Estimating Poverty Line

Q.

According to absolute measure, around 30% of India’s population is below poverty line.

1. True

2. False

Q.

Poverty, as defined by World Bank, implies living below the income of

1. $1 per day

2. $100 per month
   

3. $10 per day
   

4. $100 per day

Q. a healthy person eat the following diet -5gm raw sugar, 4gm albumin, 10 g buffalo ghee with 2 GM vegetables ghee and5 gm lignin. How many calories he is likely to get ?

Q. In 1999-2000, poverty line was defined for urban area as consumption worth:

1. INR 454
   
2. INR 545
   
3. INR 328
   
4. INR 238

Q. Dadabai Naoroji's approach to estimate the poverty line used as the primary measure.

1. jail cost of living
2. calorie intake
3. expenditure
4. income

Q.

What is the minimum calorie intake fixed for rural areas?

1. 2100 calories

2. 3100 calories

3. 2500 calories

4. 2400 calories

Q.

Nutritional level of food energy is expressed in the form of:

1. wheat consumption
   

2. rice consumption
   

3. calories per day

4. none of the above

Q.

In 1999-2000, poverty line was defined for rural area as consumption worth:

1. INR 454

2. INR 545
   

3. INR 238

4. INR 328
   

Q.

The estimated intake of calorie of a rural person is:

1. 2400 calories

2. 2200 calories
   

3. 2100 calories
   

4. 2000 calories

Q. Nutritional level of food intake is determined by .

1. rice consumption
2. fat consumption
3. calories
4. weight of the person

Q. What is the minimum calorie intake for a rural person for estimating poverty line?

1. 2100 calories
2. 2400 calories
3. 2300 calories
4. None of the above

Q. What is the minimum calorie intake for an urban person for estimating poverty line?

1. 2400 calories
2. 2300 calories
3. 2100 calories
4. 2000 calories

Q. If the minimum amount of calorie intake for subsistence is found to be 2, 500 calories, then the poverty line is estimated as .

1. 1, 250 calories
2. 2, 500 calories
3. 5, 000 calories
4. 10, 000 calories

Q.

What is the difference between absolute and relative poverty?

1. Absolute poverty examines poverty of retired individuals, while relative poverty examines poverty of children.

2. Both absolute and relative poverty are identical.

3. Absolute poverty considers poverty as income below a specific amount at a given point in time, while relative poverty considers poverty by examining income relative to the income of the rest of the population.
   

4. Relative poverty considers poverty as income below a specific amount at a given point in time, while absolute poverty considers poverty by examining income relative to the income of the rest of the population.
   

Q. The difference in minimum calorie intake between the rural and urban poor can be attributed to the .

1. cost of living
2. nature of work
3. environments
4. income earned

Q. The population of India living below the poverty line ____________.

1. is rising in relative and absolute terms
2. is falling in relative terms but rising in absolute terms
3. has not changed at all over the years
4. is falling in both relative and absolute terms

Q. When the total income of a family is less than its total expenditure then it is called __________.

1. Surplus budget
2. Deficit Budget
3. Balanced Budget
4. All of the above

Q.

The estimated intake of calorie of an urban person is:

1. 2100 calories
   

2. 2000 calories

3. 2200 calories
   

4. 2400 calories

Q. Identify which of the following statement is correct and which is incorrect.
A. The marginal utility of a good increase, if the want of the consumer is intensified by consuming a very small quantity of it such as a very little quantity of water given to a very thirsty person.

B. The law of diminishing marginal utility states that as the stock of a commodity decreases with the consumer, its marginal utility to the consumer decreases.

1. A correct, B correct
2. A correct, B incorrect
3. A incorrect, B incorrect
4. A incorrect, B correct

Q. The accepted average calorie requirement in India is _____ calories per person per day in rural areas and _____ calories per person per day in urban areas.

1. 3400, 3100
2. 4000, 2100
3. 2400, 2100
4. None of these
5. 2400, 3000

Q. how is the standard of living measured?

Q. Find the synonym of the underlined word.
Coffee consumption by Turkish coffee drinkers will be diminished to $1.06$ cups per day by next year due to increasing prices.

1. Improved
2. Dropped
3. Hindered
4. Forbidden
5. Encouraged