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 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Economics (Indian Economic Development) Chapter 4 Poverty Quiz 5 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What are the non-institutional sources of credit? A) Moneylenders. B) Tradesmen. C) Landlords. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 2. Which method is used to estimate the poverty line in India? A) Investment method. B) Income method. C) Capital method. D) Human method. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Income method. 3. "A condition where household income is below the average standard of living of their country" is the definition of which vocabulary term? A) Minimum Wage. B) Living Wage. C) Absolute Poverty. D) Relative Poverty. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Relative Poverty. 4. This type of poverty is inability is generally related to the lack of some basic attribute that would permit the individual to maintain himself or herself. A) Relative Poverty. B) Case Poverty. C) Absolute Poverty. D) Collective Poverty. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Case Poverty. 5. What is a plummet? A) A fishing net. B) A plumber. C) A fruit. D) A flower. E) Something on the end of a fishing net to weigh it down. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Something on the end of a fishing net to weigh it down. 6. We determine a country's economic growth by using GDP. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. Increasing staying-on rates or enrolment rates in schools. A) Promoting economic growth. B) Progressive taxation. C) Minimum wage. D) Improving education. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Improving education. 8. When was Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana launched? A) 2000. B) 1999. C) 1998. D) 2001. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1999. 9. In Kerala, land reform measures have helped in reducing poverty. A) False. B) True. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 10. How can land reform help reduce poverty? A) By increasing taxes on landowners. B) By increasing ownership of land. C) By limiting land ownership. D) By reducing agricultural output. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By increasing ownership of land. 11. Automation (when you replace workers with machines) has caused what? A) Improved productivity. B) Increased wages. C) Structual unemployment. D) Increased job opportunities. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Structual unemployment. 12. What makes Poverty Point's location important? A) The availability for trade. B) The natural resources located in the area. C) It's location along the Mississippi River. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 13. What is cyclical unemployment? A) Unemployment that results when people become discouraged about their chances of finding a job so that they stop looking for work. B) Portion of unemployment that is due to changes in the structure of the economy that results in a significant loss of jobs in certain industries. C) Unemployment that occurs during recessions and depressions. D) Portion of unemployment that is due to the normal working of the labour market. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unemployment that occurs during recessions and depressions. 14. What is a consequence of being in poverty? A) Better healthcare access. B) Easier access to education. C) Difficulty in escaping poverty. D) Increased job opportunities. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Difficulty in escaping poverty. 15. It is characterized by a lack of access to food, clothing, and shelter. The characteristics of this type of poverty are the same from place to place. A) Relative Poverty. B) Asset Poverty. C) Cyclical Poverty. D) Absolute Poverty. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Absolute Poverty. 16. What type of poverty is defined by living on less than $ 2.12 a day? A) Relative poverty. B) Abject poverty. C) Moderate poverty. D) Absolute poverty. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Absolute poverty. 17. Small farmers and seasonal workers are categorised as A) Chronic poor. B) Churning poor. C) Occasionally poor. D) Both B and C. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Churning poor. 18. What initiative aims to improve trade relations among African countries, similar to the European Union? A) African Union. B) African Economic Community. C) Pan-African Economic Alliance. D) African Free Trade Zone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) African Free Trade Zone. 19. Women, children and old people are the ..... of the poor A) Intelligent. B) Educated. C) Poorest. D) Richest. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Poorest. 20. The first Census in india durring the Britsh period was held during the tenure of: A) Lord Lytton. B) Lord Ripon. C) Lord Dufferin. D) Lord Mayo. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lord Mayo. 21. Complete the sentence:The poor people often feel ..... A) Happy. B) Joyful. C) Desperate. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Desperate. 22. Which of the following programme ia also known as National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) A) Prime Minister Rozgar Yojana (PMRY). B) Swarna jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY). C) Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana. D) Rural Employment Guarantee Programme (REGP). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana. 23. ..... and ..... are the 2 poorest states. A) Bihar and Kerala. B) Odisha and Bihar. C) Odisha and West Bengal. D) West Bengal and Arunachal Pradesh. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Odisha and Bihar. 24. State whether this would be included as part of the UN's definition of poverty:Limited access to postgraduate course A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 25. This is a state of one who lacks a usual or socially acceptable amount of money or material possessions. A) Poverty. B) Employment. C) Economics. D) Unemployment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poverty. 26. Which of the following is considered as social infrastructure? A) Communication. B) Energy. C) Education. D) Transport. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Education. 27. People in the United States are most likely to live in which type of poverty? A) Absolute. B) Relative. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Relative. 28. Poverty Point was built during the ..... period. A) Late Archaic. B) Middle Archaic. C) Neo. D) Paleo. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Late Archaic. 29. The proportion of poor people in every state is same. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 30. Which of the following continents has the highest rate of absolute poverty? A) North America. B) Africa. C) Asia. D) Europe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Africa. 31. Which state has the largest percentage of poor people in India? A) Kerala. B) Punjab. C) Bihar. D) Orissa. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Orissa. 32. Global Burden of Disease (GBD) as an indicator is used to assess: A) The quantity of life (number of year) lived by the people. B) The quantity of (disease free) life lived by people. C) Both the quantity and quality of life lived by people. