Poverty

Multiple Choice Questions

Q1. The Minimum requirements of a person, include : –
a) Food
b) Education
c) Car
d) Both a and b
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: (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: (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: (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: (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: (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: (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: (c) Relative poverty

Q9. Absolute poverty in India is measured through : –

a) Poverty line
b) Education
c) Health
d) None of these
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: (c)Both a and b

Q11. The concept of poverty line in India was introduced in

a) 1981
b) 1979
c) 1973
d) 1975
Answer: (b)1979

Q12. From the following states, which state has the highest poverty
a) Haryana
b) Punjab
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) UP
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: (d)All of these

Q14. Prime Minister’s Rozgar Yojana was started in

a) 1995
b) 1993
c) 1991
d) 1998
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: (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: (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: (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: (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: (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: (a)2400 calories

Q21. What proportion of world’s poor, live in India : –

a) One fourth
b) One third
c) One fifth
d) Half
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: (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: (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: (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: (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: (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: (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: (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: (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: (a)Relatively

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: (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: (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: (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: (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: (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: (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: (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: (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: (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: (c)Increased

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: (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: (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: (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: (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: (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: (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: (a) Chronic
Q48. Churning poor and occasionally poor are collectively called___.
(a) Occasionally poor
b) Transient poor
c) Churning poor
d) Always poor
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: (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: (b) Relative

Q51. The percentage of population below poverty line is ____ in different states.
a) Different
b) Same
c) Equal
d) None of these
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: (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: (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: (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: (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: (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: (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: (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: (a)Monthly per capital expenditure

Q60.Rural Employment Generation Programme (REGP) was initiated by____.

a) NSIC
b) KVIC
c) PMRY
d) DCE
Answer: (b)KVIC

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: (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: (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: (c) Jail cost

64. In ______ planning commission of India formed a study group for poverty.
a) 1979
b) 1989
c) 1962
d) 2005
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: (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: (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: (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: (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: (a) A-1

70. Choose the correctly matched pair from the following

Column A Column B

A. Consumption expenditure for 1. Integrated child development

rural areas scheme

B. Consumption expenditure for

2. Public distribution system
urban areas

C. PDS 3. ₹1000

D. ICDS 4. ₹816

a) A-2
b) B-3
c) C-1
d) D-4
Answer: (b) B-3

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: (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: (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: (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: (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: (a) Poor and non poor

Case Study
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: (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: (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: (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: (d) All of the above