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 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 9 Economics Chapter 3 Poverty As A Challenge Quiz 4 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following Sector is the most labour absorbing sector of Indian economy? A) Secondary Sector. B) Public Sector. C) Tertiary Sector. D) Primary Sector. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Primary Sector. 2. In Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu what has helped reduction of poverty? A) Agricultural growth. B) Land Reforms. C) Public Distribution System. D) Human Resource Development. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Public Distribution System. 3. How many people in India live in poverty 2011-2012 A) 280 million. B) 279 million. C) 200 million. D) 270 million. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 270 million. 4. To make Comparison between Developing Countries, many international using a Uniform Standard Poverty Line, i.e. $ 1.90 per person per day(2011). Which International Organisation has given this poverty line? A) World Bank. B) International Labour Organisation. C) International Monetary Fund. D) UNESCO. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) World Bank. 5. In which type of house does Lakha Singh live? A) Brick House. B) Some house. C) Pakka House. D) Concrete House. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Some house. 6. What has been one of the major reasons for high poverty rates in India? A) Unequal distribution of land and resources. B) High population growth. C) Lack of education. D) Urbanization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unequal distribution of land and resources. 7. Which one of the following is a necessity of a human being? A) Super Utility Vehicle. B) Food & Safe drinking water. C) Internet connectivity. D) Gold ornaments. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Food & Safe drinking water. 8. Which program was launched for rural employment generation? A) Mid-Day Meal Scheme. B) Beti Bachao Beti Padhao. C) Mnrega. D) Pm-kis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mnrega. 9. A person is considered poor if his or her income or consumption level falls below a given ..... level. A) Maximum. B) Highest. C) Equilibrium. D) Minimum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Minimum. 10. Which programme was introduced to create self-employment opportunities for educated unemployed youth in rural areas and small towns? A) Pradhan Mantri Gramodaya Yojana (Pangi). B) Anti-rice project (Eye). C) Swarn Jayanti Village Self-Employment Scheme (Sagasay). D) Pradhan Mantri Employment Scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pradhan Mantri Employment Scheme. 11. Lack of education, employment and health care detemines A) Poverty. B) Under development. C) Unemployment. D) Vulnerability. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vulnerability. 12. Who is considered as poor? A) Landlords. B) Landless labourer. C) A rich farmer. D) Businessman. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Landless labourer. 13. Find out what will NOT be included as an Indicator of Poverty? A) Landlessness. B) Owning a Car. C) Living in a Jhuggi (Slum). D) Size of Family. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Owning a Car. 14. Which organisation carries out a survey for determining the poverty line A) Nsso nsso. B) PMRY. C) PMGY. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nsso nsso. 15. Which of the following would NOT be seen as an indicator of Poverty A) Lack of Clean water and Sanitation. B) Lack of Regular Job. C) Unable to send children to school. D) Unable to Caste Vote in Election. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unable to Caste Vote in Election. 16. Among the economic groups, which of the following groups are the most vulnerable groups in India? A) Rural agricultural labour households and urban casual labour households. B) Urban small shopkeepers. C) Farmers with 1-hectare land. D) Urban daily wages. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rural agricultural labour households and urban casual labour households. 17. What are the causes of poverty A) Less job opportunities and low growth rate of income. B) High growth rate of population. C) The policies of the colonial government ruined traditional handicrafts and discourage development of industries like textiles. D) All of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of above. 18. Which one of the social groups is vulnerable to poverty A) Scheduled caste. B) Urban casual labour. C) Rural agricultural households. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 19. Which are poorest states in India according to "Poverty as a challenge '' chapter A) Odisha and Maharashtra. B) Bihar and Assom. C) Oyish and bihar. D) Gujarat and Goa. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oyish and bihar. 20. Poverty ratio in India as compared to Pakistan is A) Same. B) Half. C) Two times. D) Two and a half times. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Two times. 21. What is the aim of the Public Distribution System (PDS) in India? A) To offer free healthcare. B) To distribute free textbooks. C) To provide employment opportunities. D) To provide subsidized food grains. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To provide subsidized food grains. 22. Which Country of South East Asia made rapid economic growth resulting in a significant decline in poverty? A) India. B) Nepal. C) Pakistan. D) China. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) China. 23. Raghu lives in a slum in Kanpur. He has a wife and two children. He works as an agricultural labour. He earns less than 1900 per month. However, with the help of a govt. scheme he manages to get 13 kg of food grains at the rate of '2 per kg wheat and? '3 per kg rice. Analyse the information given above and identify which one of the following Scheme has assisted Raghu: A) Food for work. B) Antyodaya Card. C) BPL Ration Card. D) APL Ration Card. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antyodaya Card. 24. Which social and economic groups are the most vulnerable in India? A) Scheduled Castes. B) Scheduled Tribes. C) Landless farmers. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 25. Poverty has also resurfaced in A) America. B) Britian. C) Russia. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Russia. 26. Which disease did Lakha Singh's mother have? A) Cancer. B) TB. C) Diabetes. D) Heart disease. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TB. 27. What is the most difficult challenge faced by independent India? A) Malnutrition. B) Unemployment. C) Child Labour. D) Poverty. