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Poverty Class 12 MCQ Questions – Multiple Choice Questions
Q1. The Minimum requirements of a person, include : –
a) Food
b) Education
c) Car
d) Both a and b
Answer
Answer: (d) Both a and b
Q2. Poverty is a state in which a person is : –
a) Poor
b) Does not has proper home
c) Inability to fulfil basic requirements
d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (c) Inability to fulfil basic requirements
Q3. Urban poor includes
a) Street Cobblers
b) Road side vendors
c) Push cart vendors
d) All of these
Answer
Answer: (d) All of these
Q4. Landless laborer is an example of
a) Urban poor
b) Rural poor
c) Both a and b
d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (b) Rural poor
Q5. People who are always below poverty line are termed as
a) Chronic poor
b) Seasonal poor
c) Always Poor
d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (c) Always Poor
Q6. Which category of poor includes both ‘Always’ and ‘Usually’ poor.
a) Churning poor
b) Transient poor
c) Seasonal poor
d) Chronically poor
Answer
Answer: (d) Chronically poor
Q7. Which category of poor people keep moving up and down the poverty line : –
a) Occasionally poor
b) Transient poor
c) Churning poor
d) Always poor
Answer
Answer: (c) Churning poor
Q8. The poverty across other people, regions or countries is known as
a) Urban poverty
b) Rural poverty
c) Relative poverty
d) Absolute poverty
Answer
Answer: (c) Relative poverty
Q9. Absolute poverty in India is measured through : –
a) Poverty line
b) Education
c) Health
d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (a)Poverty line
Q10. Percentage of people below poverty line is called : –
a) Head Count Ratio
b) Poverty incidence ratio
c) Both a and b
d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (c)Both a and b
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Q11. The concept of poverty line in India was introduced in
a) 1981
b) 1979
c) 1973
d) 1975
Answer
Answer: (b)1979
Q12. From the following states, which state has the highest poverty
a) Haryana
b) Punjab
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) UP
Answer
Answer: (c)Madhya Pradesh
Q13. What is the cause of poverty ?
a) Low Rate of Growth
b) Increasing Population
c) Underemployment
d) All of these
Answer
Answer: (d)All of these
Q14. Prime Minister’s Rozgar Yojana was started in
a) 1995
b) 1993
c) 1991
d) 1998
Answer
Answer: (b)1993
Q15. Which programme was merged in Swarna Jayanti Shahri Rozgar Yojana
a) Nehru Rozgar Yojana
b) Prime Minister’s Rozgar Yojana
c) Prime Minister’s Integrated Urban Poverty Eradication
d) Both a and c
Answer
Answer: (d) a and c
Q16.MNREGA offered employment for a minimum period of
a) 150 days
b) 200 days
c) 100 days
d) 120 days
Answer
Answer: (c)100 days
Q17. Integrated Child Development Service was introduced for the children of age group
a) 0-10 years
b) 0-6 years
c) 1-6 years
d) 1-10 years
Answer
Answer: (b)0-6 years
Q18. Under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana the account holders were entitled to
a) Rs. 1 lakh accident insurance
b) Rs. 30,000 life insurance cover
c) Rs. 40,000 medical insurance
d) Both a and b
Answer
Answer: (d)Both a and b
Q19. Which approach is used by the government to overcome the issue of poverty?
a) Growth Oriented Approach
b) Poverty Alleviation Programme
c) Meeting the Minimum Needs of the Poor
d) All of these
Answer
Answer: (d) All of these
Q20.The minimum calorie intake for people in rural area is
a) 2400 calories
b) 2100 calories
c) 2200 calories
d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (a)2400 calories
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Q21. What proportion of world’s poor, live in India : –
a) One fourth
b) One third
c) One fifth
d) Half
Answer
Answer: (c) One fifth
Q22. The Minimum requirements of a person, include : –
a) Health
b) Clothing
c) Foreign Travel
d) Both a and b
Answer
Answer: (d)Both a and b
Q23.Poverty in India a study from the point of view of
a) Rural Poverty
b) Urban Poverty
c) Both a and b
d) None of the above
Answer
Answer: (c)Both a and b
Q24.Which of the following are the characteristics of urban poor: –
a) No or very few assets
b) Kutcha hutments as dwellings
c) Both a and b
d) None of the above
Answer
Answer: (c)Both a and b
Q25. Which of the following can be classified as rural poor : –
a) Street cobblers in towns
b) Landless agricultural labourer
c) Small land holding cultivators
d) Both b and C
Answer
Answer: (d)Both b and C
Q26.Which of the following are the characteristics of rural poor: –
a) They do not get two meals a day
b) Landless
c) Both a and b
d) None of the above
Answer
Answer: (c)Both a and b
Q27. Which of the following are characteristics of poor people?
