Trends in Poverty

Q.

The poorest states in India are:
i) Orissa
ii) Bihar
iii) Punjab
iv) Kerala

1. (iii) and (iv)
   

2. (i) and (ii)
   

3. All (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)

4. (ii) and (iii)
   

Q.

Summarise the various reasons for the environmental crisis.

Q.

Head count ratio is:

1. Number of poor as a proportion of people living below the poverty line

2. Number of rural people depending on agriculture as their source of livelihood
   

3. None of the above

4. Number of people who are living above the poverty line

Q.

You are residing in a village. If you are asked to advise the village panchayat, what kinds of activities would you suggest for the improvement of your village which would also generate employment?

Q.

Discuss the problems that the five-year plans were unable to address.

Q. Which coloured ration card is given to the families below poverty line?

1. Yellow coloured
2. Blue coloured
3. White coloured
4. Green coloured

Q.

Rising population implies rising incidence of poverty in India. State True or False.

1. True

2. False

Q. Write the main features of the Indian economy.

Q. From the set of statements given in Column I (Name of the Scheme) and Column II (Objective of Poverty Alleviation Programme), choose the correct pair of statements:

	Column I (Name of the Scheme)		Column II (Objective of Poverty Alleviation Programme)
A	Rural Employment Generation Programme (REGP)	i	To provide food supplement in rural area
B	Swarna Jayanti Shahri Rozgar Yojana	ii	Self-employment in rural area
C	Swarnjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana	iii	To promote micro-enterprises
D	Integrated Child Development Scheme	iv	Integrated Child Development Scheme

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1. A - i
2. B - ii
3. C - iii
4. D - iv

Q. If total number of poor is 1.5 million and the total population is 60 million, the head count ratio is .

1. 0.01
2. 0.025
3. 0.5
4. 0.6

Q.

In the 1980s, government had to overshoot its already low revenues. Why?

Q.

What is the idea behind various poverty alleviation programmes implemented by the government?

1. To improve the living conditions of the poor.

2. To offer greater economic opportunities to the poorer sections of the society, particularly in the rural areas.

3. To offer equal pay to men and women in both rural and urban areas.
   

4. To offer subsidy on the purchases made by the poor living in rural areas.
   

Q. There has been a significant decline in poverty in some states of India such as Kerala, Jammu and Kashmir, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, etc. How has this become possible?

Q. According to National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) during $2009-10$:

1. None of the above
2. The unemployment rates for the urban area in the CDS approach is $5.5\%$.
3. The unemployment rates for the urban area in the CDS approach is $6.6\%$.
4. The unemployment rates for the urban area in the CDS approach is $7.7\%$.

Q. Which Five Year Plan gave importance to cooperative sector?

1. The Eleventh Five Year Plan
2. The Second Five Year Plan
3. The First Five Year Plan
4. The Fourth Five Year Plan

Q. Describe how some social and economic groups are most vulnerable to poverty in India.

Q. The central focus of 8th five year plan was ___________.

1. To increase more communication facilities
2. To increase the value of foreign trade
3. None of these
4. To generate more employment oppurtunities

Q. Deficiency in demand has no effect on the country's output and prices.

1. True
2. False

Q.

Economic planners are of the view that poverty could be eradicated through growth-oriented approach. Discuss the measures which will help to bring growth in an economy.

Q. In 2004-05 there was around _______ percent poverty in India.

1. 15.5
2. 17.9
3. 19.1
4. 21.8

Q. When the number of poor is estimated as the proportion of people below the poverty line, it is known as _________.

1. population Census
2. poverty trend
3. head count ratio
4. poverty count

Q. Poverty alleviation programmes must aim to provide .

1. susbidies
2. opportunities
3. equal wages
4. better living

Q. In India people spend a _________ proportion of their incomes on food & food products.

1. small
2. medium
3. large
4. constant

Q. In which state of India is the proportion of the poor highest?

1. Bihar
2. Madhya Pradesh
3. Uttar Pradesh
4. Orissa

Q. Which of the following does NOT contribute to the development of the Indian economy?

1. Population growth
2. Rising industrial output
3. Modern technology
4. Green Revolution

Q. Poverty declined substantially in China and Southeast Asian countries as a result of rapid economic growth and massive investments in ___________.

1. human resource development
2. human recharge development
3. heavy resource development
4. human resource demand
5. none of the above

Q. ____ are the basis for all economic activities.

1. Wants
2. Manufactured
3. Labour
4. Utility

Q. A state in which poverty has reduced drastically from the 1970s to the 2000s is .

1. Bihar
2. Orissa
3. Gujarat
4. Madhya Pradesh

Q. Select the 5 states that account for 70% of India's poor.

1. Kerala
2. Gujarat
3. Madhya Pradesh
4. Uttar Pradesh
5. Orissa
6. Tamil Nadu
7. Bihar
8. West Bengal

Q. How would be poverty reduction possible in India in the coming years?