Poverty CBSE Questions & Answers

Poverty

This is Economics Class 11 Poverty CBSE Questions & Answers. There are 15 questions in this test with each question having around four answer choices.

Questions & Answers

1
Five state account for 70% of India’s poor which of the following is not one of them
  • A
    MP
  • B
    Bihar
  • C
    UP
  • D
    Kerala
    Correct
2
The aim is to provide food grains at highly subsidized rates to poor families
  • A
    AAY
    Correct
  • B
    SJRY
  • C
    PMGSY
  • D
    SGSY
3
VAMBAYsands for
  • A
    Valmiki Ann Awas Yojna
  • B
    Valmiki Ambedkar Ann Yojna
  • C
    Valmiki Ann Awas Yojna
  • D
    Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojna
    Correct
4
UWSP and USEP are the two components of which yojna
  • A
    Antodya Ann Yojna
  • B
    Swarn Jayanti Shahri Rozgar Yojnana
    Correct
  • C
    Valmiki Ambedkar Wass Yojna
  • D
    Indira Awas Yojna
5
Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojne was launched in
  • A
    2000
  • B
    2001.0
    Correct
  • C
    2005
  • D
    2004
6
A level of expenditure at which minimum food needs are met is called
  • A
    None
  • B
    Poverty line expenditure
    Correct
  • C
    Poverty line
  • D
    Poverty expenditure
7
The Planning Commission has defined the poverty line on the basis of recommended nutritional requirement of ____ calories per person per day for rural areas
  • A
    3500
  • B
    3200
  • C
    2100
  • D
    2400
    Correct
8
In April 1999 which programme launched
  • A
    JGSY
    Correct
  • B
    SISRY
  • C
    REGP
  • D
    PMRY
9
Yojna whose aim was to construct and upgrade the dwelling units for the slum dwellers
  • A
    PMGSY
  • B
    VAMBAY
    Correct
  • C
    IAY
  • D
    AAY
10
The Planning Commission has defined the poverty line on the basis of recommended nutritional requirement of ____ calories per person per day for urban areas
  • A
    3400
  • B
    2400
  • C
    2100
    Correct
  • D
    3100
11
The poverty line defined for rural areas as consumption worth rupees ____ per person a month
  • A
    454
  • B
    345
  • C
    445
  • D
    328
    Correct
12
The poverty line defined for urban areas as consumption worth rs ____ per person a month
  • A
    228
  • B
    454
    Correct
  • C
    328
  • D
    428
13
____ it is a cut off point on the line of distribution which divides the population into poor and non-poor
  • A
    Poverty
  • B
    Poverty cut off
  • C
    Poverty distribution
  • D
    Poverty line
    Correct
14
Under the Food for work programme the wages to the workers can be paid in
  • A
    In form of food
    Correct
  • B
    Both partly in cash and partly in food form
  • C
    Neither cash form nor food form
  • D
    In the form of cash
15
Poverty line is determined on the basis of monetary value minimum subsistence level which is
  • A
    Higher in urban areas
    Correct
  • B
    Higher in both areas
  • C
    Only slightly higher in urban areas
  • D
    Higher in rural areas