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 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Economics (Indian Economic Development) Chapter 4 Poverty Quiz 6 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Those who regularly move in and out of poverty are called A) Chronically poor. B) Churning poor. C) Occasionally poor. D) Transient poor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Churning poor. 2. What's the English for '' au premier plan ''? A) In the frist ground. B) In the foreground. C) In the first plan. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the foreground. 3. In what location are people most likely to be in poverty? A) Suburbs, such as Plano. B) Rural areas working on farms. C) Inner Cities, such as Dallas. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inner Cities, such as Dallas. 4. If the GPD is low, the country will have a higher percentage of people living below the poverty line. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 5. This geographic feature allowed the Poverty Point People to trade long distances:The Appalachian Mountains A) The Sub-Coastal Rift. B) The Appalachian Mountains. C) The Gulf of Mexico. D) The Mississippi River. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Mississippi River. 6. Assume the total population of a country is 200 crores and the people below poverty line is 44 crores. What is the Head Count ratio? A) 25 percent. B) 22 percent. C) 26 percent. D) 20 percent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 22 percent. 7. State whether this would be included as part of the UN's definition of poverty:Low rate of home ownership A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 8. Million children, or about 1 in 11 of all children in the U.S., live at 50 percent below the federal poverty line. A) Fact. B) Fiction. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fact. 9. ..... is a situation in which a large section of people in economy are deprived of the basic necessities. A) Below line poverty. B) Mass poverty. C) Poverty of Line. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mass poverty. 10. Poverty Point was considered a marvel of the ancient world because? A) It had massive earthworks created in a short amount of time. B) It was founded by Native Americans who were considered hunter-gatherers. C) It had great crops to farm with a variety of food. D) It was located on the Mississippi River. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It had massive earthworks created in a short amount of time. 11. According this article, low-income people are more likely to ..... A) Catch coronavirus. B) Die from coronavirus. C) Lose their income due to coronavirus. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 12. Which of the Following is NOT an effect that poverty has on students' education? A) Instructional Gaps. B) Difficulty Processing Information. C) Abundant Resources. D) Unfair Funding. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Abundant Resources. 13. Poverty Point had a dock so boats could stop and trade in the plaza. A) Cultural Characteristics. B) Economic Characteristics. C) Geographic/Historical Characteristics. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Economic Characteristics. 14. What was the primary goal of the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals related to poverty? A) To establish a global minimum wage. B) To eradicate extreme poverty and hunger. C) To promote gender equality in all nations. D) To combat major diseases worldwide. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To eradicate extreme poverty and hunger. 15. When did people occupy the site of Poverty Point? A) 700-100 B.C.E. B) 100-200 A.D. C) 1100-900 B.C.E. D) 1700-1100 B.C.E. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1700-1100 B.C.E. 16. In the developing economies of southern Africa, both infant mortality and life expectancy have fallen. Life expectancy now averages only 41 years. What is the result of these changes? A Current labour supply has fallen. B Fewer primary schools are needed. C Governments will pay for more retirement pensions. D Less will need to be spent on health care. A) B. B) D. C) A. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A. 17. What are soap-stone bowls used for? A) To store food. B) Stone. C) Soap. D) Used for holding food for when eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To store food. 18. It is type of poverty wherein nonindustrial societies (present and past), this sort of inability to provide for one's basic needs rests mainly upon temporary food shortages caused by natural phenomena or poor agricultural planning. A) Asset Poverty. B) Cyclical Poverty. C) Collective Poverty. D) Relative Poverty. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cyclical Poverty. 19. More ..... have been found at the site than any other kind of cultural artifact. A) Beads and pendants. B) Owl pendants. C) Figurines. D) PPOs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) PPOs. 20. True or False:The Effects Poverty has on a Child's Physical Wellbeing are Asthma, Low Birthweight, and pneumonia A) Neither. B) False. C) True. D) Both True and False. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) True. 21. The number of workers actually working or willing to work is called: A) Workforce. B) Labour force. C) Labour supply. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Labour force. 22. What does someone have to do in an economy to make it grow? A) Save. B) Invest. C) Spend Money. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Save. 23. Which of the following is a method to measure poverty? A) Employment statistics. B) Government spending reports. C) Income tax returns. D) Household surveys for MPI. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Household surveys for MPI. 24. The aim of Pradhan Mantri Rozgar Yozana (PMRY) is to create self-employment opportunities for educated unemployed youth in rural areas and A) Cities. B) States. C) Small towns. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Small towns. 25. Transient poor includes: A) Always poor. B) Churning poor. C) Never poor. D) Usually Poor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Churning poor. 26. True or false:People with lower incomes tend to develop chronic health conditions five-fifteen years earlier than people with higher incomes. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 27. What fraction of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) live in poverty? A) Five eigths of the DRC. B) A fourth of the DRC. C) A third of the DRC. D) Half of the DRC. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Half of the DRC. 28. Under which scheme each bank account holder is entitled to Rs.1 lakh accident insurance Rs.30, 000 insurance cover? A) Prime Minister's Rozgar Yojana. B) MGNREGA. C) Jan Dhan Yojana. D) PMRY. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jan Dhan Yojana. 29. In 2011-12, poverty line was defined worth ..... as consumption per person a month for rural areas and ..... for urban areas. A) ₹ 816 and ₹ 1, 000. B) ₹ 1, 012 and ₹ 1, 210. C) ₹ 550 and ₹ 860. D) ₹ 860 and ₹ 673. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ₹ 816 and ₹ 1, 000. 30. What effect would ending the drug trade in Latin America have? A) An increase in immigration to the United States. B) A rise in dictatorships throughout Latin America. C) A decline in tourism from the United States. D) A reduction in poverty levels in Latin America. