This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Commerce > Economics Indian Economic Development > Class 11 Economics (Indian Economic Development) Chapter 4 Poverty – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Economics (Indian Economic Development) Chapter 4 Poverty Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In Latin America, the ratio of poverty- A) Declined. B) Increased. C) Remained the same. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Remained the same. 2. Discrimination is when ..... because of their gender, race or social group. A) People are treated the same. B) People are treated differently. C) People are treated badly. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) People are treated badly. 3. In richer countries, poverty is? A) More of a problem. B) Less of a problem. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) More of a problem. 4. Poverty Point Native Americans wore gorgets or ornaments which is evidence they had an advanced culture. A) Cultural Characteristics. B) Geographic/Historical Characteristics. C) Economic Characteristics. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cultural Characteristics. 5. What does the A stand for in our CARE acronym A) Awareness. B) Autonomy. C) Affirmation. D) Alliance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Affirmation. 6. Over half of the 15-year-olds in Latin America struggle to read and write. Math and science skills among this group are also very low. From this it can be gathered that. A) Much of Latin America is struggling economically. B) Rain forests in Latin America are being destroyed. C) Agriculture is a small part of the Latin American economy. D) Latin American governments do not pay for public schools. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Much of Latin America is struggling economically. 7. Two Typical Cases of Poverty (Choose one ) A) Ubran Case. B) Situational Poverty. C) Absolute poverty. D) Generational Poverty. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ubran Case. 8. What evidence suggests that Mound A was used for religious purposes? A) Religious texts left behind tell us about the ceremonies held there. B) Large logs have been found inside the mounds. C) Petroglyph or paintings show us that ceremonies were held there. D) The remains of firepits and post holes suggest religious ceremonies. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The remains of firepits and post holes suggest religious ceremonies. 9. The Poverty Point Site has been designated to be A) A Global Heritage Site. B) An International Wildlife Refuge. C) A United Nations World Heritage Site. D) A Louisiana Cuisine Origins SIte. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A United Nations World Heritage Site. 10. What's the French for "sympathetic" ? A) Compatissant. B) Sympathique. C) Amical. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compatissant. 11. Poverty Point was the center of a huge trading network. A) Cultural Characteristics. B) Economic Characteristics. C) Geographic/Historical Characteristics. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Economic Characteristics. 12. In the United States, which is true about large groups of full-time, year-round employees? A) They are above the poverty line. B) They are considered upper-class. C) They are still below federal poverty guidelines. D) They are considered middle-class. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They are still below federal poverty guidelines. 13. The ability of an individual to move to a higher income level within their own lifetime is called ..... social mobility A) Intragenerational. B) Intergenerational. C) Pseudogenerational. D) Antigenerational. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Intragenerational. 14. What type of jobs are disappearing in many countries? A) Corporate Jobs. B) Engineering Jobs. C) Teaching Jobs. D) Traditional Jobs like Farming. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Traditional Jobs like Farming. 15. Which of the following is not a policy to alleviate poverty A) Progressive taxation. B) Improvements in education. C) High population growth. D) Higher welfare benefits. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) High population growth. 16. Which statement about poverty is true A) Poverty has little effect on people's health. B) Wealthier countries tend to have fewer people living in poverty. C) Poverty has little effect on standard of living. D) Countries with welfare programs have eliminated the problem of poverty. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wealthier countries tend to have fewer people living in poverty. 17. What are the causes of growing regional disparities in India? A) Geographical factors. B) Historical factors. C) Infrastructure. D) Decline in public investment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Historical factors. 18. "A category of unemployment arising from the mismatch between the jobs available in the market and the skills of the available workers in the market." Which type of unemployment is being discussed here? A) Disguised Unemployment. B) Frictional Unemployment. C) Structural Unemployment. D) Cyclical Unemployment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Structural Unemployment. 19. Which of the following committee is not related to poverty estimation? A) Tendulkar Committee. B) Balwantrai Mehta Committee. C) Lakdawala Committee. D) Rangarajan committee. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Balwantrai Mehta Committee. 20. What was the main purpose of Muhammad Yunus's microcredit initiative? A) To provide large-scale industrial loans to corporations. B) To enable low-income individuals to participate in the economy through small loans. C) To establish government-controlled banks in rural areas. D) To encourage migration from rural to urban centers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To enable low-income individuals to participate in the economy through small loans. 21. What makes Poverty Point different from most hunter-gathers societies? A and B A, B, and C None of the above A) Economic System. B) Leadership. C) Farming. D) Religion. E) A, B and D. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) A, B and D. 22. I am a 42-year-old proud citizen of my country. I love my country and my fellow citizens, but I wish I had more say in how my country is governed. I can vote for some local politicians, but they are always from the same party-the same party as the leader of the country. I have no say in who leads the country and controls the economy. In which country does the speaker likely live in? A) Brazil. B) Canada. C) Cuba. D) Mexico. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cuba. 23. "A country that has a high standard of living and is economically advanced" is the definition of which vocabulary term? A) Developing Country. B) Working Poor. C) Developed Country. D) Low standard of living. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Developed Country. 24. What do we need to eradicate from this land? A) Poverty. B) Voting. C) Laws. D) Trash. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poverty. 25. 'Scholars identify the poor on the basis of A) Their occupation. B) Ownership of assets. C) Gender inequality. D) (a) and (b). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) (a) and (b). 26. Archaeologists have found figurines shaped like people which could be used to honor ancestors, or for religious purposes. A) Cultural Characteristics. B) Economic Characteristics. C) Geographic/Historical Characteristics. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cultural Characteristics. 27. Are you being nice to the sub? A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 28. The Poverty line in India is prepared on the basis of A) Income of individual. B) National income. C) Per capita income. D) Consumption expenditure. