Poverty and Hunger

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What is NSSO? What function does it perform?

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What is BMI (Body Mass Index)? How to calculate this index?

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Name the quantity to which the unit of calorie is related to.

Q. The most important contributor of poverty is:

1. Lack of regular employment
2. Overspending
3. Bad saving habits
4. Employees are underpaid

Q. Body Mass Index is calculated as:

1. Blood Pressure (in mm of Hg) x Height (m) squared.
2. Height (m)/ Weight(kg) squared.
3. Weight (kg)/ Height (m) squared.
4. Height (m) x Weight (kg).

Q. People are undernourished because ______

1. of lack of access to sufficient amount of food.
2. they eat less to save money for the family.
3. they have an unbalanced diet.
4. they consume food that lacks nutrional content.

Q. A person is considered undernourished if his/her body mass index (BMI) is below ___.

1. 18.5
2. 22
3. 20
4. 25

Q. The national calorie standard for rural areas is ____.

1. 1800kcal
2. 2000kcal
3. 2400kcal
4. 2500kcal

Q. An impoverished and undernourished person is more likely to have a higher than normal body mass index. His immune system would be strong.

1. True
2. False

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. The calorific intake for a person in rural areas is higher than in urban areas because ______.

1. manual work is more intense and demands a higher calorific intake.
2. food is available in large quantities in rural areas.
3. people in urban areas don't have access to more food.
4. government laws require them to consume more calories than urban areas.

Q. Which among the following are the reason(s) for the prevalence of poverty in the agricultural sector in India?

1. Lack of proper irrigation methods.
2. Dependence on moneylenders for availing credit.
3. Uncertain climatic conditions for agricultural crops.
4. Proper functioning markets to sell the produce.

Q. What are the major reasons for poverty ?

1. Lack of employment
2. Inadequate access to food
3. Lack of Purchasing Power
4. Lack of savings

Q. Undernourishment is a result of _______.

1. chronic hunger
2. overeating
3. unbalanced diet
4. calorie deficiency

Q. _____ can be an indicator of a person's undernourishment.

1. Height
2. Body weight
3. Blood pressure
4. Body Mass Index (BMI )

Q. Identify the consequence(s) of chronic hunger.

1. Unhealthy growth in children.
2. Low calorie intake.
3. Weak immune system and vulnerability to diseases.
4. Mothers give birth to unhealthy and weak babies.

Q. BMI measures which indicator of the body

Q. how to find the BMI of a person haing height 56 and weight 55kg