CBSE - Poverty as a Challenge

1 POVERTY AS A CHALLENGE  In which state has the high agricultural growth helped to reduce poverty?
(1) Jammu & Kashmir
(2) West Bengal
(3) Punjab
(4) Gujarat

2 POVERTY AS A CHALLENGE Poverty ratio in India as compared to Pakistan is
(1) same (2) half (3) two times (4) two and a half times

3 POVERTY AS A CHALLENGE Which one are not the major causes of income inequality in India?
(1) Unequal distribution of land
(2) Lack of fertile land
(3) Gap between rich and the poor
(4) Increase in population

4 POVERTY AS A CHALLENGE  Which state has the largest percentage of poors in India?
(1) Bihar (2) Orissa (3) Kerala (4) Punjab

5 POVERTY AS A CHALLENGE Which among the following is the method to estimate the poverty line?
(1) Investment method
(2) Income method
(3) Capital method
(4) Human method

6 POVERTY AS A CHALLENGE Which scheme was started in 1993 to create self-employment opportunities for educated unemployed
youth in rural areas and small towns?
(1) Prime Minister Rojgar Yojana
(2) National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
(3) Rural Employment Generation Programme
(4) Swarnajayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana

7 POVERTY AS A CHALLENGE Which one of the social groups is vulnerable to poverty?
(1) Scheduled caste
(2) Urban casual labour
(3) Rural agricultural households
(4) All the above

8 POVERTY AS A CHALLENGE  Which organization carries out survey for determining the poverty line?
(1) NSSO
(2) CSO
(3) Planning Commission
(4) None of the above

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

10 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