CBSE - Poverty as a Challenge

1 POVERTY AS A CHALLENGE How many percent of Indian people were poor in the year 2000?
(1) 36% (2) 46% (3) 26% (4) 29%

2 POVERTY AS A CHALLENGE  In rural areas, which of the following are not poor?
(1) Landless agricultural workers
(2) Backward classes
(3) Rural artisans
(4) Medium farmers

3 POVERTY AS A CHALLENGE Which social group is most vulnerable to poverty in India?
(1) Scheduled castes
(2) Scheduled tribes
(3) Casual labourers
(4) All the above

4 POVERTY AS A CHALLENGE Which two states of India continue to be the poorest states?
(1) Madhya Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir
(2) Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand
(3) Orissa, Bihar
(4) None

5 POVERTY AS A CHALLENGE Who do not come under the category of urban poor?
(1) The casual workers
(2) The unemployed
(3) The shopkeepers
(4) Rickshawpullers

6 POVERTY AS A CHALLENGE When was National Rural Employment Guarantee Act passed?
(1) September 2005
(2) August 2004
(3) May 2009
(4) None of these

7 POVERTY AS A CHALLENGE In which state is the public distribution system responsible for the reduction in poverty?
(1) Andhra Pradesh (2) Tamil Nadu (3) Both (1) and (2) (4) None of the above

8 POVERTY AS A CHALLENGE Poverty line in rural areas is (As per 1999 – 2000 prices)
(1) Rs 328
(2) Rs. 370
(3) Rs 454
(4) Rs. 460

9 POVERTY AS A CHALLENGE Who advocated that India would be truly independent only when the poorest of its people become free of human suffering ?
(1) Mahatma Gandhi (2) Indira Gandhi (3) Jawahar lal Nehru (4) Subhash Chandra Bose

10 POVERTY AS A CHALLENGE Nutritional level of food energy is expressed in the form of
(1) calories per day
(2) wheat consumption
(3) rice consumption per day
(4) none of the above