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  • 1. 
    Which one from the following is considered as poor?

  • A rich landlord
  • A businessman
  • A landless labourer
  • A teacher

  • 2. 
    Which state has the largest percentage of poors in India?

  • Bihar
  • Orissa
  • Kerala
  • Punjab

  • 3. 
    Who advocated that India would be truly independent only when the poorest of its people become free of human suffering ?

  • Mahatma Gandhi
  • Indira Gandhi
  • Jawahar lal Nehru
  • Subhash Chandra Bose

  • 4. 
    Who do not come under the category of urban poor?

  • The casual workers
  • The unemployed
  • The shopkeepe
  • Rickshawpullers

  • 5. 
    Which scheme was started in 1993 to create self-employment opportunities for educated unemployed youth in rural areas and small towns?

  • Prime Minister Rojgar Yojana
  • National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
  • Rural Employment Generation Programme
  • Swarnajayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana

  • 6. 
    Which one of the social groups is vulnerable to poverty?

  • Scheduled caste
  • Urban casual labour
  • Rural agricultural households
  • All the above

  • 7. 
    Which one are not the major causes of income inequality in India?

  • Unequal distribution of land
  • Lack of fertile land
  • Gap between rich and the poor
  • Increase in population

  • 8. 
    The calorie requirement is higher in the rural areas because:

  • they do not enjoy as much as people in the urban areas.
  • food items are expensive.
  • they are engaged in mental work.
  • people are engaged in physical labour.

  • 9. 
    Which of the following is not a valid reason for the poverty alleviation programme in India?

  • Lack of proper implementation
  • Lack of right targeting
  • Corruption at the highest level
  • Overlapping of schemes

  • 10. 
    Which one from the following states is above the national average of poverty ratio?

  • West Bengal
  • Tamil Nadu
  • Andhra Pradesh
  • Karnataka
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