Poverty - Online Test
Q1. In India share of ___ percent of low income group of people in the national income while that of ___ percent of high income group people is 45.3 percent
Answer : Option C
Explaination / Solution:
India's per capita incomes were low, the average household size and consequent household incomes were higher. India had a total of 247 million households in 2011, with an average of about 4.9 people per household, according to Census of India
Q2. By which year governments are aiming to meet the Millennium Development Goals including halving the rate of global poverty?
Answer : Option A
Explaination / Solution:
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are the world's time-bound and quantified targets for addressing extreme poverty in its many dimensions-income poverty, hunger, disease, lack of adequate shelter, and exclusion-while promoting gender equality, education, and environmental sustainability.
Q3. Which among the following schemes was started in the year 2000 for the indigent senior citizens?
Answer : Option D
Explaination / Solution:
he "Annapurna Scheme" had been announced by the Finance Minister in his Budget Speech for the year 1999-2000 to provide food security to those indigent senior citizens who are not covered under the targeted Public Distribution System (PDS) and who have no income of their own. Through the new "Annapurna" scheme, it is intended to provide 10 kgs. of foodgrains per month free of cost to all such person who are though eligible for old age pension under NOAPS, are presently not receiving it.
Q4. Who was the first to use the concept of poverty line in India
Answer : Option C
Explaination / Solution:
The history of poverty estimation in India goes back to 19th century when Dadabhai Naoroji’s efforts and careful study led him to conclude subsistence based poverty line at 1867-68 prices, though he never used the word “poverty line”. It was based on the cost of a subsistence diet consisting of ‘rice or flour, dhal, mutton, vegetables, ghee, vegetable oil and salt’.
Q5. Those who regularly move in and out of poverty like small farmers are called
Answer : Option A
Explaination / Solution:
Churning poor are those who regularly move in and out of the poverty line. It is a sub classification of transient poor. Transient poor includes the people who keeps on floating on the poverty line. If these people get the employment, they will move above the poverty line.
Q6. Five state account for 70% of India’s poor which of the following is not one of them
Answer : Option B
Explaination / Solution:
Kerala is having a high rank in percentage of people below poverty line. The rank is calculated according to the percentage of people below poverty-line and is based on MRP-consumption.
Q7. The aim is to provide food grains at highly subsidized rates to poor families
Answer : Option D
Explaination / Solution:
Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) is a Government of India sponsored scheme to provide highly subsidised food to millions of the poorest families. It was launched by the [NDA] government on 25 December 2000 and first implemented in the Indian State of Rajastan.
Q8. VAMBAY stands for
Answer : Option B
Explaination / Solution:
VAMBAY stands for “Valmiki Ambedkar Aawas Yojna”. It is a central govt. sponsored programme for the slum dwellers living in different towns and cities all over the country. The central govt. provides the funds for construction. Integrated with the above programme is another central govt. scheme i.e. Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan, a programme aimed at providing basic toilet facilities to the urban poor at a bare minimal cost.
Q9. UWSP and USEP are the two components of which yojana
Answer : Option C
Explaination / Solution:
Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY) in India is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme which came into effect on 1 December 1997. The scheme strives to provide gainful employment to the urban unemployed and underemployed poor, through encouraging the setting up of self-employment ventures by the urban and rural poor living below the poverty line.
Q10. Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojne was launched in
Answer : Option D
Explaination / Solution:
Launched in 2001, the Valmiki Ambedkar Awaas Yojana is a centrally sponsored scheme which aims to improve the living conditions of slum dwellers across India, hoping to transform the way of life in these slums. Given the fact that the growth of our nation depends on the growth of individuals, this scheme hopes to help slum dwellers utilise their potential, helping them achieve a decent standard of living.