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Consumption expenditure. 29. 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. 30. Rural poor mainly includes A) Landless labourers. B) Street vendors. C) Rag pickers. D) Push cart vendors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Landless labourers. 31. What does the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) measure? A) Only income levels. B) Deprivations in education, health, and standard of living. C) Employment rates. D) Government policies. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deprivations in education, health, and standard of living. 32. Research shows that when the government makes businesses give workers paid sick days, what happens? A) The businesses go bankrupt. B) Workers take the day off to play football. C) Workers take the day off to volunteer at hospitals. D) The spread of influenza is reduced by up to 40 percent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The spread of influenza is reduced by up to 40 percent. 33. A dollar today only buys what percent of what it could buy in 2009? A) 70.423%. B) 2.52%. C) 41.76%. D) 50%. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 70.423%. 34. Number of poor people in China has come down from 600 million people in 1989 to ..... in 2001 A) 215. B) 245. C) 270. D) 315. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 215. 35. According to the World bank, poverty is measured by A) People living below Rs.100 per day. B) People living below $ 1.90 per day. C) People living below Rs.550 per month. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) People living below $ 1.90 per day. 36. True or False:Poverty has been linked to lower levels of student achievement and increasedpropensities for behavioral problems. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 37. Non poor implies persons who are A) Never poor. B) Churning poor. C) Chronic poor. D) Transient poor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Never poor. 38. Some government responses to poverty include: A) Raising the minimum wage. B) Universal preschool. C) Universal health care. D) Make college free. E) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) All of the above. 39. The people who never move above the poverty line are called A) Chronic poor. B) Transient poor. C) Non-poor. D) Churning poor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chronic poor. 40. Which one of the following is NOT a type poverty? A) Spiritual. B) Economic. C) Energy. D) Environmental. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Energy. 41. Consider the following statements;Poverty line estimation in India is based on income levels. Poverty estimation in India is carried out by NITI Aayog's task force. Which of the following statements is correct? A) 1 only. B) 2 only. C) Both 1 and 2. D) Neither 1 nor 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2 only. 42. Which of these is not a cause of poverty in The United States A) Lack of Education. B) Lowering of nation's GDP. C) Location(inner cities). D) Racial and gender discrimination. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lowering of nation's GDP. 43. Which percentage of Americans didn't get health care and skipped doctor-recommended tests because they couldn't afford them? A) 25%. B) 50%. C) 10%. D) 0%. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 25%. 44. The minimum calorie requirement in Rural areas to decide poverty line is A) 2600 calories. B) 2000 calories. C) 2400 calories. D) 2100 calories. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2400 calories. 45. Poverty Point was built by Native Americans between 1700 B.C. and 1100 B.C. A) Cultural Characteristics. B) Economic Characteristics. C) Geographic/Historical Characteristics. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Geographic/Historical Characteristics. 46. Rivers were the main transportation routes for Native Americans A) Cultural Characteristics. B) Economic Characteristics. C) Geographic/Historical Characteristics. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Economic Characteristics. 47. What is the yearly income that categorizes an individual under the poverty line in the United States? A) $ 15, 000. B) $ 20, 000. C) $ 25, 000. D) $ 11, 000. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) $ 11, 000. 48. True or false:People with low-incomes are more likely to have chronic health conditions such as diabetes? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 49. Citizens directly elect the leader of the national government in? A) Presidential autocracy. B) Parliamentary autocracy. C) Presidential democracy. D) Parliamentary democracy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Presidential democracy. 50. Research has shown that when many residents in a neighborhood are poor, the rate of infection from influenza has been ..... A) Lower than in wealthier areas. B) Almost double that of wealthier areas. C) The same as wealthier areas. D) There is actually no research on this topic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Almost double that of wealthier areas. 51. What fundamental needs must be restored to improve the DRC's economy? A) Technology and innovation. B) Stability and confidence. C) Education and healthcare. D) Agriculture and tourism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stability and confidence. 52. The main economic activity of The Poverty Point People was: A) Fishing. B) Trapping. C) Trading. D) Hunting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Trading. 53. What is the purpose of providing free education and healthcare? A) To limit access to resources. B) To maintain high living standards for the wealthy. C) To ensure opportunities for improving living standards. D) To reduce government spending. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To ensure opportunities for improving living standards. 54. What is the poverty line? A) The line that separates the rich and the poor. B) The line that represents the average income of a country. C) The minimum level of income required to meet basic needs. D) The maximum level of income beyond which one is considered wealthy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The line that separates the rich and the poor. 55. From your EdPuzzle:Zach and Chris started their journey in ..... A) Guatemala City, Guatemala. B) Dominic Republic. C) Jamaica. D) Mexico City, Mexico. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Guatemala City, Guatemala. 56. Anything made or used by humans A) Archeologist. B) Natural Resource. C) Trade. D) Artifact. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Artifact. 57. Native American at Poverty Point did not grow food or raise animals. They survived and thrived as a hunter gatherer society. A) Cultural Characteristics. B) Economic Characteristics. C) Geographic/Historical Characteristics. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Geographic/Historical Characteristics. 58. Archaeologists know Native Americans traded at Poverty Point because they have found rocks at Poverty Point which are not from Louisiana. A) Cultural Characteristics. B) Economic Characteristics. C) Geographic/Historical Characteristics. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Economic Characteristics. 59. Which of the following is not an objective of MNREGA? A) One-third of the proposed jobs have been reserved for women. B) Sustainable development to address the cause of draughts. C) Giving additional central assistance is to states for basic services. D) Providing at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Giving additional central assistance is to states for basic services. 60. Which one of the following are categorised as "most poor" ? A) Chronic Poor. B) Occasionally Poor. C) Both (a) and (b). D) Neither (a) nor (b). 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