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The document contains 10 multiple choice questions related to poverty in India. The questions cover various poverty alleviation schemes launched by the government such as the employment guarantee scheme, housing schemes for the poor, plans that targeted poverty reduction, and definitions of relative and absolute poverty. The answers to the 10 questions are also provided at the end.

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MCQ Poverty

The document contains 10 multiple choice questions related to poverty in India. The questions cover various poverty alleviation schemes launched by the government such as the employment guarantee scheme, housing schemes for the poor, plans that targeted poverty reduction, and definitions of relative and absolute poverty. The answers to the 10 questions are also provided at the end.

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VIKAS RANJAN || MCQ || POVERTY

MCQs ON POVERTY

1. Employment guarantee scheme was launched in:

(a) 1999

(b) 2000

(c) 1995

(a) 2006

2. ______ are often used for measuring poverty in relative sense:

(a) HDI

(b) Gini co-efficient

(c) Planning Commission

(a) All of these

3. NFFWP was launched in:

(a) December 2000

(b) April 1999

(c) November 2005

(a) April 2002

4. Scheme for construction of house to be given to the poor free of cost was :

(a) Jawahar Awas yojna

(b) Indira awas yojna

(c) Rajeev Awas Yojna

(a) Valmiki Ambedkar awas yojna

5. Which plan set a target of reduction in poverty ratio to 19.3 percent by 2007?

(a) Fifth plan

(b) Second plan

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(c) Eight plan

(a) Tenth plan

6. EAS stands for :

(a) Education Assurance Scheme

(b) Employment Assurance Scheme

(c) Electrification Assurance Scheme

(a) Education Assurance Services

7. When poverty is taken in relative term and is related to the distribution of income consumption
expenditure it is called:

(a) Law line poverty

(b) Absolute poverty

(c) Relative poverty

(d) None

8. The percentage of population living below the poverty line has been estimated in the 2004-05 at:

(a) 20

(b) 22

(c) 30

(d) 36

9. According to the planning commission, how many average daily calories per person define the
poverty line in urban areas?

(a) 2,100

(b) 2,400

(c) 2,700

(a) 3,000

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10. JGSY programme of poverty alleviation was submerged into _____:

(a) SGRY

(b) NFFWP

(c) PMGSY

(d) All of above

ANSWERS

1. (d) 2006

2. (b) Gini co-efficient

3. (c) November 2005

4. (b) Indira awas yojna

5. (d) Tenth plan

6. (b) Employment Assurance Scheme

7. (c) Relative poverty

8. (b) 22

9. (a) 2,100

10 (a) SGRY

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