Poverty - Online Test
Q1. A level of expenditure at which minimum food needs are met is called
Answer : Option D
Explaination / Solution:
Tendulkar methodology defines poverty not in terms of annual income, but in terms of consumption or spending per individual over a certain period for a basket of essential goods.
Q2. The Planning Commission has defined the poverty line on the basis of recommended nutritional requirement of ____ calories per person per day for rural areas
Answer : Option D
Explaination / Solution:
In India, defining a poverty line has been a controversial issue, especially since mid-1970s when the first such poverty line was created by the erstwhile Planning Commission. It wasbased on minimum daily requirement of 2,400 and 2,100 calories for an adult in rural and urban areas, respectively.
Q3. In April 1999 which programme launched
Answer : Option B
Explaination / Solution:
Jawahar Gram Samridhi Yojana (JGSY) is the restructured, streamlined and comprehensive version of the erstwhile Jawahar Rozgar Yojana (JRY). Launched on 1st April 1999, it has been designed to improve the quality of life of the rural poor by providing them additional gainful employment.
Q4. Yojna whose aim was to construct and upgrade the dwelling units for the slum dwellers
Answer : Option D
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.
Q5. The Planning Commission has defined the poverty line on the basis of recommended nutritional requirement of ____ calories per person per day for urban areas
Answer : Option C
Explaination / Solution:
In India, defining a poverty line has been a controversial issue, especially since mid-1970s when the first such poverty line was created by the erstwhile Planning Commission. It wasbased on minimum daily requirement of 2,400 and 2,100 calories for an adult in rural and urban areas, respectively.
Q6. The poverty line defined for rural areas as consumption worth rupees ____ per person a month
Answer : Option B
Explaination / Solution:
Suresh Tendulkar Committee defined the poverty line on the basis of monthly spending on food, education, health, electricity and transport. According to this estimate, a person who spends Rs. 27.2 in rural areas and Rs. 33.3 in urban areas a day are defined as living below the poverty line.The Rangarajan panel considered people living on less than Rs. 32 a day in rural areas and Rs. 47 a day in urban areas as poor.
Q7. The poverty line defined for urban areas as consumption worth rs ____ per person a month
Answer : Option A
Explaination / Solution:
Suresh Tendulkar Committee defined the poverty line on the basis of monthly spending on food, education, health, electricity and transport. According to this estimate, a person who spends Rs. 27.2 in rural areas and Rs. 33.3 in urban areas a day are defined as living below the poverty line. The Rangarajan panel considered people living on less than Rs. 32 a day in rural areas and Rs. 47 a day in urban areas as poor.
Q8. ____ it is a cut off point on the line of distribution which divides the population into poor and non-poor
Answer : Option B
Explaination / Solution:
A minimum income level used as an official standard for determining the proportion of a population living in poverty is called poverty line.
Q9. Under the Food for work programme the wages to the workers can be paid in
Answer : Option A
Explaination / Solution:
National Food for Work Programme was launched in 14th November 2004 in 150 most backward districts of the country, identified by the Planning Commission in consultation with the Ministry of Rural Development and the State Governments. The objective of the programme was to provide additional resources apart from the resources available under the Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana (SGRY) to 150 most backward districts of the country so that generation of supplementary wage employment and providing food security through creation of need based economic, social and community assets in these districts are further intensified.
Q10. Poverty line is determined on the basis of monetary value minimum subsistence level is
Answer : Option D
Explaination / Solution:
Subsistence Minimum is a minimum level of income, which is considered to be necessary to ensure sustenance and other basic personal needs at a level allowing the individual to survive.