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both the quantity and quality of life lived by people. 33. In which year, "National Food for Work Programme" was launched? A) 2008. B) 2010. C) 1999. D) 2004. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2004. 34. About ..... million in India live in people. A) 270. B) 280. C) 260. D) 300. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 260. 35. National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) does not: A) Guarantee wage employment. B) Enhances livelihood security to rural household. C) Promote inclusive growth. D) Guarantee 100 days employment in a year to every adult member of a rural household. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Promote inclusive growth. 36. Poverty Point was the cultural capital for this region of North America. A) Cultural Characteristics. B) Geographic/Historical Characteristics. C) Economic Characteristics. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cultural Characteristics. 37. Literacy rates normally increase as income per person increases in an economy A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 38. What is the main challenge with the DRC's diamond mines compared to those in Canada? A) Use of outdated technology. B) Environmental regulations. C) Lack of skilled labor. D) Geographical inaccessibility. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Use of outdated technology. 39. The Lorenz Curve Shows A) The level of unemployment. B) The total income received in our country. C) The unequal distribution of income in our economy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The unequal distribution of income in our economy. 40. People who do not have the money and possessions that are necessary to give them an adequate standard of living are said to be living in ..... A) Poverty. B) Foreclosure. C) Destitution. D) Lavishness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poverty. 41. How long did it take the people of Poverty Point to build Mound A or Bird Mound? A) 5-10 years. B) Hundreds of years. C) Thousands of years. D) 30-90 Days. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 30-90 Days. 42. Which of the following is FALSE about literacy rate? A) It's high in developing countries. B) It's high in developed countries. C) It shows how many people are educated in a country. D) It measures how many adults can read/write in a country. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It's high in developing countries. 43. The population of Central America is? A) Most of the people of Central America are poor farmers who have little political power. B) Most of the people of Central America are office workers and considered middle class. C) Most of the people of Central America earn comfortable wages from working factory jobs. D) Most of the people of Central America live in cities and are employed in service industries. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Most of the people of Central America are poor farmers who have little political power. 44. What is underemployment? A) Portion of unemployment that is due to changes in the structure of the economy that results in a significant loss of jobs in certain industries. B) A situation where a person does not receive the remuneration he/she deserves from his/her present occupation and also his/her capabilities are not fully used. C) A situation where marginal product of labour is zero. D) Unemployment that occurs during recessions and depressions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A situation where a person does not receive the remuneration he/she deserves from his/her present occupation and also his/her capabilities are not fully used. 45. Identify the programme which aim at improving the food and nutritional status of the poor? A) Public Distribution System (PDS). B) Integrated Child Development Scheme(ICDS). C) Midday meal scheme( MDMS). D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 46. The ..... goals of the United Nations calls for reducing the proportion of people living on less than $ 1 a day to half the1990 level by 2015. A) Development. B) Millennium Development Goals. C) Milenium Development Goals. D) Millennium. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Millennium Development Goals. 47. UWSP and USEP are the 2 components of which yojana? A) Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana. B) Indira Awas Yojana. C) Swarna Jayanti Shahri Rozgar Yojana. D) Antodaya Anna Yojana. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Swarna Jayanti Shahri Rozgar Yojana. 48. ..... poverty may be widespread, but it lasts for a limited time. (for example, a hurricane may make people temporarily homeless) A) Cyclical. B) Episodic. C) Momentary. D) Transient. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cyclical. 49. Why do you believe Poverty Point was located adjacent to the Mississippi River? A) Trade. B) Food. C) Rich soil. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 50. It is defined as the total lack of resources and means required to meet the most basic standards of living. A) Cyclical poverty. B) Absolute Poverty. C) Collective Poverty. D) Relative Poverty. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Absolute Poverty. 51. The Poverty Point people traveled far and wide to get ..... and stones to build the mounds. A) Water. B) Soil. C) Food. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Soil. 52. The first poverty line was based on A) Adult cost of calorie consumption. B) Adult jail cost of living. C) Calorie consumption. D) Adult cost of living. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adult jail cost of living. 53. How old do you have to be before you can called unemployed? A) 15. B) 30. C) 21. D) 17. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 17. 54. By which year the government was aiming to meet the Millennium Development Goals including the rate of global poverty? A) 2017. B) 2013. C) 2009:. D) 2015. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2015. 55. Which of the following is wage employment Programme? A) Prime Minister Rozgar Yojana. B) Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana. C) Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana. D) Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act. 56. Which of the following organisation/agencies specifically set up to boost overall Rural Development in India? A) SIDBI. B) SEBI. C) RBI. D) NABARD. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) NABARD. 57. What is the percentage of people in the country who are below the poverty threshold called? A) Poverty Rate. B) Poverty Number. C) Poverty Index. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poverty Rate. 58. To measure standard of living, economist look at whether people can afford the basics: A) Televisions, cars, boats. B) Education, health care, car. C) Clean water, food, shelter, clothing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Clean water, food, shelter, clothing. 59. The cost of living ..... from place to place. A) Stays the same. B) Varies. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Varies. 60. Why was the SGSY scheme designed? A) To give jobs to those who need them. B) To promote all aspects of self-employment. C) To give jobs to those who lost it in COVID. D) Both (a) and (c). 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