Poverty, Unemployment and Related Schemes MCQ Questions with Answers

Question 1 : In which year, UNO adopted a definition of absolute poverty?

a) 1994
b) 1995
c) 1996
d) 1997

Answer : b

Question 2 : Absolute poverty means

a) poverty in terms of absolute number of people
b) poverty in terms of the basic minimum calorie requirements
c) poverty in terms of the prevailing price level
d) poverty in terms of the absolute level of unemployment

Answer : b

Question 3 : Which one among the following is the type of poverty which compares the total wealth of the poorest one-third of the population with the total wealth of richest 1% of the population?

a) Absolute poverty
b) Severe poverty
c) Relative poverty
d) Mass poverty

Answer : c

Question 4 : Which of the following person was the first Indian to do study on poverty?

a) Dadabhai Naoroji
b) BS Minhas
c) Dendekar
d) PD Ojha

Answer : a

Question 5 : What is the benchmark of the calorie intake for the rural person?

a) 2100
b) 2400
c) 2800
d) 3200

Answer : b

Question 6 : In India, poverty level is analysed on the basis of

a) per capita income in different states
b) average income of the family
c) consumption in the family
d) number of slum in the country

Answer : c

Question 7 : In India, poverty is defined on the basis of

a) living standard of people
b) calorie intake
c) income of family
d) number of people in family

Answer : b

Question 8 : In a given year in India, official poverty lines are higher in some states than in other because

a) poverty rates vary from state to state
b) price levels vary from state to state
c) gross state product varies from state to state
d) quality of public distribution varies from state to state

Answer : b

Question 9 : Consider the four poor states of India

I. Arunachal Pradesh
II. Chhattisgarh
III. Bihar
IV. Jharkhand

List these states from most to least poor using the codes given below

a) I, II, III, IV
b) II, I, IV, III
c) IV, III, II, I
d) III, II, IV, I

Answer : d

Question 10 : Which committee proposed that the consumption expenditure calculation should be based on calorie consumption as earlier?

a) Tendulkar Committee
b) Lakdawala Committee
c) SR Hashim Committee
d) Rangarajan Committee

Answer : b

Question 11 : Which of the following Committees was set up in India for identification of BPL families in urban areas?

a) Tendulkar Committee
b) Saxena Committee
c) Lakdawala Committee
d) Hashim Committee

Answer : d

Question 12 : Tendulkar Committee has established that in India the percentage of the population Below Poverty Line is

a) 27.2
b) 37.2
c) 22.2
d) 32.7

Answer : b

Question 13 : In which year Rangarajan Committee has submitted its report on poverty?

a) 2009
b) 2012
c) 2014
d) 2015

Answer : c

Question 14 : The standard of living in a country is represented by its

a) Poverty Ratio
b) Per Capita Income
c) National Income
d) Unemployment Rate

Answer : b

Question 15 : According to Rangarajan Committee, how much money has to be spent by person in rural area, so that he/she does not come below the poverty line?

a) ₹32
b) ₹40
c) ₹45
d) ₹72

Answer : a

Question 16 : In rural India, Per Capita Consumption is ₹32 and in urban area it is ₹47 per day. This demarcation of the poverty line was given by

a) SD Tendulkar Committee
b) C Rangarajan Committee
c) Montek Singh Ahluwalia Committee
d) Yashwant Sinha Committee

Answer : a

Question 17 : Which of the following fixes the poverty line in India?

a) Central Council of Ministers
b) Lok Sabha
c) Rajya Sabha
d) Planning Commission (now, NITI Aayog)

Answer : d

Question 18 : National Social Assistance Programme does not include the following scheme for ‘Below Poverty Line’ households

a) National Family Benefit Scheme
b) Annapurna
c) Mahila Kisan Sashaktikaran Pariyojana
d) All of the above

Answer : c

Question 19 : Gini Coefficient or Gini Ratio can be associated with which one of the following measurements in an economy?

a) Rate of inflation
b) Poverty index
c) Income inequality
d) Personal income

Answer : c

Question 20 : Which of the following is measured by the Lorenz curve?

a) Illiteracy
b) Unemployment
c) Population Growth Rate
d) Inequality of Income

Answer : d

Question 21 : Lorenz curve was propounded in which year?

a) 1885
b) 1905
c) 1920
d) 1990

Answer : b

Question 22 : Consider the following statements

I. Gini coefficient is commonly used to measure the inequality of wealth
II. The Gini coefficient with a value of 1 expresses total equality and a value of 0 expresses maximum inequality

Which of the following statements given above is/are correct?

a) Only I
b) Only II
c) Both I and II
d) Neither I nor II

Answer : a

Question 23 : Consider the following statements

I. Gini coefficient is the area between the line of perfect equality and line of project inequality
II. Lorenz curve is a percentage of the area between the line of perfect equality and the line of perfect inequality .

Which of the following statements given above is/are correct?

a) Only I
b) Only II
c) Both I and II
d) Neither I nor II

Answer : c

Question 24 : Which of the following can be the property of the Lorenz Curve?

I. Lorenz Curve cannot rise above the line of perfect equality
II. It cannot sink below the line of perfect inequality
III. It is increasing and convex

Which of the following statements given above is/are correct?

a) I, II and III
b) I and II
c) Only II
d) Only I

Answer : a

Question 25 : Which of the following methods has/have been used to estimate poverty in India?

