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The poverty line is India has been defined largely in terms of _________.

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  1. income poverty

  2. food poverty

  3. human poverty

  4. social poverty

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Correct Option: B

The poverty line, in India, indicates _______________.

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  1. income level required to buy minimum quantity of food items

  2. income level required to buy minimum quantity of basic food items and a few selected non-food items.

  3. economic growth required to fulfill the minimum needs of total population

  4. income level required to buy few selected non-food items.

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Correct Option: B

Poverty line is determined in terms of minimum nutritional level of food energy required for subsistence which is expressed in terms of ______________.

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  1. daily intake of calories

  2. weekly intake of calories

  3. daily intake of protein

  4. daily intake of energy values

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Correct Option: A

The extent of poverty, in India, is measured by _________, i.e, estimating the number of persons falling below poverty line and measuring them as a proportion of population. 

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  1. headcount ratio

  2. population ratio

  3. both 'a and b'

  4. neither 'a nor b'

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Correct Option: A

Kutir Jyoti Scheme is associated with _________.

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  1. promoting cottage industry in villages

  2. promoting employment among rural unemployed youth

  3. providing electricity to rural families living below the poverty line

  4. all of these

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The beneficiaries of Kutir Jyoti Scheme will have to pay the energy bills for energy utilised regularly as per the company's norms. The scheme has been started to light up BPL homes.

National Rural Employment Guarantee Act was started in the year _____.

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  1. $1999$

  2. $2001$

  3. $2003$

  4. $2005$

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) was notified on September 7, 2005. The objective of the Act is to enhance livelihood security in rural areas by providing at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in a financial year to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work.

Integrated Rural Development Programme (IRDP) was launched in ____.

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  1. 1978-79

  2. 1970-71

  3. 1985-86

  4. 1991-92

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Integrated Rural Development Programme (IRDP) is a program of the Government of India launched in financial year 1978 and extended throughout India by 1980. It is a self-employment program intended to raise the income-generation capacity of target groups among the poor.

In which states the public distribution system is held responsible for the reduction in poverty?

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  1. Andhra Pradesh

  2. Tamil Nadu

  3. Both (a) and (b)

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
  • The Public Distribution System in Tamil Nadu reduced poverty due to its coverage as well as pricing. Each family, whether below the poverty line or not, is entitled to 20 kg of rice at Re. 1 a kg. 
  • To reduce poverty in Andhra Pradesh, white cards are issued to the households falling below the poverty line, to provide the subsidised rice. Thus number of people below poverty line declined during 1990's increasing white cards distribution.

Which organisation carries out survey for determining the poverty line?

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  1. NSSO

  2. CSO

  3. Planning Commission

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The poverty line is estimated periodically once in five years, by conducting sample surveys. These surveys are carried out by the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO).

NSSO is an organisation setup by the government to carry out surveys on socio-economic, demographic, agricultural and industrial subjects for collecting data from households and from enterprises located in villages and in the towns.

In which state the land reform measures have helped to reduce poverty?

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  1. Tamil Nadu

  2. Punjab

  3. West Bengal

  4. Kerala

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Land reform constitutes the measures to improve the economic con­dition of agricultural tenants in West Bengal. It aims at the redis­tribution of land-ownership in favour of the culti­vating class.