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
An increase in the nation’s capacity to produce the output of goods and services within the country will leads to
  • A
    Reduce inequalities
  • B
    Generate employment opportunities
  • C
    Increase population
  • D
    Acceleration of economic growth
    Correct
2
Impose more taxes on rich and commodity of luxury consumption will
  • A
    Reduce inequality
    Correct
  • B
    None
  • C
    Reduce population
  • D
    Accelerate economic growth
3
Which of the following programmed was launched in the year of 2000?
  • A
    National Rural Employment Guarantee Act.
  • B
    Prime Minister Rozgar Yojana
  • C
    Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana
  • D
    Pradhan Mantri Gramodaya Yojana
    Correct
4
Who conducts the periodical sample survey for estimating the poverty line in India?
  • A
    None of the above.
  • B
    Sample Survey Organization
  • C
    National Sample Survey Organization
    Correct
  • D
    National Survey Organization
5
Which scheme was started in 1993 to create self-employment opportunities for educated unemployed youth in rural areas and small towns?
  • A
    National Rural Employment Guarantee Act.
  • B
    Prime Minister Rozgar Yojana
    Correct
  • C
    Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana.
  • D
    Rural Employment Generation Programme
6
Programme under minimum basic needs approach attempts at
  • A
    Supplementing the consumption of the poor
  • B
    Bringing about improvements in health and education
  • C
    Creating employment opportunities
  • D
    All of these
    Correct
7
Mid day meal, Public distribution system, integrated child development scheme etc.
  • A
    Growth oriented approach
  • B
    Poverty alleviation approach
  • C
    Minimum basic needs approach
    Correct
  • D
    None
8
Who is considered as poor?
  • A
    Businessman.
  • B
    A rich farmer
  • C
    Landless labourer
    Correct
  • D
    Landlords
9
Which among the following is the method to estimate the poverty line in India?
  • A
    Investment method
  • B
    Human method
  • C
    Capital method
  • D
    Income method
    Correct
10
Which one of the Social groups is vulnerable to poverty?
  • A
    Rural Agricultural households
  • B
    Scheduled caste
    Correct
  • C
    Urban casual labour
  • D
    All of the above.
11
The calorie requirement is higher in the rural areas because:
  • A
    They are engaged in mental work
  • B
    Food items are expensive
  • C
    They do not enjoy as much as people in the urban areas
  • D
    People are engaged in physical labour
    Correct
12
Which of the following is an indicator of poverty in India?
  • A
    Employment level
  • B
    All of these
  • C
    Income level
    Correct
  • D
    Illiteracy level
13
Which one of these is not a cause of poverty in India?
  • A
    Income inequalities
  • B
    Unequal distribution of land.
  • C
    Low level of economic development
  • D
    Migration of people from rural to urban India
    Correct
14
Which of the following is not a major reason for the lack of effectiveness of targeted anti-poverty programmes?
  • A
    Lack of right targeting
  • B
    All of these
    Correct
  • C
    Overlapping of scheme
  • D
    Lack of proper implementation
15
Who are considered as the poorest of the poor?
  • A
    Scheduled castes
  • B
    Disaster struck people
  • C
    Women female, infants and old people
    Correct
  • D
    Scheduled tribes