefits
(c) opportunities
(d) all the above
► (d) all the above
19. Which organisation carries out survey for determining the poverty line?
(a) NSSO
(b) CSO
(c) Planning Commission
(d) None of the above
► (a) NSSO
20. Antyodaya Anna Yojana was launched in :
(a) 2003
(b) 1999
(c) 2000
(d) 2005
► (c) 2000
21. Which of the following social radiators is not looked at by social scientists for poverty?
(a) Literacy level
(b) Lack of access to health care
(c) Lack of access to see movies and to go to restaurants
(d) Lack of access to safe drinking water
► (c) Lack of access to see movies and to go to restaurants
22. Among the economic groups, which of the following groups are the most vulnerable groups in India?
(a) Rural agricultural labour households and urban casual labour households
(b) Farmers with 1-hectare land
(c) Urban small shopkeepers
(d) Urban daily wages
► (a) Rural agricultural labour households and urban casual labour households
23. Vulnerability to poverty is determined by the options for finding an alternative living in terms of:
(a) assets
(b) education
(c) health
(d) all of the above
► (d) all of the above
24. 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
► (c) Orissa, Bihar
