CBSE - Poverty as a Challenge

1 POVERTY AS A CHALLENGE Which industry suffered the most during colonial period?
(1) Jute (2) Textile (3) Indigo (4) All the above

2 POVERTY AS A CHALLENGE Which state has focused more on human resource development?
(1) Gujarat
(2) Madhya Pradesh
(3) Maharashtra
(4) Kerala

3 POVERTY AS A CHALLENGE Which of the following is not a valid reason for the poverty alleviation programme in India?
(1) Lack of proper implementation
(2) Lack of right targeting
(3) Corruption at the highest level
(4) Overlapping of schemes

4 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

5 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

6 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

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

8 POVERTY AS A CHALLENGE What is the main cause of poverty in India?
(1) High income inequalities
(2) Less job opportunities
(3) High growth in population
(4) All of these

9 POVERTY AS A CHALLENGE In which of the following countries did poverty actually rise from 1981 to 2001?
(1) Sub-Saharan Africa (2) India (3) China (4) Russia

10 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