This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian Economy > Social > Poverty Unemployment And Alleviation Programmes – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poverty Unemployment And Alleviation Programmes Quiz 5 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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. 2. 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. 3. 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. 4. 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. 5. Swarn Jayanti Gram Swa-Rozgar Yojna came into being in : [UPPCS 2002] A) April 1995. B) April 1997. C) April 1999. D) July 2001. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) April 1999. 6. 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. 7. Which state has focused more on human resource development? A) Tamil Nadu. B) Punjab. C) West Bengal. D) Kerala. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kerala. 8. Every ..... person is poor in India. A) 2nd. B) 3rd. C) 4th. D) 5th. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 4th. 9. 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 the single girl child in families in villages. B) It is an incentive scheme of scholarships for female sportspersons from villages who represent their states in any game. C) It is an incentive scheme for schools in the villages for computer education. D) It is an incentive scheme Panchayati Raj institutions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It is an incentive scheme Panchayati Raj institutions. 10. In which state have land reform measures helped to reduce poverty A) Tamil Nadu. B) Punjab. C) West Bengal. D) Kerala. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) West Bengal. 11. 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. 12. 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. 13. 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. 14. 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) Kutir Jyoti Scheme. C) ASHA. D) MNREGA. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) MNREGA. 15. In India absolute poverty is measured in terms of: A) Poverty Line. B) GDP. C) Per capita income. D) Unemployment Rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poverty Line. 16. NFWP is stand for: A) National Federation for Work and Progress. B) National Forest 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. 17. 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. 18. There is a probability for certain groups of people to became more poor in future is called: A) Social Exclusion. B) Vulnerability. C) Incidence of Poverty. D) Poverty Probability. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vulnerability. 19. ..... 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. 20. 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) Improve mental health. B) Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria. C) Reduce marriageable age for males to 18 yr. D) Achieve universal primary education. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reduce marriageable age for males to 18 yr. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesIndian Economy QuizzesPoverty Unemployment And Alleviation Programmes Quiz 1Poverty Unemployment And Alleviation Programmes Quiz 2Poverty Unemployment And Alleviation Programmes Quiz 3Poverty Unemployment And Alleviation Programmes Quiz 4Poverty Unemployment And Alleviation Programmes Quiz 6 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books