This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 9 > Economics > Poverty As A Challenge > Class 9 Economics Chapter 3 Poverty As A Challenge – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 9 Economics Chapter 3 Poverty As A Challenge Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of these is not a cause of poverty in India? A) Unemployment. B) Unequal distribution of land. C) High education levels. D) Low economic growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) High education levels. 2. Who advocated that India would be truly independent only when the poorest of its people become free of human suffering? A) Mahatma Gandhi. B) Indira Gandhi. C) Jawahar lal Nehru. D) Subhash Chandra Bose. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mahatma Gandhi. 3. Which concept illustrate poverty trends in India and the world? A) Poverty base. B) Poverty limit. C) Poverty line. D) Hunger line. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Poverty line. 4. What does the official definition of poverty capture? A) Minimum subsistence level of living. B) Reasonable level of living. C) Human poverty. D) Caste and gender discrimination. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Minimum subsistence level of living. 5. Which institution replaced the Planning Commission in India? A) A. Reserve Bank of India. B) D. Election Commission. C) B. Ministry of Finance. D) S.NITI Aayog. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) S.NITI Aayog. 6. What is the poverty ratio in the state of Orissa? A) 32.6 per cent. B) 33.6 per cent. C) 35.6 per cent. D) 34.6 per cent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 32.6 per cent. 7. Who conducts the periodical sample survey for estimating the poverty line in India? A) National Survey Organization. B) National Sample Survey Organization. C) Sample Survey Organization. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) National Sample Survey Organization. 8. Poverty Line in India is estimated periodically by conducting Sample Surveys. These surveys are conducted by:- A) National Sample Survey Organisation. B) Office of Sample Statistics. C) Central Statistical Organisation. D) Reserve Bank of India. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) National Sample Survey Organisation. 9. What was the percentage of the population below the poverty line in India in 2011-12? A) 26%. B) 32%. C) 19%. D) 22%. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 22%. 10. Which organisation carries out survey for determining the poverty line? A) Nsso nsso. B) CSO. C) Planning Commission. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nsso nsso. 11. Green Revolution created many job opportunities in which sector? A) Manufacturing. B) Agriculture. C) Service. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Agriculture. 12. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act provided employment to 220 crores person days of employment to 4.73 crore households. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 13. Poverty in India is also shown higher than the national estimates A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. Which area requires higher salary? A) Urban Areas. B) Rural Areas. C) Both require equal salary. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Urban Areas. 15. The country which has the largest single concentration of the poor people in the world is: A) India. B) Pakistan. C) China. D) Nepal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) India. 16. 2 poorest states in india of all times A) Rajasthan and Haryana. B) Gujarat & Maharashtra. C) Orissa and bihar. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Orissa and bihar. 17. Prime Minister's Rozgar Yojana was started in: A) 1993. B) 1992. C) 1980. D) 1981. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1993. 18. Poverty line in rural areas is (As per 1999-2000 prices) A) Rs. 370. B) Rs. 460. C) Rs 454. D) Rs 328. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rs 328. 19. What is the part time work of Ram saran 's wife? A) Tailor. B) Maid. C) Teacher. D) Nurse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Maid. 20. Average calorie requirement per person per day in rural areas In India is: A) 2100 calories. B) 2400. C) 2000. D) 3400. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2400. 21. States like Madhya Pradesh, Assam, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Odisha are above all A) India middle class level. B) India poverty level. C) India rich level. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) India poverty level. 22. Which one of the following is not considered as a social indicator of poverty? A) Ample job opportunities. B) Lack of access of health care. C) Illiteracy level. D) Inadequate safe drinking water. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ample job opportunities. 23. Poverty is reduced in Punjab and Haryana because of: A) Human resource development. B) Proper management in public distribution of food grains. C) High agricultural growth rates. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) High agricultural growth rates. 24. The average calorie requirement in India is ..... calorie per person per day in rural areas and ..... per person per day in urban areas as per calculations in 2011-12. A) 3200, 2100. B) 2100, 2400. C) 2400, 2100. D) 4400, 3200. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2400, 2100. 25. State in India has focused more on human resource development. A) Kerala. B) Punjab. C) Gujrat. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kerala. 26. Which definition is most appropriate for poverty? A) Poverty is a situation in which aperson is unable to get theminimum basic necessities of life. B) Poor women and children. C) A situation in which aperson does not have enough possessions. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poverty is a situation in which aperson is unable to get theminimum basic necessities of life. 27. Investing in human capital can be done by investing in A) Health and education. B) Land and Capital. C) Communication Services. D) None of the following. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Health and education. 28. Which disease did Lakha Singh's father have? A) Cancer. B) Diabetes. C) TB. D) Heart disease. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) TB. 29. Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan provides elementary education to children belonging to age group of A) 6-14 years. B) 10-15 years. C) 6-10 years. D) 5-10 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 6-14 years. 