Important Questions : Poverty as a Challenge
Question .1. Define poverty?
Answer : It is defined as inability to satisfy minimum human
needs like food, clothing, shelter and education.
Question .2. Give examples of self employment in rural area?
Answer : Non-farm activities as tailoring, shop keeping,
profession of gold smith, carpenter, washing and computer services are examples
of self employment.
Question .3. Give examples of self employment in urban area?
Answer : Shop
keeping, working as middle man, fashion designing, repairing work, and other
activities for which payment is not received from employer and livelihood is
earned.
Question .4. State
the different categories of poor?
Answer : (i) Absolutely poor (ii) Very poor (iii) Poor
Question .5. State the different categories of non-poor?
Answer : (i) Not so poor (ii) Middle class (iii) Upper
middle class (iv) The rich (v) The very rich Question .6. State
two important types of poverty?
Answer : (i) Absolute
poverty (ii) Relative poverty
Question .7.
Enumerate five characteristics of rural poor?
Answer : (i) Landless (ii) Agricultural worker (iii) Kutcha
house (iv) Poor health (v) No sanitation and electricity (vi) No access to safe
drinking water
Question .8. State
five features of urban poor?
Answer : (i) Hutment dwellers (ii) Illiteracy (iii)
Irregular employment (iv) Poor health (v) No sanitation and electricity
(vi) No access to safe drinking water
Question .9. State
the consumption limit for rural and urban poor?
Answer : For rural poor – 2400 calories.For urban poor –
2100 calories.
Question .10. State the type of poverty that is measured on
the basis of standard of living?
Answer : Relative
poverty.
Question .11. What is
poverty line?
Answer : The line which divides poor and non-poor on the
basis of per capita income and expenditure is called poverty line.
Question .12. Is unemployment responsible for poverty?
Answer : Yes.
Question .13. Why does inflation hit poor hard?
Answer : Due to inflation price of a commodity is increase
and this affect the purchasing power of the poor.
Question .14. Which social group is the most vulnerable to
poverty?
Answer : Scheduled Tribes.
Question .15. In
which state the percentage of poor below poverty line is the highest?
Answer : Orissa with 47.15%.
Question .16. In which state the percentage of poor below
poverty line is the least?
Answer : Jammu and Kashmir with 3.48%.
Question . 17. State the country that has the highest
percentage of population below poverty line? Answer : Nigeria with 70.8%.
Question .18. Who is a poor?
Answer : Any person
who is deprived of food, clothes, shelter, education, health care and economic
activity is a poor.
Question .19. State five states having the highest
percentage of people below poverty line?
Answer : (i) Orissa (ii) Bihar (iii) Madhya Pradesh (iv)
Uttar Pradesh (v) West Bengal
Question .20. State five states having the lowest percentage
of people below poverty line?
Answer : (i) Jammu and Kashmir (ii) Goa (iii) Punjab (iv)
Himachal Pradesh (v) Haryana
Question .21. State five countries having the highest
percentage of people below poverty line? Answer : (i) Nigeria (ii) Bangladesh
(iii) India (iv) Pakistan (v) China
Question .22. Who are the poorest of the poor?
Answer : (i) Scheduled tribes (ii) Urban casual labourers
(iii) Agricultural rural labourers (iv) victims of natural calamities
Question .23. Is there any relationship between poverty and
unemployment?
Answer : Yes, poverty and unemployment are inter-related.
Question .24. How will you differentiate between poor and
non-poor on the basis of poverty line? Answer : Those placed below the poverty
line are poor and those placed above the poverty line are non-poor.
Question .25. Name the groups vulnerable to poverty in order
of their percentage of vulnerability. Also mention Average Indian Poverty
ratio? Or, Identify the social and economic group, which are the most
vulnerable to poverty of India?
Answer : (i) Scheduled Tribes = 51% (ii) Urban Casual
Labourers = 50% (iii) Rural Agricultural Labourers = 47% (iv) Scheduled Castes
= 43%. Average Indian Poverty Ratio = 20%. Social groups which include widows,
orphans, old people, physically handicapped are also vulnerable to poverty.
Question .26. State the Minimum Need Programme [MND]?
Answer : The
programme to provide the articles of basic necessities at a cheapest possible
rates and certain social services free of cost to the masses.
Question .27. Mention the programme introduced by the
Government to alleviate poverty?
Answer : (i) National
Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), 2005. (ii) National Food for Work
Programme (NFWP), 2004. (iii) Prime Minister Rozgar Yojana (PMRY),1993. (iv)
Rural Employment Generation Programme (REGP),1995. (v) Swarnajayanti Gram
Swarojagar Yojana (SGSY), 1999. (vi) Pradhan Mantri Gramodyog Yojana (PMGY),
2000. (vii) Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY). PreviousNext .