a) Hunger starvation
b) Limited economic opportunities
c) Poor health
d) All of the above
Answer
Answer: (d)All of the above
Q28. which of the following is the cause for Limited economic opportunities for rural poor people ?
a) Lack of literacy and skills
b) Exploitation
c) Unstable employment
d) All of the above
Answer
Answer: (d)All of the above
Q29. Which of the following are characteristics of poor people?
a) Debt trap
b) Big families
c) Gender inequality
d) All of the above
Answer
Answer: (d)All of the above
Q30. Income of Chaman is 3000 per month, while income of Aman is 4000 per month. In such a case Raman is ______ poor to Aman
a) Relatively
b) Absolutely
c) Officially
d) All of the above
Answer
Answer: (a)Relatively
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Q31.In Absolute poverty, a person fails to reach the: –
a) Standard minimum level of consumption
b) Standard maximum level of consumption
c) Minimum level of consumption
d) Maximum level of consumption
Answer
Answer: (a)Standard minimum level of consumption
Q32.Dadabhai Naoroji, termed consumption cost as : –
a) Hotel cost of living
b) Housing cost of living
c) Jail cost of living
d) None of the above
Answer
Answer: (c)Jail cost of living
Q33. Poverty line is a cut-off point on the line of : –
a) Distribution
b) Consumption
c) Accumulation
d) All of the above
Answer
Answer: (a)Distribution
Q34. Poverty lines tries to capture : –
a) Socially desirable minimum living standards
b) Socially acceptable minimum living standards
c) Internationally acceptable minimum living standards
d) All of the above
Answer
Answer: (b)Socially acceptable minimum living standards
Q35. Relative poverty _____ considers how poor, the poor person is : –
a) Does
b) Does not
c) Should not
d) None of the above
Answer
Answer: (b)Does not
Q36. The minimum calorie intake for people in urban area is
a) 2400 calories
b) 2100 calories
c) 2200 calories
d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (b)2100 calories
Q37. MPCE method of determining the poverty line has been criticized because: –
a) It does not differentiate between various categories of poor
b) Ignores factors like income and asset of the poor
c) Does not considers social factors responsible for poverty
d) All of the above
Answer
Answer: (d)All of the above
Q38.The Sen index for determining poverty was developed by: –
a) Amatya
b) Amartya
c) Atmay
d) None of the above
Answer
Answer: (b)Mr. Amartya
Q39. Headcount ratio is calculated by dividing the number of people below the poverty line by: –
a) Total poor
b) Urban poor
c) Rural poor
d) Total population
Answer
Answer: (d)Total population
Q40. Over the years, the gap between the rich and the poor in India has
a) Reduced
b) Curtailed
c) Increased
d) Decreased
Answer
Answer: (c)Increased
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Q41. Which of the following is not a dimension of the Government approach to reduce poverty?
a) Poverty elevation programs
b) Growth oriented approach
c) Minimum Queens program
d) Both a and b
Answer
Answer: (c) Minimum Queens Programme
Q42. Which of the following are part of the Minimum Needs programme?
a) Public Distribution system
b) Integrated Child Development Scheme
c) Mid-day meal scheme
d) All of the above
Answer
Answer: (d)All of the above
Q43. Which of the following have contributed to the unsatisfactory results of poverty alleviation programme?
a) Unequal distribution of assets
b) Improper implementation of the programmes
c) Lack of resources
d) All of the above
Answer
Answer: (d)All of the above
Q44. Which of the following can contribute and make poverty alleviation programmes more effective?
a) Active involvement of the poor in the growth process
b) Empowering poor people
c) Social mobilization of the poor people
d) All of the above
Answer
Answer: (d)All of the above
Q45. _____ is the inability to meet the basic necessities of life.
a) Unemployment
b) Poverty
c) Both A and B
d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (b)Poverty
Q46. In urban areas, poor are largely ____ of the rural poor, who migrate there in search of employment and livelihood.
a) Lack
b) Overflow
c) Underflow
d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (b) Overflow
Q47. In state of ___ poverty, a person lives in poverty, grows in poverty and dies in poverty.
a) Chronic
b) Transient
c) Churning
d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (a) Chronic
Q48. Churning poor and occasionally poor are collectively called___.
(a) Occasionally poor
b) Transient poor
c) Churning poor
d) Always poor
Answer
Answer: (b) Transient poor
Q49. ____ and ____ are the two measures to determine poverty.
a) Urban and Rural
b) Relative and Absolute
c) Real and Nominal
d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (b)Relative and Absolute
Q50. ___ poverty is not measured with reference to poverty line : –
a) Absolute
b) Relative
c) Both a and b
d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (b) Relative
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Q51. The percentage of population below poverty line is ____ in different states.
a) Different
b) Same
c) Equal
d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (a) Different
Q52. Relative poverty is also interpreted in terms of ____ within the country.
