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Questions Related to poverty as a challenge

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

  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


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.

  1. 50

  2. 60

  3. 70

  4. 90


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 _____________'.

  1. Visible

  2. Invisible

  3. Forced

  4. None


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.

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

  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


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.

  1. 1 and 2

  2. 2 and 3

  3. 1 and 3

  4. 1,2 and 3


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.

______________ has worked and contributed to the fields of welfare economics, poverty, inequality and conducted an outstanding research on famines and its policy implications.

  1. A.K. Bagchi

  2. Manmohan Singh

  3. Amartya Sen

  4. Prof. D.T. Lakdawala


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Amartya Sen was an Indian economist who contributed to welfare economics and social choice theory and also established interest in the problems of society's poorest members as she conducted lots of research on famines and how such problems can be solved through various policy and implications. 

This economist termed continuous exploitation of economic resources as "Economic drain".

  1. Kautilya

  2. Amartya Sen

  3. Dadabhai Naroji

  4. D.R. Gadgil


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

1:Dadabhai called British economic exploitation as Economic drain in his book "Poverty and Un-British rule in India".
2:
The transfer of resources and wealth from India to England without providing 'any equivalent return' which began in the second half of the eighteenth century had been christened by Indian 'non-practicing' economists like Dadabhai Naoroji, M. G. Ranade, R. C. Dutt as the “economic drain”.

___________ is known as Mother Teresa of Economics.

  1. Adam Smith

  2. FA Walker

  3. JM Keynes

  4. Amritya Sen


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Amartya Sen is considered to be the Mother Teresa of Economics. He won the Nobel Prize for welfare economics. Just like Mother Teresa, Sen was also inclined towards being thoughtful for people. His work shows his concern for humans and their dignity. 

Dr. Amartya Sen, an Indian Economist, won the Noble Prize for economics in $1998$ for ___________.

  1. welfare economics and social choice theory

  2. wealth concept of economics

  3. scarcity definition of economics

  4. political thoughts on economics


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Dr. Amartya Sen, an Indian Economist, won the Noble Prize for economics in 1998 for welfare economics and social choice theory. He had an interest in the lives of the poorest section of the society. He worked on human rights, poverty and inequality and tried to improve the well-being of the community.

Modern economist define economics as __________.

  1. science of growth and efficiency

  2. art of understanding consumer behaviour

  3. art of taking ration decisions

  4. science of rational behvaiour


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Modern economists define economics as the science of growth and efficiency as in the contemporary world economics focuses the rate of growth and how much the scarce resources are efficiently  used,that is, without wastage in order to derive the maximum utility.