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Which of the following groups is/are vulnerable to poverty in India?

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  1. Scheduled castes

  2. Scheduled tribes

  3. Casual labourers

  4. All of the above

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The social groups most vulnerable to poverty have been identified to be the scheduled caste households and the scheduled tribe households with both these groups having above average levels of poverty indicators in the rural and the urban population.

Among the economic groups, the most vulnerable groups are the agricultural labour households (rural) and the casual labour households (urban) each having the highest levels.

In which state has the high agricultural growth helped to reduce poverty?

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  1. Jammu & Kashmir

  2. West Bengal

  3. Punjab

  4. Gujarat

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Punjab adopted several modern techniques in agriculture and was the centre of Green Revolution.

The irrigation facilities have also helped to increase the production resulted in increase in agricultural incomes and thus reduced poverty.

Which of the following is responsible for high poverty rate?

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  1. Huge income inequalities

  2. Unequal distribution of land

  3. Lack of effective implementation of land reforms

  4. All of these

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:
  • Income differences has been found to be very high which creates poverty.
  • Unequal distribution of land among people also increases poverty.
  • Poverty also increased as effective land reform implementation have not taken place.

What is the main cause of poverty in India? 

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  1. High income inequalities

  2. Less job opportunities

  3. High growth in population

  4. All of these

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The estimated population of India is 300 million people. More than 70 percent of the population lives in the rural areas where access to resources and quality education is hard. Therefore, the majority of the population fail to acquire the necessary skills for development. Overpopulation in India has led to high unemployment rates and has inhibited the provision of quality public services. The caste system in India has also contributed to the increase in poverty due to separation of people into thousands of groups.

Which one of the following is not a cause of poverty in India?

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  1. Low level of economic development

  2. Income inequalities

  3. Lack of positive political inclination

  4. Migration of people from rural to urban India

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Lack of positive political inclination is not a cause of poverty. The government has been running targeted anti-poverty campaigns and has taken measures to uplift economic growth. Others are causes such as economic development suffered during the British administration. They discouraged traditional industries, handicrafts and promoted their products in the market.  Further, when people migrated from rural to cities, they were unable to find jobs and started working at small irregular incomes as vendors, rickshaw pullers. This created urban poverty. Also uneven distribution of land and resources has resulted in poverty.

Which of the following is/are land reforms?

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  1. Liberty regarding the total land a person can hold

  2. Distribution of excessive land to large farm holders to increase production

  3. Abolition of zamindari system

  4. All of the above

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Correct Option: C

In India, the techniques in agricultural production and productivity in agriculture, as compared to advanced countries are _________.

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  1. backward and high respectively

  2. backward and low respectively

  3. advanced and high respectively

  4. advanced and low respectively

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Correct Option: B

Lack of entrepreneurship is a cause of poverty.

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  1. True

  2. False

  3. Partially true

  4. Partially false

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Correct Option: A

Which of the following cause(s) responsible for poverty in India?

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  1. Rapidly rising population

  2. Under-utilized resources

  3. Low productivity in agriculture

  4. All of above

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Correct Option: D

IRDP means ___________.

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  1. International Rural Developing Policy

  2. Integrated Routine Development Programme

  3. Integrated Rural Development Programme

  4. International Rural Development Programme

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Correct Option: C