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CBSE - Economics - Poverty as a Challenge

Poverty as a Challenge

MCQ

Poverty as a Challenge MCQ 1

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)

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