Poverty as a Challenge :MCQ
1. The country which
has the largest single concentration of the poor people in the world is
a) China b) Pakistan c) India d) Nepal
2. Poverty as defined by World Bank implies living below
a) $1 per day b)
$100 per month c) $10 per day d) $100 per day
3. For the year 2000, the poverty line for a person in urban
areas in India was fixed at
a) Rs. 454 per month
b) Rs. 500 per month c) Rs. 328 per month d) Rs. 1640 per month
4. Define the
statement which suggests that calories requirements in rural areas are
considered to be higher than urban areas.
a) Because people in
rural areas are poor.
b) Because people in rural areas are adversely affected by
natural calamities.
c) Because people
living in rural areas engage themselves in more physical work.
d) Because people living in rural areas arc engaged in
agriculture.
5. The accepted average calorie requirement per person in
urban areas in India is
a) 2200 calories b) 2000 calories c) 2300 calories d) 2100 calories
6. The calorie requirement is higher in rural areas
because
a) they do not enjoy
as much as people in urban areas
b) food items are
expensive
c) they are unemployed
d) people are engaged
in more physical labour
7. The poorest states in India are: i) Orissa ii) Bihar
iii)Punjab iv) Haryana
a) (i) and (ii)
b) (iii) and (iv) c) (ii) and (,iii) d) All (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)
8. There is
inequality of income within a family. Persons who are poorest of the poor in
the family are ____________ . (i) Women (ii) Girl (iii) Children (iv) Old
people
a) (i)and(ii) b) (i)and(iii) c) All (i),(ii)and(iv) d) All are irrelevant.
9. Antyodaya Anna Yojana was launched in
a) 2003 b) 1999
c) 2000 d) 2005
10. For making comparisons between developing countries,
which uniform standard (per person per day) for the poverty line is used in
terms of minimum availability?
a) $1 b) $2 c) $3
d) $5
11. Every____ person in India is poor.
a) Third b) Fourth
c) Fifth d) Tenth
12. In which of the following countries did poverty actually
rise from 1981 to 2001?
a) Sub-Saharan Africa
b) India c) China d) Russia
13. Which of the following is a social indicator of poverty
laid by social scientists?
a) Increase in
population b) Illiteracy level c)
Caste d) Health club membership
14. Which one of the social groups is vulnerable to poverty?
a) Scheduled caste b) Urban casual labour c) Rural
agricultural households d) All of these
15. Which state has the largest percentage of poor in India?
a) Bihar b) Orissa
c) Kerala d) Punjab
16. What is accepted average calories required in India in
urban areas?
a) 2100 b) 2400
c) 2800 d) 2500
17. Which one is a social group from amongst the following
groups vulnerable to poverty?
a) Rural agricultural
labour households
b) Urban casual labour households
c) Scheduled caste
and scheduled tribe households
d) The female daily wagers
18. There has been a significant decline in poverty in the
state of
a) Assam b) Bihar c) Jammu & Kashmir d) Uttar Pradesh
19. Which among the following is the method to estimate the
poverty?
a) Investment Method b) Income Method c) Capital Method d)
Human Method
20. Which scheme was started in 1993 to create self
employment opportunities for educated unemployed youth in rural areas and small
towns?
a) Prime Minister
Rojgar Yojna
b) National Rural Employment Guaranty Act
c) Rural Employment Generation Programme
d) Swarnajayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojna
21. Which one is not the major cause of income inequality in
India?
a) Unequal distribution of land
b) Lack of fertile
land
c) Gap between the rich and the poor
d) Increase in population
22. Which industry suffered the most during colonial period?
a) Jute b)
Textile c) Indigo d) All the above
ANSWER 1.
c) India 2. a) $1 per day 3. a) Rs. 454 per month 4. c) Because people living
in rural areas engage themselves in more physical work. 5. d) 2100 calories 6.
d) people are engaged in more physical labour Important Questions 7. a) (i) and
(ii) 8. c) All (i),(ii)and(iv) 9. b) 1999 10. a) $1 11. b) fourth 12. a)
Sub-Saharan Africa 13. b) Illiteracy level 14. d) All of these 15. b) Orissa
16. b) 2400 17. c) Scheduled caste and scheduled tribe households 18. c) Jammu
& Kashmir 19. b) Income Method 20. a) Prime Minister Rojgar Yojna 21. b)
Lack of fertile land 22. a) Jute 
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