Question 1 :
Which organization in India studies the rate of poverty and makes an estimation about it?
Question 3 :
In which state has the high agricultural growth helped to reduce poverty?
Question 4 :
Assertion: (A) Poverty is essentially a social phenomenon and secondarily a material or physical phenomenon.
Reason: (R) Poverty is the socio-economic phenomenon whereby the resources available to a society are used to satisfy the wants of the few while many do not have even their basic needs met.
Question 5 :
Uneven distribution of poverty is due to differences in _____ and _____ infrastructure in different states.
Question 6 :
The Sampoorna Grameen Rojgar Yojna was launched in the urban areas with the aim of increasing job opportunities along with food security.
Question 7 :
Which of the following groups is/are vulnerable to poverty in India?
Question 8 :
The factors which are considered to calculate poverty line are ______ .
Question 10 :
The 'poorest of the poor' are those who are systematically denied equal access to their family resources in rural areas. They include _____ .
Question 12 :
The main aim of the Mahatma Gandhi Employment Guarantee Act is to provide ____________.
Question 13 :
Which one of the following is not a cause of poverty in India?
Question 14 :
What is the approximate percentage of population living Below Poverty Line in India?
Question 15 :
The World Bank has identified the person who spends less than __________ dollars on his daily consumption as being below the poverty line.
Question 21 :
Which of the following programmes has an objective to provide wages and food grains for work to people from rural areas?
Question 22 :
Punjab and Haryana have succeeded in reducing poverty with the help of ____________.
Question 23 :
The estimation of India's poverty situation is surveyed by which government agency?
Question 24 :
Under Gram SamradhiYojna, the Gram Panchayats can use all the funds in rural development programmes.