Poverty Class 12 MCQs Questions

I. Choose the correct alternative.

Question 1.
More than _______ of the world’s poor live in India.
(A) half
(B) one-third
(C) one-fourth
(D) one-fifth

Answer: (D) one-fifth

Question 2.
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%

Answer: (C) 22%

Question 3.
Which of the following is the poverty determination measure?
(A) Head Count Ratio
(B) Sen Index
(C) Poverty Gap Index
(D) All of these

Answer: (D) All of these

Question 4.
When was the Task Force on Projections of Minimum Needs and Effective Consumption
Demand was formed?
(A) 1969
(B) 1979
(C) 1989
(D) 1999

Answer: (B) 1979

Question 5.
Those who regularly move in and out of poverty are called
(A) Chronically poor
(B) Churning poor
(C) Occasionally poor
(D) Transient poor

Answer: (B) Churning poor

Question 6.
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

Answer: (A) ₹816 and ₹1,000

Question 7.
Which of the following is an action adopted under the provision of minimum basic amenities to
the people?
(A) Prime Minister’s RozgarYojna
(B) Swarna Jayanti Shahari RozgarYojna
(C) Pradhan Mantri Gramodaya Yojna
(D) National Rural Livelihood Mission

Answer: (C) Pradhan Mantri Gramodaya Yojna

Question 8.
In 2011-12, which state had the highest poverty rate in India?
(A) Odisha
(B) Bihar
(C) Madhya Pradesh
(D) West Bengal

Answer: (A) Odisha

Question 9.
NFWP was launched in:
(A) November 2004
(B) December 2003
(C) November 2002
(D) December 2005

Answer: (A) November 2004

Question 10.
Which of the following programmes provide assistance to elderly people are given under?
(A) VAMBAY
(B) NSAP
(C) PMGY
(D) PMRY

Answer: (B) NSAP

II. Fill in the blanks with the correct answer.

Question 1.
Poverty is the inability to secure the ________ consumption requirements for life, health, and
efficiency.

Answer
Answer: minimum

Question 2.
Absolute poverty determines the minimum physical quantities of the requirement for a
subsistence level, with the help of ______

Answer
Answer: poverty line
Question 3.
______ and hunger are the key features of the poorest households.

Answer
Answer: Starvation

Question 4.
Task Force on Projections of Minimum Needs and Effective Consumption Demand’ was formed
in _________

Answer
Answer: 1979

Question 5.
______ includes those who are usually poor but who may sometimes have relatively more
money.

Answer
Answer: Chronic poor

Question 6.
_________ is the proportion of persons living below the poverty line.

Answer
Answer: HeadCount Ratio
Question 7.
Amartya Sen, noted Nobel Laureate, has developed an index known as _________

Answer
Answer: Sen Index

Question 8.
The proportion of poor to the population in India was ______ percent in 2011-12.

Answer
Answer: 22

Question 9.
Under the British, India began to export food grains and, as a result, as many as ________
people died in famines between 1875 and 1900.

Answer
Answer: 26 million

Question 10.
There exists a direct relationship between _________ and poverty.

Answer
Answer: Unemployment

III. State whether the following statements are true or false.

Question 1.
More than one-fifth of the worlds poor live in India.

Answer
Answer: True

Question 2.
Absolute poverty refers to a lack of resources in relation to different classes, regions, and
countries.

Answer
Answer: False

Question 3.
Transient poor covers those people who are rich most of the time but may sometimes suffer bad
luck are said to be occasionally poor.

Answer
Answer: False

Question 4.
The minimum calorie intake was estimated at 2,400 calories for a rural person and 2,100 for a
person in the urban area.

Answer
Answer: True
Question 5.
Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, and Orissa account for about 70 percent
of India’s poor.

Answer
Answer: True

Question 6.
Britain’s main goals from the Raj were to provide a market for British exports.

Answer
Answer: True

Question 7.
The poverty ratio estimates the minimum level of income that is considered appropriate to
secure basic necessities of life.

Answer
Answer: False

Question 8.
The government of India adopted a five-dimensional approach as an attempt to reduce poverty.

Answer
Answer: True
Question 9.
National Food for Work Programme aims at improving the food and nutritional status of the
poor.

Answer
Answer: False

Question 10.
Due to unequal distribution of land and other assets, mostly non-poor appropriate the benefits
from direct poverty alleviation programmes.

Answer
Answer: True

IV. Match the following.

Question 1.

Column-I Column-II

1. Poverty (A) Proportion of persons living below the poverty line

2. Poverty line (B) Poverty is measured in monetary terms

3. Absolute poverty (C) Poverty is measured with respect to various classes

4. Relative poverty (D) Inability to secure the basic needs

5. Headcount ratio (E) 1999

6. Food for Work Programme (F) Divides people into poor and non-poor

7. Swaran Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (G) 1970

8. Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana (H) 2001

9. NFW programme (I) Never poor

10. Non-poor (J) 2004

Answer
Answer:

Column-I Column-II

1. Poverty (D) Inability to secure the basic needs

2. Poverty line (F) Divides people into poor and non-poor

3. Absolute poverty (B) Poverty is measured in monetary terms

4. Relative poverty (C) Poverty is measured with respect to various classes

5. Headcount ratio (A) Proportion of persons living below the poverty line

6. Food for Work Programme (G) 1970

7. Swaran Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (E) 1999

8. Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana (H) 2001

9. NFW programme (J) 2004

10. Non-poor (I) Never poor

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