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A reduction in poverty levels in Latin America. 31. What is an atlatl used for? A) To throw a sphere harder and farther. B) A baby rattle. C) A knife a spear head. D) An alter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To throw a sphere harder and farther. 32. What kind of poverty affects a large number of people for a long time? A) Collective poverty. B) Economic inequality. C) Structural disadvantage. D) Social deprivation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Collective poverty. 33. What is povertry itself? A) When you don't have money. B) When you don't have a job. C) When your begging in th streets. D) When your basic needs aren't met. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) When your basic needs aren't met. 34. Main reason of urban poverty is- A) Lack of job opportunities. B) Seasonal and disguised unemployment. C) Migrants from rural areas to urban areas. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Migrants from rural areas to urban areas. 35. One of the biggest task for independent India is to increase more industries. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 36. If minimum wage had also increased 1.42 times, what would that amount be today? A) $ 20. B) $ 10.30. C) $ 24.50. D) $ 11.25. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) $ 10.30. 37. Poverty Point had abundant food resources because of nearby wetlands, woods, and rivers. A) Cultural Characteristics. B) Economic Characteristics. C) Geographic/Historical Characteristics. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Geographic/Historical Characteristics. 38. What significant progress had been made in reducing extreme poverty globally by 2015? A) The number of people in extreme poverty remained unchanged. B) The number of people in extreme poverty increased to 1.9 billion. C) Extreme poverty was completely eradicated in several countries. D) The number of people in extreme poverty decreased to 836 million. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The number of people in extreme poverty decreased to 836 million. 39. According to the 2011 U.S. Census Bureau, it is a family of 4 (2 adults, 2 children under 18) that earns less than $ 23, 021. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 40. Poverty Point was built during the late Archaic Period. A) Cultural Characteristics. B) Economic Characteristics. C) Geographic/Historical Characteristics. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Geographic/Historical Characteristics. 41. Where people on higher income pay a higher proportion of tax A) Minimum wage. B) Promoting economic growth. C) Improving education. D) Progressive taxation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Progressive taxation. 42. "How expensive it is to live in a certain location" is the definition of which vocabulary term? A) Cost of Living. B) Absolute Poverty. C) Minimum Wage. D) Relative Poverty. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cost of Living. 43. Which two states considered as the poorest states of India? A) Gujrat & M.P. B) U.P. & Bihar. C) Bihar & Orissa. D) Punjab & Haryana. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bihar & Orissa. 44. NFWP was launched in A) December 2005. B) November 2004. C) November 2002. D) December 2003. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) November 2004. 45. Which of the following is TRUE about infant mortality? A) It's high in developed countries. B) It's low in developing countries. C) It's a measure of how many babies die in their first year. D) It shows how good healthcare in a country is. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It's a measure of how many babies die in their first year. 46. Which of the following groups are not vulnerable to poverty? A) Scheduled castes. B) Scheduled tribes. C) Urban casual labour households. D) Medium agricultural farm owners. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Medium agricultural farm owners. 47. Archaeologists have found shards of pottery showing Poverty Point Native Americans used pottery for everyday life. A) Cultural Characteristics. B) Economic Characteristics. C) Geographic/Historical Characteristics. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cultural Characteristics. 48. When was Poverty Point built? A) 100 BCE-500 CE. B) 1700 BCE-1100 BCE. C) 3500 BCE-2800 BCE. D) 700 CE-1300 CE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1700 BCE-1100 BCE. 49. Which of the following is the poverty determination measure? A) Head Count Ratio. B) Sen Index. C) Poverty Gap Index. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 50. National Agricultural Federation (NEFED) was established in ..... A) 1963. B) 1964. C) 1962. D) 1982. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1982. 51. Which of these is not a type of unemployment? A) Frictional. B) Cyclical. C) Structural. D) Bimodal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bimodal. 52. What does the R stand for in our CARE acronym A) Ready. B) Respect. C) Rigor. D) Resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Resources. 53. It refers to the inability of an individual or family to secure basic needs even in social surroundings of general prosperity. A) Collective Poverty. B) Asset poverty. C) Cyclical Poverty. D) Case Poverty. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Case Poverty. 54. Federal minimum wage hasn't changed since ..... ? A) 2019. B) 2011. C) 2009. D) 2023. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2009. 55. How is the labour force defined? A) The population between school-leaving age and retirement age. B) Those who could claim benefit if they were to become unemployed. C) Anyone who is working or actively seeking work. D) Those of workers who are seeking work and are available for work at current wage rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Those of workers who are seeking work and are available for work at current wage rate. 56. What is one effect of uneven distribution of income? A) Increased social unity. B) Division within society. C) Higher average income for all. D) Improved healthcare access. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Division within society. 57. Ensuring that those on low incomes receive a guaranteed rate of income per hour worked A) Progressive taxation. B) Improving education. C) Minimum wage. D) Promoting economic growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Minimum wage. 58. In Pre-Independent India who among the following first to discuss the concept of a poverty line? A) WILLIAM DIGBY. B) VKRV RAO. C) DADABHAI NAOROJI. D) R C DESAI. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) DADABHAI NAOROJI. 59. Some archaeologists believe it was North America's first city. A) Cultural Characteristics. B) Economic Characteristics. C) Geographic/Historical Characteristics. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Geographic/Historical Characteristics. 60. What is disguised unemployment? A) Portion of unemployment that is due to the normal working of the labour market. B) A situation where marginal product of labour is zero. C) Unemployment that occurs during recessions and depressions. D) 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. 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