CLASS XII

ECONOMICS – POVERTY
MCQs

1. SJSRY stands for:

(a) Swarna Jayanti Shahri Rozgar Yojana
(b) Shahari Jeewan Sudhar Rashtriya Yojana
(c) Sampoorna Jeewan Shahari Rozgar Yojana
(d) None of these

2. The earlier ‘Food for Work Programme’ has now been converted into:
(a) Intensive Area Development Programme
(b) Integrated Rural Development Programme
(c) Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Programme
(d) Minimum Needs Programme

3. MPCE stands for _____________________

(a) Monthly Per Capita Expenditure
(b) Minimum Per Capita Expenditure
(c) Maximum Per Capita Expenditure
(d) None of these

4. Who introduced the concept of ‘Jail cost of Living’?

(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Dodabhai Naroji
(c) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(d) None of these

5. _____________ refers to poverty of people, in comparison to other people, regions or nations.

(a) Absolute Poverty
(b) Relative Poverty
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) Neither (a) or (b)

6. Transient poor includes:

(a) Always poor
(b) Churning poor
(c) Never poor
(d) Usually poor
7. In which year, “National Food for Work Programme” was launched?
(a) 2008
(b) 1999
(c) 2004
(d) 2010

8. When was National Social Assistance Programme initiated?

(a) 15th August 1996
(b) 15th August 1998
(c) 15th August 1997
(d) 15th August 1995

9. The programme initiated by the Government to improve food and nutritional level of poor
was:
(a) Public Distribution System
(b) Integrated Child Development Scheme
(c) Midday Meal Scheme
(d) All of these

10. Which organization collects data on poverty in India?

(a) NSSO
(b) SJSRY
(c) MGNREGA
(d) None of these

11. Which one of the following are categorized as “most poor”?

(a) Chronic Poor
(b) Occasionally Poor
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) Neither (a) nor (b)

12. Which of the following is not a tax reform?

(a) Prime Minister’s Rozgar Yojana
(b) Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana
(c) National Social Assistance Progarmme
(d) National Food for work Programme

13. More than _______ of the world’s poor live in India.

(A) half
(B) one-third
(C) one-fourth
(D) one-fifth
14. What was the percentage of the population below the poverty line in India in 2011-12?

(A) 26.1%
(B) 19.3%
(C) 22%
(D) 32%

15. Which of the following is the poverty determination measure?

(A) Head Count Ratio

(B) Sen Index
(C) Poverty Gap Index
(D) All of these

16. When was the Task Force on Projections of Minimum Needs and Effective Consumption
Demand was formed?

(A) 1969
(B) 1979
(C) 1989
(D) 1999

17. In 2011-12, poverty line was defined worth ________ as consumption per person a
month for rural areas and _______ for urban areas.

(A) ₹816 and ₹1,000

(B) ₹1,012 and ₹1,210
(C) ₹550 and ₹860
(D) ₹860 and ₹673

18. In 2011-12, which state had the highest poverty rate in India?

(A) Odisha
(B) Bihar
(C) Madhya Pradesh
(D) West Bengal

19. NFWP was launched in:

(A) November 2004

(B) December 2003
(C) November 2002
(D) December 2005
20. Which of the following programmes provide assistance to elderly people are given
under?

(A) VAMBAY
(B) NSAP
(C) PMGY
(D) PMRY