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Which of the following can be the steps taken to prevent marriage, child labour, child trafficking, sexual exploitation of children, etc in Karnataka ?

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  1. Formation of Child Right Clubs in all government / aided / private schools of Karnataka.

  2. Organizing Children Grama Sabha in all the villages of the state and listen to the various problems of children under 18 years of age.

  3. Formation of Baalika Sanghas in all the anganawadis of the state for education of girls aged 11-18 years about various issues faced by them and the remedial measures.

  4. All

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Formation of Child Right Clubs in government as well as private schools can help in wearing children and their guardian of their rights and privilege. They can volunteer for removing child labour and sending more and more child to school.  Organisation of children Gram Sabha can effectively hear the child related issues and reach at the conclusion. The children below 18 years can without hesitation express their issues and can seek their solution at the grassroot level. Formation of Balika Sanghas in all angan wadi of the state can facilitate and provide education to girls aged 11 - 18 and can deal with several unspoken and untold issues faced by girls at this age of transition into adult.

________ % of the human trafficked are women and children.

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  1. 50

  2. 60

  3. 70

  4. 90

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Human trafficking is the practice of trading women, children and men for the purpose of fixed labour, slavery, sexual exploitation or otherwise. Women and children are trafficked in larger percentage than men. 

An individual needs requisite quantity of proteins,carbohydrates, fat, vitamins and salts. If these requirements are not fulfilled, it is called as _____________'.

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  1. Visible

  2. Invisible

  3. Forced

  4. None

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

A healthy mind resides in healthy body. One should eat food rich in minerals, proteins, vitamins etc. A balanced diet is a diet which consist of proper nutrition. A proper nutritious diet keeps us healthy and fit. These are essential for development of body and in efficiently of these salts and mineral chance of occurring diseases becomes higher. If these requirement are not fulfilled it is called invisible diet.

Amartya Sen has studied the problems related to poverty and hunger in India.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Amartya Sen has studied the problems related to poverty and hunger in India. He is an economist and got Nobel prize for that.

The most populated country in the world is __________.

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  1. China

  2. India

  3. USA

  4. Pakistan

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

China has the world's largest population of 1.4 billion. In recorded history, China was always the most populous country in the world. In 2100 BC, China's population was 4-5m almost 1/8th of the world's population at that time - 35m. In 1910 - China was close to 440m when the world's population was 1.7-1.8bn. Almost 25%.

What is chronic hunger?

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  1. Which persists only during a particular part of the season

  2. When diet is persistently inadequate in terms of quantity or quality

  3. Both of these

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Chronic hunger- When diet is persistently inadequate in terms of quantity or quality, it is called chronic hunger. Usually poor people suffer from chronic hunger because of their low income and as a result of their inability to buy food even for their survival.

To whom the yellow card is issued?

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  1. To shopkeepers

  2. To landlords

  3. To government employees

  4. People below poverty line

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Under Targeted Public Distribution System the following criteria are applied:-

  1. Families having annual income up to Rs. 15,000 having been included in IRDP List of 1997-98.
  2. None of the members of the family should be a doctor or a lawyer or an architect or a chartered accountant.
  3. None of the members of the family should be a professional taxpayer, a sales taxpayer or an income taxpayer or eligible to pay such tax.
  4. The family should not posses residential telephone.
  5. The family should not possess four wheeler vehicle.
  6. None of the family members should hold total two-hectare rainfed or one hectare semi-irrigated or 1/2 hectare irrigated (double in drought-prone talukas) land.

Which are the special target groups in Antyodaya Anna Yojana?

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  1. Poorest of the poor

  2. Poor and Non-poor

  3. Backward class

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Poor and Poorest of the Poor people, i.e. BPL families whose total annual household income is below Rs. 25,985, based on an average household size of 5.3. Family Identity Cards (Ration Cards) have been issued to all the head of families with details of members of the family listed on the card in this category.

Which of the following can be regarded as the laws of economics?

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  1. There is a direct proportionate change in the price level with a change in the supply of money.

  2. Prices are determined by total demand and total supply in the market

  3. After a point the marginal increase in output shows a falling tendency with every increase in one or more of the factors of production.

  4. All of the above

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Economics laws are based on various assumptions which are necessary to follow while applying the law is as well as these laws can be applied only is some specific situation with given set of conditions. Moreover,  these economic laws are not rigid statements but their application depends upon the tendency of their implementation. Therefore, all of the above can be regarded as economic laws. 

Select the incorrect statement related to the estimation of poverty in India, using the code given below:
1. The poverty line in India is income based.
2. The poverty line was originally fixed in terms of income/food requirements in 1978.
3. Food requirement was based on calorie standard for individuals in rural and urban areas in 1980-the cost of procuring the foodgrains equivalent calorie was fixed as the poverty line.

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  1. 1 and 2

  2. 2 and 3

  3. 1 and 3

  4. 1,2 and 3

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Calorie intake was made the basic for determining poverty in 1978 itself. It was stipulated that the calorie standard for a typical individual in rural areas were 2400 calories and was 2100 calories in urban areas. Two committees under the chairmanships of Prof. Suresh D. Tendulkar and Dr. N.C. Saxena have submitted their reports on methodology for estimation of poverty and methodology for conducting BPL census in rural areas, respectively. Presently, NITI Aayog is working on a new methodology.