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Poverty. 28. Which international organisation uses a uniform standard for comparisons of countries? A) UNICEF. B) Red Cross. C) World Health Organisation. D) World Bank. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) World Bank. 29. Disguised unemployment is mostly found in which of the following fields: A) Industries. B) Communication. C) Transportation. D) Farming. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Farming. 30. Which group is the most vulnerable group? A) Schedule Castes. B) Casual Labour Non-Farm. C) Schedule Tribes. D) Casual Labour Farm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Schedule Tribes. 31. The food requirement while estimating poverty line is based on ..... A) Quality of food. B) Quantity of Food. C) Calorie consumption. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Calorie consumption. 32. For how many days Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005, provides employment? A) 90. B) 70. C) 100. D) 80. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 100. 33. Which one of the following Economic groups is vulnerable to poverty? A) Scheduled Caste. B) Scheduled Tribes. C) Rural Agricultural Household. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rural Agricultural Household. 34. Which state of India has used land reform measures to reduce poverty? A) West Bengal. B) Kerala. C) Punjab. D) All these states. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) West Bengal. 35. Social groups which are most vulnerable to poverty are: A) Scheduled castes only. B) Scheduled tribes only. C) Both scheduled castes and scheduled tribes. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both scheduled castes and scheduled tribes. 36. Which state has focused more on human Resource Development? A) Madhya pradesh. B) Kerala. C) Gujarat. D) Maharashtra. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kerala. 37. Every fourth person in India is poor i.e., 270 million people in India live under poverty in A) 2011-2012. B) 2008-2009. C) 2012-2013. D) 2018-2019. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2011-2012. 38. What is Extreme poverty? A) Living on less than $ 10 per day. B) Living on less than $ 2.5 per day. C) Living on less than $ 5 per day. D) Living on less than $ 1.9 per day. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Living on less than $ 1.9 per day. 39. What are some challenges that people in poverty face? A) Lack of access to health care. B) Education. C) Food insecurity. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 40. Swarn Jayanti Village Self-Employment Scheme Was Laned in A) 1999. B) 2000. C) 1995. D) 2001. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1999. 41. Which sector employs the largest number of poor people in India? A) Industry. B) Technology. C) Services. D) Agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Agriculture. 42. How many types of poverty are there? A) Two. B) Three. C) Four. D) One. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Two. 43. Malnutrition, lack of healthcare are ..... of poverty A) Social indicators. B) Social exclusion. C) Vulnerability. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Social indicators. 44. State which has highest poverty in India is: A) Madhya pradesh. B) Assam. C) Karnataka. D) Bihar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bihar. 45. Pradhan Mantri Gramodaya Yozana (PMGY) was launched in A) 2005. B) 1999. C) 1995. D) 2000. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2000. 46. Vulnerability to poverty is determined by the options for finding an alternative living in terms of A) ASSETS. B) EDUCATION. C) HEALTH. D) ALL THE ABOVE. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) ALL THE ABOVE. 47. Total income of Ram Saran's family was- A) 1200+ 300+200. B) Rs 50 per day. C) 1500+800+300. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1500+800+300. 48. Name the process where people are excluded from facilities, benefits and opportunities that others enjoy. A) Social Exclusion. B) Political Exclusion. C) Economic Exclusion. D) Educational Exclusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Social Exclusion. 49. Which characteristics of Vulnerable Sections of the Society is NOT CORRECT? A) They are at Greater Risk during Natural Calamities. B) They have difficulty in finding Alternatives living in terms of Education, health. C) They are Generally a member of a Backward Caste or Individuals like Widows & Physically Handicapped. D) They look like a Family looking for a Posh Property to Buy in GOLF COURSE ROAD, GURGAON. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They look like a Family looking for a Posh Property to Buy in GOLF COURSE ROAD, GURGAON. 50. When Was Swarna Jayanti Gram Self-Employment Scheme Laned? A) 2001. B) 1999. C) 1995. D) 2003. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1999. 51. Poverty also means hunger and lack of shelter. True or false. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 52. Social Groups who are more probable to be pushed into Poverty are called A) Group of Unemployed People. B) Uneducated Groups. C) Vulnerable Groups. D) Representable Groups. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vulnerable Groups. 53. Poverty is measured periodically through survey in every ..... year. A) Only at 1 time. B) 3. C) 5. D) 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 5. 54. For how many days MNREGA provides employment? A) 100. B) 90. C) 80. D) 70. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 100. 55. How much does Ram Saran's elder son earn? A) 200. B) 300. C) 900. D) 600. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 300. 56. What mindset shows that the poor should only live in poor surrounding with other poor people? A) Social Exclusion. B) Vulnerability. C) Child Labour. D) Unemployment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Social Exclusion. 57. Every ..... person in India is poor A) Third. B) Fourth. C) Fifth. D) Tenth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fourth. 58. What is the accepted average calories required in India in Urban area? A) 2500. B) 2400. C) 2800. D) 2100. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2100. 59. Poverty is measured based on what two common aspects? A) Income and consumption level. B) Illiteracy and nutrition. C) Lack of clean drinking water and Nutrition. D) Lack of job and shelter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Income and consumption level. 60. In 2011-12, the highest poverty ratio exists in A) Uttar Pradesh. B) Odisha. C) Bihar. 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