Poverty and hunger

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

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

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

1. 18
2. 25
3. 20
4. 24

Q. The consequences of poverty are:

1. Unemployment.
2. Lack of purchasing power (income).
3. Overspending.
4. Chronic hunger.

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

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

Q. The national calorie standard for urban areas is _______.

1. 2200kcal
2. 2300kcal
3. 2100kcal
4. 2000kcal

Q. Choose the correct statement.

1. People in urban areas consume more calories because food is cheap.
2. People in urban areas consume more calories because they can afford food.
3. People in rural areas consume less calories because they're scared of getting fat.
4. People in rural areas consume less calories because food they don't have enough money to buy food.

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

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

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. Undernourishment is a result of _______.

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

Q. Based on the calorie intake, it can be concluded that _____.

1. calorific intake is independent of income and expenditure.
2. all the people whose intake falls below the calorie standard can be considered as poor.
3. no unbiased conclusion can be drawn from the obtained data.
4. all people whose intake is above the calorific standard can be considered rich.

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. Identify consequences of undernourishment on children.

1. Undernourished children find it hard to study.
2. Undernourishment makes it easy for them to save money.
3. Undernourishment makes it hard for them to consume more food.
4. Undernourishment makes it hard for them to perform physical activities.

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. In a survey, the BMI of three people of different professions was calculated. One was an IT professional. One was a househelp and the last one a businessman.

It was found that the BMI of the IT professional was 22, The BMI of the househelp was 16.5 and that of the businessman was 26. What conclusions can be drawn from this?

Note: Businessman has the highest income and the househelp has least income.

1. All IT professionals have healthy eating habits.
2. As income and spending increases, the calorie intake increase.
3. The businessman has unhealthy eating habits.
4. Economic status bears no relation on nourishment.

Q. Since the 1980s , the calorie consumption of the poor in India has ___.

1. Decreased
2. Remained the same
3. Increased
4. Changed proportionally with the economy of the nation

Q. People are undernourished because ______

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

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

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

Q. The aim of the National Sample Survey is _______

1. to recognize the number of voters.
2. to know about the economic and social conditions of people.
3. to generate occupational demographic.
4. to know about area of agricultural land.

Q. What percentage of rural population consume food that is deficient in calories?

1. 50%
2. 70%
3. 80%
4. 60%

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.

Who is a physically healthy person?