Poverty

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Give an account of Inter-state disparities in poverty in India.

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What do you understand by human poverty?

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Describe how the poverty line is estimated in India.

Q. Which social problem is highlighted in the following pictures?

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Q. Reports by the UNO highlight that around _____ of the population of developing countries lives below the poverty line.

1. One-fourth
2. One-fifth
3. One-third
4. One-tenth

Q. World Bank reports of ______ record that 702 million people around the world live in poverty.

1. 2013
2. 2005
3. 2015
4. 2011

Q. Why should poverty be eliminated?

1. To increase socio-economic status of all the people.
2. To improve the economy of the country.
3. To raise a more educated workforce that can contribute to the development of society.
4. To decrease the wage gap between rich and poor.

Q. _________ is the inability to secure the minimum consumption requirements for life, health, and efficiency.

1. Poverty
2. Unemployment
3. Intoxication
4. Insecurity

Q. Jeet was a daily wage labourer who lost his wife to jaundice. She could not afford treatment and lost her life. Poverty is lack of which of the following?

1. Clothes only
2. Resources to lead a decent life
3. Food only
4. Education only

Q. Based on a report from 2014, which of the following organisations mentioned that one-fifth of the population in developing countries lives below the poverty line?

1. Economics and Social Council
2. United Nations Organisation
3. International Monetary Fund
4. World Bank

Q. According to the Planning Commission's statistics, how many people in India are impoverished?

1. 70%
2. 20%
3. 22%
4. 72%

Q. Which among the following options correctly describe the correlation between the concepts of poverty and hunger?

1. Being poverty-stricken affects one's ability to consume a balanced diet.
2. Being penurious might lead a person to skip meals regularly, leading to malnutrition.
3. Being penurious might lead a person to consume a balanced diet and lead a healthy life.
4. Being impoverished might lead a person to have higher body mass index (BMI).

Q. According to World Bank, how many people were projected to be in poverty in the year 2015?

1. 702 thousand
2. 702
3. 702 million
4. 702 lakh

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This photograph that appeared in the New York Times in 1993 was taken from which country of Africa?

1. Uganda
2. Sudan
3. Nigeria
4. Ghana

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what is difference between rural and urban poverty?

Q. Describe poverty trends in India since 1973.

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What are the different ways to estimate poverty? Who conducts the sample surveys to estimate poverty lines?

Q. is a person’s inability to secure the minimum consumption requirements for life, health, and efficiency.

1. Unemployment
2. Poverty
3. Starvation
4. Vagrancy