This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 11 > Class 11 Economics (Indian Economic Development) Chapter 4 Poverty – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Economics (Indian Economic Development) Chapter 4 Poverty Quiz 4 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In the United States, which is true about large groups of full-time, year-round employees? A) They are above the poverty line. B) They are considered upper-class. C) They are still below federal poverty guidelines. D) They are considered middle-class. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They are still below federal poverty guidelines. 2. The ability of an individual to move to a higher income level within their own lifetime is called ..... social mobility A) Intergenerational. B) Pseudogenerational. C) Intragenerational. D) Antigenerational. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Intragenerational. 3. What type of jobs are disappearing in many countries? A) Corporate Jobs. B) Teaching Jobs. C) Traditional Jobs like Farming. D) Engineering Jobs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Traditional Jobs like Farming. 4. Which of the following is not a policy to alleviate poverty A) Improvements in education. B) Progressive taxation. C) High population growth. D) Higher welfare benefits. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) High population growth. 5. Which statement about poverty is true A) Poverty has little effect on people's health. B) Wealthier countries tend to have fewer people living in poverty. C) Poverty has little effect on standard of living. D) Countries with welfare programs have eliminated the problem of poverty. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wealthier countries tend to have fewer people living in poverty. 6. What are the causes of growing regional disparities in India? A) Geographical factors. B) Decline in public investment. C) Infrastructure. D) Historical factors. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Historical factors. 7. "A category of unemployment arising from the mismatch between the jobs available in the market and the skills of the available workers in the market." Which type of unemployment is being discussed here? A) Cyclical Unemployment. B) Frictional Unemployment. C) Structural Unemployment. D) Disguised Unemployment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Structural Unemployment. 8. Which of the following committee is not related to poverty estimation? A) Tendulkar Committee. B) Balwantrai Mehta Committee. C) Rangarajan committee. D) Lakdawala Committee. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Balwantrai Mehta Committee. 9. What was the main purpose of Muhammad Yunus's microcredit initiative? A) To provide large-scale industrial loans to corporations. B) To enable low-income individuals to participate in the economy through small loans. C) To establish government-controlled banks in rural areas. D) To encourage migration from rural to urban centers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To enable low-income individuals to participate in the economy through small loans. 10. What is relative poverty? A) Poverty compared to the average standard of living. B) Poverty that affects everyone equally. C) Poverty that is only temporary. D) Poverty that is absolute in nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poverty compared to the average standard of living. 11. What makes Poverty Point different from most hunter-gathers societies? A and B A, B, and C None of the above A) Economic System. B) Leadership. C) Farming. D) Religion. E) A, B and D. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) A, B and D. 12. I am a 42-year-old proud citizen of my country. I love my country and my fellow citizens, but I wish I had more say in how my country is governed. I can vote for some local politicians, but they are always from the same party-the same party as the leader of the country. I have no say in who leads the country and controls the economy. In which country does the speaker likely live in? A) Brazil. B) Canada. C) Cuba. D) Mexico. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cuba. 13. "A country that has a high standard of living and is economically advanced" is the definition of which vocabulary term? A) Developing Country. B) Working Poor. C) Developed Country. D) Low standard of living. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Developed Country. 14. What do we need to eradicate from this land? A) Trash. B) Laws. C) Voting. D) Poverty. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Poverty. 15. 'Scholars identify the poor on the basis of A) Their occupation. B) Ownership of assets. C) Gender inequality. D) (a) and (b). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) (a) and (b). 16. Archaeologists have found figurines shaped like people which could be used to honor ancestors, or for religious purposes. A) Cultural Characteristics. B) Economic Characteristics. C) Geographic/Historical Characteristics. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cultural Characteristics. 17. Are you being nice to the sub? A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 18. The Poverty line in India is prepared on the basis of A) Income of individual. B) Consumption expenditure. C) National income. D) Per capita income. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Consumption expenditure. 19. What is the poverty ratio in the state of Odisha? A) 33.7%. B) 23.43%. C) 44%. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of the above. 20. Rural poor mainly includes A) Landless labourers. B) Street vendors. C) Rag pickers. D) Push cart vendors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Landless labourers. 21. What does the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) measure? A) Only income levels. B) Deprivations in education, health, and standard of living. C) Employment rates. D) Government policies. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deprivations in education, health, and standard of living. 22. Research shows that when the government makes businesses give workers paid sick days, what happens? A) The businesses go bankrupt. B) Workers take the day off to play football. C) Workers take the day off to volunteer at hospitals. D) The spread of influenza is reduced by up to 40 percent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The spread of influenza is reduced by up to 40 percent. 23. A dollar today only buys what percent of what it could buy in 2009? A) 50%. B) 70.423%. C) 2.52%. D) 41.76%. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 70.423%. 24. Number of poor people in China has come down from 600 million people in 1989 to ..... in 2001 A) 315. B) 245. C) 270. D) 215. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 215. 25. According to the World bank, poverty is measured by A) People living below Rs.100 per day. B) People living below $ 1.90 per day. C) People living below Rs.550 per month. D) None of above. 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