(a) Inequality of income
(b) Consumption
(c) Both a and b
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (a)Inequality of income
Q53. People having income below the poverty line are termed as___.
a) Rich
b) Nourished
c) Poor
d) All of these
Answer
Answer: (c)Poor
Q54. The Concept of poverty was first discussed by____ in India.
a) Jawaharlal Nehru
b) Indira Gandhi
c) Dadabhai Naoroji
d) Amartya Sen
Answer
Answer: (c)Dadabhai Naoroji
Q55. Poverty line norms for Monetary value of Minimum calories intake was set up by_____.
a) Nehru Committee
b) Tendulkar committee
c) Both a and b
d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (b)Tendulkar committee
Q56. _____ has more population below poverty line in comparison to____.
a) Haryana, Punjab
b) Punjab, Haryana
c) Punjab, Sri Lanka
d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (a) Haryana, Punjab
Q57. Both rural and urban poverty has shown a significant ____from 1972-73.
a) Decline
b) Growth
c) Increase
d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (a)Decline
Q58. Rural poor includes___
a) Landless agricultural labourer
b) Land owning agricultural labourer
c) Land owning urban employees
d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (a) Landless agricultural labourer
Q59. Poverty line cut-off can be determined either in terms of ____ or in terms of calorie intake.
a) Monthly per capital expenditure
b) Monthly Consumption
c) Monthly Physical Activity
d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (a)Monthly per capital expenditure
Q60.Rural Employment Generation Programme (REGP) was initiated by____.
a) NSIC
b) KVIC
c) PMRY
d) DCE
Answer
Answer: (b)KVIC
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61. ________ is the approach based on the expectation that benefits of economic growth will reach all sections of society. ( Fill in the blank with correct option)
a) Trickle down approach
b) Poverty alleviation approach
c) Providing basic amenities
d) None of the above
Answer
Answer: (a) Trickle down approach
62. In pre-independent India ______ was the first one to talk about the poverty line. ( Fill in the blank with correct alternative)
a) VKRV Rao
b) Dadabhai Naoroji
c) Norman Borlang
d) Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer
Answer: (b) Dadabhai Naoroji
63. _______ was given by Dadabhai naoroji . ( Fill in the blank with correct alternative)
a) Poverty line
b) Food for work
c) Jail cost
d) Income approach
Answer
Answer: (c) Jail cost
64. In ______ planning commission of India formed a study group for poverty.
a) 1979
b) 1989
c) 1962
d) 2005
Answer
Answer: (c) 1962
65. Read the following statement given below and choose the correct alternative
Statement 1- To define poverty, we divide people into two categories; poor and the non-poor
Statement 2- Poverty line separates poor from non-poor
a) Both are correct
b) Both are incorrect
c) Statement 1 is correct and statement 2 is incorrect
d) Statement 1 is incorrect and statement 2 is correct
Answer
Answer: (a) Both are correct
66. Read the following statement given below and choose the correct alternative
Statement 1- Development is about removing the obstacles to the things that a person can do in life .
Statement 2- Reforms introduced in 1990s have been reduced according to government
a) Both are correct
b) Both are incorrect
c) Statement 1 is correct and statement 2 is incorrect
d) Statement 1 is incorrect and statement 2 is correct
Answer
Answer: (a) Both are correct
67. Read the following statement given below and choose the correct alternative
Statement 1- The causes of poverty lie in the institutional and social factors
Statement 2- The main victims of caste, religion and other discriminatory practices are rich people
a) Both are correct
b) Both are incorrect
c) Statement 1 is correct and statement 2 is incorrect
d) Statement 1 is incorrect and statement 2 is correct
Answer
Answer: (c) Statement 1 is correct and statement 2 is incorrect
68. Read the following statement given below and choose the correct alternative
Statement 1- Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme Act was passed in October 2005.
