Class 11 Economics (Indian Economic Development) Chapter 4 Poverty Quiz 13 (25 MCQs)

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1. 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.
2. UWSP and USEP are the 2 components of which yojana?
3. ..... poverty may be widespread, but it lasts for a limited time. (for example, a hurricane may make people temporarily homeless)
4. Why do you believe Poverty Point was located adjacent to the Mississippi River?
5. It is defined as the total lack of resources and means required to meet the most basic standards of living.
6. The Poverty Point people traveled far and wide to get ..... and stones to build the mounds.
7. The first poverty line was based on
8. How old do you have to be before you can called unemployed?
9. By which year the government was aiming to meet the Millennium Development Goals including the rate of global poverty?
10. Which of the following is wage employment Programme?
11. Which of the following organisation/agencies specifically set up to boost overall Rural Development in India?
12. What is the percentage of people in the country who are below the poverty threshold called?
13. To measure standard of living, economist look at whether people can afford the basics:
14. The cost of living ..... from place to place.
15. Why was the SGSY scheme designed?
16. Those who regularly move in and out of poverty are called
17. What's the English for '' au premier plan ''?
18. In what location are people most likely to be in poverty?
19. If the GPD is low, the country will have a higher percentage of people living below the poverty line.
20. CCT means:
21. This geographic feature allowed the Poverty Point People to trade long distances:The Appalachian Mountains
22. 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?
23. State whether this would be included as part of the UN's definition of poverty:Low rate of home ownership
24. Million children, or about 1 in 11 of all children in the U.S., live at 50 percent below the federal poverty line.
25. ..... is a situation in which a large section of people in economy are deprived of the basic necessities.