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Multiple choice social science poverty : challenge facing india programmes for poverty eradication poverty as a challenge poverty: an economic challenge for india public health and the government constraints in economic development of rajasthan

What is the criterion for the measurement of poverty line?

  1. Caloric consumption

  2. Unemployment rate

  3. Literacy level

  4. Type of dwellings
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A Correct answer
Explanation

The poverty line is calculated based on the caloric requirements of adults (working class) in rural and urban areas. In rural areas it is 2400 calories and in urban areas it is 2100 calories. The poverty line is estimated periodically (normally every five years) by conducting sample surveys. These surveys are carried out by the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO). However, for making comparisons between developing countries, many international organisations like the World Bank use a uniform standard for the poverty line: minimum availability of the equivalent of $1 per person per day.

Multiple choice social science poverty : challenge facing india programmes for poverty eradication poverty as a challenge poverty: an economic challenge for india public health and the government constraints in economic development of rajasthan

Uneven distribution of poverty is due to differences in _____ and _____ infrastructure in different states.

  1. Wine, food

  2. Social, economic

  3. Wood, iron

  4. Petrol, money

  5. None of these
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Uneven distribution of poverty is due to differences in social and economic infrastructure in different states.

Multiple choice social science poverty : challenge facing india programmes for poverty eradication poverty as a challenge poverty: an economic challenge for india public health and the government constraints in economic development of rajasthan

What is the approximate percentage of population living Below Poverty Line in India?

  1. 50.9%

  2. 62.3%

  3. 17.1%

  4. 27.5%
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D Correct answer
Explanation

As per the Census report, the percentage of population living Below Poverty Line is 27.5%.

Multiple choice social science poverty : challenge facing india programmes for poverty eradication poverty as a challenge poverty: an economic challenge for india public health and the government constraints in economic development of rajasthan

Punjab and Haryana have succeeded in reducing poverty with the help of ____________.

  1. Low agricultural growth rates

  2. High agricultural growth rates

  3. Rivers

  4. Transport system

  5. None of these
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Agriculture and allied fields like dairy, fisheries, animal husbandry are a major source of employment in Punjab and Haryana. So, main living of people here depends on agriculture. With the high growth rate in agriculture, these states have succeeded in reducing poverty.

Multiple choice social science poverty : challenge facing india programmes for poverty eradication poverty as a challenge poverty: an economic challenge for india public health and the government constraints in economic development of rajasthan

The 'poorest of the poor' are those who are systematically denied equal access to their family resources in rural areas. They include _____ .

  1. women

  2. girl children

  3. elderly people

  4. all of them
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D Correct answer
Explanation

The 'poorest of the poor' are those who are systematically denied equal access to their family resources in rural areas. They include women, girl children and elderly people.

Multiple choice social science poverty : challenge facing india programmes for poverty eradication poverty as a challenge poverty: an economic challenge for india public health and the government constraints in economic development of rajasthan

The estimation of India's poverty situation is surveyed by which government agency?

  1. Ministry of Finance

  2. Ministry of Human Development

  3. National Sample Survey Organization

  4. Indian Statistical Institute
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) was set up in 1950, with the idea of having a permanent survey organization to collect data on various facets of the economy. In order to assist in socio-economic planning and policy making, NSSO conducts nationwide sample surveys known as National Sample Survey (NSS). The NSS is a continuing survey in the sense that it is carried out in the form of successive “rounds”, each round usually of a year's duration covering several topics of current interest. The surveys are conducted through household interviews, using a random sample of households covering practically the entire geographical area of the country. 

Multiple choice social science poverty : challenge facing india programmes for poverty eradication poverty as a challenge poverty: an economic challenge for india public health and the government constraints in economic development of rajasthan

Which organization in India studies the rate of poverty and makes an estimation about it?

  1. Planning Commission

  2. Central government

  3. National Sample Survey Organization

  4. Central Monetary Fund
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C Correct answer
Explanation

National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) conducts surveys to determine the minimum amount required by a rural or urban household to meet basic requirements and hence categorizes the population as above poverty line and below poverty line.

Multiple choice social science poverty : challenge facing india programmes for poverty eradication poverty as a challenge poverty: an economic challenge for india public health and the government constraints in economic development of rajasthan

The population of India living below the poverty line ____________.

  1. is rising in relative and absolute terms

  2. is falling in relative terms but rising in absolute terms

  3. is falling in both relative and absolute terms

  4. has not changed at all over the years
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Till the mid-eighties the population of India living below the poverty line was declining in relative terms but increasing in absolute terms but now it is declining in absolute term also.

Multiple choice social science poverty : challenge facing india programmes for poverty eradication poverty as a challenge poverty: an economic challenge for india public health and the government constraints in economic development of rajasthan

As per latest norms the minimum per capita per month consumption in urban area in order to not to be treated as below poverty line is _________.

  1. Rs. 225

  2. Rs. 245

  3. Rs. 265

  4. Rs. 310
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Historical poverty line estimates in India have been revised multiple times. Rs. 265 was a recognized monthly per capita consumption expenditure threshold for urban areas in specific historical poverty committee reports.