I. Head Count Ratio
II. Calorie Intake
III. Household Consumption Expenditure
IV. Per Capita Income

Which of the following statements given above is/are correct?

a) II and III
b) I, II and III
c) Only III
d) I, II, III and IV

Answer : b

Question 26 : Which of the following pairs is/are correctly matched?

I. Tendulkar Committee – To review the methodology for estimation of poverty
II. Saxena Committee – To review the methodology for conducting BPL census in rural area
III. Hashim Committee – On methodology for identification of BPL families in urban areas

a) Only I
b) I, II and III
c) II and III
d) Only III

Answer : b

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Question 28 : The strategic aim of IRDP is

a) to reduce unemployment
b) to provide more opportunities for rural employment and credit facilities at concessional rate of interest
c) to provide the required input for increasing agricultural productivity
d) None of the above

Answer : b

Question 29 : The Twenty-point economic programme was announced for the first time in India in

a) 1976
b) 1975
c) 1972
d) 1971

Answer : b

Question 30 : Scheme of Mid-Day Meal is not connected with

a) educational advancement
b) social equality
c) right to food
d) child nutrition

Answer : c

Question 31 : Mid-Day Meal Scheme was started in the year

a) 1995
b) 1996
c) 1997
d) 1998

Answer : b

Question 32 : Mid-Day Meal Scheme is financed and managed by

a) Food and Civil Supply Department of State Governments
b) Department of Consumer Affairs and Welfare
c) Ministry of Programme Implementation
d) Ministry of Human Resource Development

Answer : d

Question 33 : National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) was launched in the year

a) 2003
b) 2004
c) 2005
d) 2006

Answer : c

Question 34 : Which one of the following years is relevant with the launching of Aam Admi Bima Yojana by the Indian Government?

a) 2nd October, 2005
b) 2nd October, 2007
c) 2nd October, 2009
d) 2nd October, 2011

Answer : b

Question 35 : Which plan gave emphasis for removal of poverty for the first time?

a) Fourth
b) Fifth
c) Sixth
d) Seventh

Answer : b

Question 36 : Which one of the following amounts is given to the beneficiary of the Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension Scheme for BPL?

a) ₹100
b) ₹1000
c) ₹10,000
d) None of these

Answer : d

Question 37 : Antyodaya Programme was started first of all in the state of

a) Bihar
b) Tamil Nadu
c) Andhra Pradesh
d) Rajasthan

Answer : d

Question 38 : The main objective of Antyodaya programme is to

a) uplift the urban slum dwellers
b) uplift the farmer
c) uplift the landless labour
d) uplift the poor

Answer : d

Question 39 : Which Union Ministry has launched the Second Edition of the ‘Unnat Bharat Abhiyan’?

a) The Ministry of Home Affairs
b) The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
c) The Ministry of Human Resource Development
d) The Ministry of Rural Development

Answer : c

Question 40 : Inclusion strategy does not focus on

a) reduction at inequality
b) reduction of poverty
c) diversifying livelihood tribal population
d) getting poorer countries closer

Answer : d

Question 41 : Who among the following has given the idea of ‘self-help groups’ as an effective tool for poverty alleviation?

a) Amartya Sen
b) Md Yunus
c) S. Chakravarti
d) Vekaiah Naidu

Answer : b

Question 42 : In Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan-Dhan Scheme, each subscriber shall receive the minimum assured pension of ……… per month after attaining the age of 60 years.

a) ₹3,500
b) ₹2,000
c) ₹3,000
d) ₹1,500

Answer : c

Question 43 : The Mission Indradhanush, an initiative of Government of India, is associated with

a) immunisation
b) highway development
c) digitalisation
d) cleanliness

Answer : a

Question 44 : Which one of the following agencies of the Indian Government implements the Swarnjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana?

a) District Rural Development Agency
b) Khadi and Village Corporation
c) Municipal Corporation
d) None of the above

Answer : a

Question 45 : Providing Urban Amenities to Rural Areas (PURA) model was advocated by

a) APJ Abdul Kalam
b) Manmohan Singh
c) Lal Krishna Advani
d) Rajiv Gandhi

Answer : a

Question 46 : Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana launched under Social Security Act, 2008 covers

a) only organised sector workers
b) only rural workers
c) only unorganised sector workers
d) all categories of workers

Answer : c

Question 47 : Community Development Programme was initiated primarily to

a) bring development among people by raising the literacy level
b) bring about overall development of the village through self-help
c) increase the control of the masses over the locally available resources
d) increase agricultural production through mechanised farming

Answer : b

Question 48 : Which of the following statements is correct regarding Indira Awas Yojana?

a) Soil and water conservation works
b) Construction of rural roads
c) Providing houses at free of cost to the members of ST/SC and free bonded labourers
d) Land development and wasteland development

Answer : c

Question 49 : Which is not the objective of Public Procurement and Distribution System followed by Indian Government?

a) Maintain price stability through creation of buffer stocks
b) Protect the interests of both consumers and poor farmers
c) Control the production of food grains
d) Reduce personal and regional in the distribution

Answer : c

Question 50 : Which scheme was launched by the government of India to connect more and more people form the banking services?

a) PM Jan Dhan Yojana
b) Make in India
c) Skill India Mission
d) PM Mundra Yojana

Answer : a

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