This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian Economy > Social > Poverty Unemployment And Alleviation Programmes – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poverty Unemployment And Alleviation Programmes Quiz 3 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following is not a dimesion of Poverty Reduction approach in India? A) Growth Oriented Approach. B) Specific Poverty Alleviation Programmes. C) Income Creation Approach. D) Providing Basic Amenities to the poor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Income Creation Approach. 2. Among the following who are eligible to benefit from the "Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act" ? [CSAT 2011] A) Adult members of only the scheduled Caste and scheduled tribe households. B) Adult members of below poverty line (BPL) households. C) Adult members of households of all backward communities. D) Adult members of any household. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adult members of any household. 3. Under Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme (lGNOAPS), the benefits are available to the people having minimum age of ..... [Bank of India PO 2010] A) 50 years. B) 55 years. C) 65 years. D) 70 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 65 years. 4. Who is considered as poorest among the poor? A) Women. B) Elderrly people. C) Female infants. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 5. Minimum daily intake of calories for determining poverty line for rural area is A) 2100. B) 2400. C) 1600. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2400. 6. Poverty line in rural areas is (As per 1999-2000 prices) A) Rs. 328. B) Rs. 370. C) Rs. 454. D) Rs. 460. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rs. 328. 7. Which of the following is not valid reason for the poverty alleviation programme in India? A) Lack of proper implementation. B) Lack of right targeting. C) Corruption at the highest level. D) Overlaping of schemes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Corruption at the highest level. 8. Lack of education, employment and health care detemines A) Vulnerability. B) Poverty. C) Under development. D) Unemployment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vulnerability. 9. The Minimum Needs Programme aims to: A) Provide means for greater mechanization of agriculture. B) Improve the living condition of the poor and also promote their education and health. C) Provide necessary resources by way of refinance to primary lenders. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Improve the living condition of the poor and also promote their education and health. 10. India's wage policy is based on : [Railways 1994] A) Cost of living. B) Standard of living. C) Productivity. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cost of living. 11. A person is considered poor if his or her income or consumption level falls below a given ..... level. A) Maximum. B) Minimum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Minimum. 12. Which of following is a principal cause of poverty in an underdeveloped economy? A) Low level of Economic Growth. B) Unemployment and Under Employment. C) Capital Deficiency. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 13. Which form of following consider as poor A) A rich landlord. B) A businessman. C) A landless labourer. D) A teacher. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A landless labourer. 14. Which program was launched with the aim to create self-employment opportunities in rural areas and small towns. A) Pradhan Mantri Rozgar Yojana. B) Pradham Mantri Gramodaya Yojana. C) Rural Employment Generation Programme. D) Antyodaya Anna Yojana. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rural Employment Generation Programme. 15. How many people are in India are below poverty Line? A) 30crore. B) 26crore. C) 28crore. D) 24crore. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 26crore. 16. Which of the following programmes was launched in the year 2000? A) National Rural Employment Guarantee Act. B) Prime Minister Rojgar Yojana. C) Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojna. D) Pradhan Mantri Gramodaya Yojana. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pradhan Mantri Gramodaya Yojana. 17. A cut of point on the line of distribution which distinguish people as poor and Non-poor is called: A) Cut off Line. B) Poverty Line. C) Relative poverty. D) Distribution Line. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Poverty Line. 18. The calorie requirement is higher in the rural areas because: A) They do not enjoy as much as people in the urban areas. B) Food items are expensive. C) They are engaged in mental work. D) People are engaged in physical labour. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) People are engaged in physical labour. 19. Poverty Gap is : A) The difference between poverty line and actual income levels of all those living below that line. B) Gap between the rich and the poor. C) Gap between developed nations and developing nations. D) Gap in infrastructural facilities between developed and developing nations. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The difference between poverty line and actual income levels of all those living below that line. 20. The type of unemployment mostly found in India can be characterised as : A) Structural. B) Frictional. C) Cyclical. D) Disguised. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Disguised. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesIndian Economy QuizzesPoverty Unemployment And Alleviation Programmes Quiz 1Poverty Unemployment And Alleviation Programmes Quiz 2Poverty Unemployment And Alleviation Programmes Quiz 4Poverty Unemployment And Alleviation Programmes Quiz 5Poverty Unemployment And Alleviation Programmes Quiz 6 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books