30. Social groups which are most vulnerable to poverty in India are ..... A) Schaeduled Caste and Schaeduled Tribe. B) Schaduled Caste and Schaduled Tribe. C) Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe. D) Schaduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe. 31. What is the average calorie requirement per person per day in urban India? A) 2500. B) 2400. C) 2800. D) 2100. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2100. 32. Calorie requirements in rural areas are considered to be ..... than urban areas. A) Less. B) Equal. C) Either less or equal. D) More. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) More. 33. What is full form of MGNAREGA A) Mahatma Gandhi Gramin National Right Employment Guarantee Act. B) Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act. C) Maha Gramin National Rural Employment Guarantee Act. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act. 34. Untouchables are not allowed to use the same wells, visit the same temples, or drink from the same cups in tea stalls. A) Vulnerability. B) Social exclusion. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Social exclusion. 35. Which country of South-East Asia made rapid economic growth? A) India. B) China. C) Pakistan. D) Nepal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) China. 36. The Golden Jayanti Gram Self-Employment Scheme Was Laned In: A) 1999. B) 2002. C) 1979. D) 1998. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1999. 37. Who insisted that "India would be truly independent only when the poorest of its people become free from human suffering" ? A) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar. B) Sardar Patel. C) Mahatma Gandhi. D) Narendra Modi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mahatma Gandhi. 38. Which one from the following states is above the national average of poverty ratio? A) West Bengal. B) Tamil Nadu. C) Andhra Pradesh. D) Karnataka. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) West Bengal. 39. Antyodaya Anna Yojana was launched in: A) 1997. B) 2003. C) 1999. D) 2000. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2000. 40. As Per Planning Commission, the Minimum daily intake of calories for determining the poverty line for the Rural Area is? A) 2100. B) 1500. C) 2400. D) Between 2000-4000. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2400. 41. Poverty line estimation is based on the ..... A) Level of Agricultural Production. B) Number of Cars Owned. C) Medical Services puchased. D) Consumption & Income levels. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Consumption & Income levels. 42. ..... and ..... the public distribution of food grains helped to reduce poverty. A) Karnataka & Haryana. B) Tripura and Mizoram. C) Tamil nadu and Andra pradesh. D) Punjab and Uttarakhand. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tamil nadu and Andra pradesh. 43. In which state has the high agricultural growth helped to reduce poerty? A) Jammu and Kashmir. B) West Bengal. C) Punjab. D) Gujrat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Punjab. 44. Which is not a major reason for poverty in India? A) Unemployment. B) High growth in population. C) High Literacy Rate. D) Colonial rule. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) High Literacy Rate. 45. What is the wage rate for unskilled manual workers? A) 302-168. B) 281-168. C) 318-312. D) 297-159. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 281-168. 46. Which of the following is not an anti-poverty programme? A) PMGY. B) NREGA. C) AAY. D) Nsso nsso. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nsso nsso. 47. How many people in India live below the poverty line A) 28 crores. B) 36 crores. C) 26 crores. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 26 crores. 48. Which state in India has the highest poverty ratio according to recent data? A) Kerala. B) Bihar. C) Gujarat. D) Pulp. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bihar. 49. What is the poverty ratio in India? A) 29.6. B) 19.8. C) 21.9. D) 20.1. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 21.9. 50. What is Ram Saran's wife name? A) A Devi. B) Santa Devi. C) Laxmi Devi. D) Sita you have to. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Santa Devi. 51. Which state has the largest percentage of poor's in India? A) Kerala. B) Bihar. C) Orissa. D) Punjab. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Orissa. 52. What is the full form of MNREGA? A) Mhatma Gandhi New Role in Government for All. B) Mahatma Gandhi Employment Rural Generation Act. C) Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Act. D) Mahatma Gandhi Reduction Employment Guarantee Act. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Act. 53. Poverty is a major contributor to vulnerability. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 54. WHAT ARE THE TWO INDICATIONS OF POVERTY FOUND BY SOCIAL SCIENTISTS? A) POVERTY, UNEMPLOYMENT. B) INEQUALITY, LACK OF SANITISATION. C) SOCIAL EXCLUSION, VULNERABILITY. D) POVERTY, INEQUALITY. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) SOCIAL EXCLUSION, VULNERABILITY. 55. When was Rural Employment Generation Programme (REGP) launched? A) 2001. B) 1999. C) 2005. D) 1995. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1995. 56. Which scheme was started in 1993 to create self employment opportunities for educated unemployed youth in rural areas and small towns A) Rural Employment Generation Programme. B) National Rural Employment Guarantee Act. C) Prime Minister Employment Scheme. D) Swarnajayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojna. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prime Minister Employment Scheme. 57. Those who are at the higher Risk of slipping into poverty due to a Natural Disaster are classified as under A) Socially Excluded Groups. B) Vulnerable Groups. C) Labour Groups. D) Unemployed Groups. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vulnerable Groups. 58. According to the World Bank data of 2011 which country is the poorest? A) Nigeria. B) India. C) China. D) Bangladesh. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nigeria. 59. Which of the following is responsible for high poverty rates A) Huge income inequalities. B) Lack of effective implementation of land reforms. C) Unequal distribution of land. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 60. In which of the following Countries did Poverty actually rise from1981 to 2001? A) Russia. B) India. C) Sub-Saharan Africa. D) China. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sub-Saharan Africa. 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