Statement 2- Mahatma Gandhi National rural employment guarantee scheme act, was launched in 2007
a) Both are correct
b) Both are incorrect
c) Statement 1 is correct and statement 2 is incorrect
d) Statement 1 is incorrect and statement 2 is correct
Answer
Answer: (b) Both are incorrect
69. Choose the correctly matched pair from the following
| Column A | Column B |
| A. Task force | 1. 1979 |
| B. Planning commission | 2. 1989 |
| C. Expert group | 3. 2005 |
| D. MGNREGA | 4. 1962 |
a) A-1
b) B-2
c) C-3
d) D-4
Answer
Answer: (a) A-1
70. Choose the correctly matched pair from the following
| Column A | Column B |
| A. Consumption expenditure for rural areas | 1. Integrated child development scheme |
| B. Consumption expenditure for urban areas | 2. Public distribution system |
| C. PDS | 3. ₹1000 |
| D. ICDS | 4. ₹816 |
a) A-2
b) B-3
c) C-1
d) D-4
Answer
Answer: (b) B-3
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71. Read the following statement given below and choose the correct alternative
Assertion (A)- Poverty and illiteracy go hand in hand
Reason ( R)- Due to poor living conditions and lack of resources parents are unable to send their children to school
a) Both assertion and reason are true. Reason is the correct explanation of assertion
b) Both assertion and reason are true. Reason is not the correct explanation of assertion
c) Assertion is true but reason is not
d) Reason is true but assertion is not
Answer
Answer: (a) Both assertion and reason are true. Reason is the correct explanation of assertion
72. Read the following statement given below and choose the correct alternative
Assertion (A)- Since independence, Indian government has attempted to redistribute land
Reason (R )- Farmers in India have less fertile land and depends upon rain
a) Both assertion and reason are true. Reason is the correct explanation of assertion
b) Both assertion and reason are true. Reason is not the correct explanation of assertion
c) Assertion is true but reason is not
d) Reason is true but assertion is not
Answer
Answer: (b) Both assertion and reason are true. Reason is not the correct explanation of assertion
73. Read the following statement given below and choose the correct alternativE
Assertion (A)- SCs and STs are not able to participate in the emerging employment activities
Reason (R )- SCs and STs do not have proper skills and knowledge
a) Both assertion and reason are true. Reason is the correct explanation of assertion
b) Both assertion and reason are true. Reason is not the correct explanation of assertion
c) Assertion is true but reason is not
d) Reason is true but Assertion is not
Answer
Answer: (a) Both assertion and reason are true. Reason is the correct explanation of assertion
74. Poverty lines comes out to be three fourth of; ( choose the correct alternative)
a) Total number of poor people in the country
b) Number of transient poor
c) Adults Jail cost of living
d) Adults of jail cost of living
Answer
Answer: (c) Adults Jail cost of living
75. Poverty line separates; ( choose the correct alternative)
a) Poor and non poor
b) More poor and less poor
c) Poor and very poor
d) Transient and chronic poor
Answer
Answer: (a) Poor and non poor
Read the Case study given below and answer the questions that follows
In spite of long periods of solid financial development in India, country destitution actually influences a huge number of families. In 2005, the public authority made the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) to address provincial destitution. The plan, which submits the public authority to furnishing grown-up individuals from provincial families with 100 days of paid work, ought to give a progressive wellbeing net to country families. However debasement, deficient managerial limit, an absence of mindfulness among numerous country occupants, and control by persuasive political and financial entertainers have subverted it.
76. MGNREGA provides ______ days of guaranteed wage employment. (Fill in the blank with correct option)
a) 200 days
b) 100 days
c) 500 days
d) 450 days
Answer
Answer: (b) 100 days
77. MGNREGA focuses on giving employment to ; ( choose the correct alternative)
a) Skilled labour
b) Unskilled manual labour
c) Manual labour
d) All of the above
Answer
Answer: (b) Unskilled manual labour
78. Read the following statement given below and choose the correct alternativE
Statement 1- MGNREGA was started by Mahatma Gandhi
Statement 2- Under MGNREGA scheme if anyone doesn’t get work within 15 days of registration, they are entitled for employment allowances.
a) Both are correct
b) Both are incorrect
c) Statement 1 is correct and statement 2 is incorrect
d) Statement 1 is incorrect and statement 2 is correct
Answer
Answer: (d) Statement 1 is incorrect and statement 2 is correct
79. Which of the following were the reasons for undermining of MGNREGA
(Choose the correct alternative)
a) Insufficient administrative capacities
b) Lack of awareness
c) Corruption
d) All of the above
Answer
Answer: (d) All of the above
CBSE Class 12 Economics Term 1 MCQ Based Questions
Part A: Introductory Macroeconomics
- Money and Banking Class 12 MCQs – 6 Marks
- Government Budget and the Economy – 6 Marks
- Balance of Payments Class 12 MCQs – 6 Marks
- Foreign Exchange Rate MCQs
Part B: Indian Economic Development
Development Experience (1947-90) and Economic Reforms since 1991:- 12 Marks
- Indian Economy on the eve of Independence MCQs
- Indian Economy (1950-90) MCQs
- Economic Reforms since 1991 MCQs
Current challenges facing Indian Economy – 10 Marks
- Poverty MCQs
- Human Capital Formation MCQs
- Rural development MCQs
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