This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian Economy > Social > Poverty Unemployment And Alleviation Programmes – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poverty Unemployment And Alleviation Programmes Quiz 2 (43 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. NFWP is stands for A) National Federation for Work and Progress. B) National forests for Wildlife Protection. C) National food and Wheat Processing. D) National food for Work Programme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) National food for Work Programme. 2. Among the reasons for disguised unemployment in the rural areas is : A) Choice of a heavy industry model for economic development. B) Low levels of technological development in the country. C) Heavy pressure of population along with slow implementation of land reforms. D) High illiteracy rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Low levels of technological development in the country. 3. Occasionaly Poor and Churning poor are combinely called: A) Chronic Poor. B) Never Poor. C) Non-Poor. D) Transient Poor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Transient Poor. 4. By March end 2003, more than ..... SHGs had reportedly been credit linked. A) 7 lakhs. B) 8 lakhs. C) 9 lakhs. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 7 lakhs. 5. Operation Blackboard aims at A) Promoting adult literacy. B) Providing education to urban slum dwellers. C) Opening of new schools specially for female children. D) Providing primary education in an educationally backward area. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Promoting adult literacy. 6. Every ..... person in India is poor. A) Third. B) Sixth. C) Fifth. D) Fourth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fourth. 7. Who advocated that India would be truly independent only when the poorest of its people become free of human suffering? A) Mahatma Gandhi. B) Indira Gandhi. C) Jawahar lal Nehru. D) Subhash Chandra Bose. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mahatma Gandhi. 8. Which one of the following is not considered as a social indicator of poverty? A) Ample job opportunities. B) Lack of access of health care. C) Illiteracy level. D) Inadequate safe drinking water. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ample job opportunities. 9. Which of the following is the amount of Insurance cover provided to the workers of the unorganized sector under Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana ? [Corporation Bank PO 2011] A) Rs. 20,0007. B) Rs. 30,0007. C) Rs. 10,0007. D) Rs. 50,0007. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rs. 30,0007. 10. NABARD was set up in ..... A) 1892. B) 1952. C) 1982. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1982. 11. ..... credit provisions are referred to as micro-credit programmes. A) RRB. B) SHG. C) Cooperatives. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) SHG. 12. Which one of the following is a minimum necessity of a human being? A) Internet. B) Food & Safe drinking water. C) Luxury ornaments. D) Supper Utility Vehicle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Food & Safe drinking water. 13. The realisation of the nutritional value of ..... food is growing all over the world. A) Commercial farming. B) Plantation farming. C) Organic farming. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Organic farming. 14. Poverty across different classes, regions or countries is called: A) Cross region Poverty. B) Absolute Poverty. C) Ralative Poverty. D) Differential Povery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ralative Poverty. 15. What is the poverty ratio in the state of Odisha? A) 33.7%. B) 23.43%. C) 44%. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of the above. 16. Which organisation carries out survey for determining the poverty line? A) NSSO. B) CSO. C) Planning commission. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NSSO. 17. Persons below the poverty line in India are classified as such based on whether: [IAS 1999] A) They are entitled to a minimum prescribed food basket. B) They get work for a prescribed minimum number of days in a year. C) They belong to agricultural labourer household and the scheduled caste/tribe social group. D) Their daily wages fall below the prescribed minimum wages. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They are entitled to a minimum prescribed food basket. 18. The strategic aim of IRDP is : A) To reduce unemployment. B) To provide the required inputs for increasing agricultural productivity. C) To provide more opportunities for rural employment and credit facilities at concessional rate of interest. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To provide more opportunities for rural employment and credit facilities at concessional rate of interest. 19. What is the main objective of Antyodaya programme? A) Uplift the poor. B) Uplift the urban poor. C) Uplift the farmer. D) Uplift the landless labour. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Uplift the poor. 20. Swarn Jayanti Gram Swa-Rozgar Yojna came into being in : [UPPCS 2002] A) April 1995. B) July 2001. C) April 1997. D) April 1999. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) April 1999. 21. Unemployment in a developing country generally takes place due to : A) Switch over from one job to another. B) Lack of effective demand. C) Seasonal factors. D) Lack of complementary factors of production. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lack of complementary factors of production. 22. Which state has focused more on human resource development? A) Punjab. B) West Bengal. C) Kerala. D) Tamil Nadu. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kerala. 23. With reference to the Government of India's various programmes, what is Nirmal Gram Puraskar? [IAS 2006] A) It is an incentive scheme of scholarships for female sportspersons from villages who represent their states in any game. B) It is an incentive scheme Panchayati Raj institutions. C) It is an incentive scheme for schools in the villages for computer education. D) It is an incentive scheme of scholarships for the single girl child in families in villages. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is an incentive scheme Panchayati Raj institutions. 24. In which state have land reform measures helped to reduce poverty A) Kerala. B) West Bengal. C) Tamil Nadu. D) Punjab. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) West Bengal. 25. One of the reasons for India's occupational structure remaining more or less the same over the years has been that: [IAS 1995] A) Productivity in agriculture has been high enough to induce people to stay with agriculture. B) People are largely unaware of the significance of transition from agriculture to industry for economic development. C) Investment pattern has been directed towards capital intensive industries. D) Ceilings on land holdings have enabled more people to- own land and hence their preference to stay with agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) People are largely unaware of the significance of transition from agriculture to industry for economic development. 26. Which social group is most vulnerable to poverty in India? A) Scheduled castes. B) Scheduled tribe. C) Casual labourers. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 27. Which group is mose vulnerable to Poverrty in India A) Schedule Caste. B) Schedule Tribes. C) Casual Labourers. D) All of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the Above. 28. Which of the following schemes launched by the Govt. of India aims at enhancing the livelihood security of the people in rural areas by guaranteeing hundred days of employment in a financial year to a rural household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work? [RBI Grade B Officer 2011] A) Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana. B) ASHA. C) Kutir Jyoti Scheme. D) MNREGA. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) MNREGA. 29. In India absolute poverty is measured in terms of: A) GDP. B) Unemployment Rate. C) Per capita income. D) Poverty Line. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Poverty Line. 30. In India, present trend of rapid urbanisation is due to: A) Lack of employment opportunities in rural areas. B) Influence of cinema and electronic media. C) Break up of joint family system. D) Abolition of zamindari system. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lack of employment opportunities in rural areas. 31. There is a probability for certain groups of people to became more poor in future is called: A) Incidence of Poverty. B) Social Exclusion. C) Poverty Probability. D) Vulnerability. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vulnerability. 32. ..... is a women-oriented community based poverty reduction programme implemented in Kerala. A) TANWA. B) Kudumbashree. C) RRB. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kudumbashree. 33. The Govt. of India has launched a number of poverty alleviation programmes. This is done with the view that poverty is the root cause of social insecurity. In addition to that UNO has also launched Millennium Development Goals to be achieved by 2015.Which of the following is NOT one of those goals? [Punjab & Sindh Bank 2011] A) Reduce marriageable age for males to 18 yr. B) Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria. C) Achieve universal primary education. D) Improve mental health. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reduce marriageable age for males to 18 yr. 34. What helped West Bengal in reducing poverty? A) Human resource development. B) Public distribution of food grains. C) Population control. D) Land reform measures. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Land reform measures. 35. What is the main cause of poverty in India? A) High income inequalities. B) Less job opportunities. C) High growth in population. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 36. The earlier Food for Work programme has been subsummed with which of the following programme? A) MGNREGP. B) Minimum needs programme. C) Mid-day Meal Scheme. D) Integrated rural Development Programme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) MGNREGP. 37. Which scheme encouraged people to open bank account in 2004? A) National old age scheme. B) Jan Dhan Yojana. C) Integrated Child development scheme. D) Public distribution system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jan Dhan Yojana. 38. Which of the following is a self employment Programme? A) Prime Minister's Rozgar Yojna. B) MGNREGS. C) Food for Work Programme. D) Pradhan Mantri Gram Dasak Yojna. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prime Minister's Rozgar Yojna. 39. The minimum calorie intake required per person per day in rural and urban areas respectively to determine the poverty line in India is: A) 2400 & 2100. B) 2100 & 2400. C) 2200 & 2000. D) 2000 & 2200. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2400 & 2100. 40. Which of the following is NOT an economic empowerment scheme launched by the Govt. of India for the benefit of various sections of society? [Punjab & Sindh Bank 2011] A) STEP. B) Swayamsidha. C) KALPANA-1. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) KALPANA-1. 41. Which Committee's recommendations are being followed for estimating Poverty Line in India? A) Chakravorty Committee. B) Lakdawala Committee. C) Dutt Committee. D) Chelliah Committee. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lakdawala Committee. 42. Poverty in less developed countries is largely due to [CPO SI 2010] A) Lack of cultural activities. B) Income inequality. C) Lack of intelligence of the people. D) Voluntary idleness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Income inequality. 43. ..... is an assurance to the farmers that a minimum price will be fixed by the government to purchase farmers produce. A) Maximum support price. B) Minimum support price. C) Maximum retail price. D) None of above. 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