Q 1 – Social exclusion is
(a) Process through which individual or groups are entitled for benefits, facilities and opportunities unlike the other people.
(b) Process through which individual or groups are entitled for benefits, facilities and opportunities like the other people.
(c) Is a concept in which a poor family lives in a poor surrounding with other rich people.
(d) Is a concept in which a poor family lives in a poor surrounding with other poor people.
1.a,d
2. c,d
3. b,c,d
4. all of these
1. a,d
not entitled
Q 2 – Vulnerability to poverty is determined by the options for finding an alternative living in terms of:
(a) assets
(b) education
(c) health
(d) all of these
(d) all of these
Q 3 – Which of the following is responsible for high poverty rates?
(a) Huge income inequalities
(b) Unequal distribution of land
(c) Lack of effective implementation of land reforms
(d) All the above
(d) All the above
Q 4 – Who advocated that India would be truly independent only when the poorest of its people become free of human suffering ?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Indira Gandhi
(c) Jawahar lal Nehru
(d) Subhash Chandra Bose
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
Q 5 – Which scheme was started in 1993 to create self-employment opportunities for educated unemployed youth in rural areas and small towns?
(a) Prime Minister Rojgar Yojana
(b) National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
(c) Rural Employment Generation Programme
(d) Swarnajayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana
(a) Prime Minister Rojgar Yojana
Q 6 –Nutritional level of food energy is expressed in the form of
(a) calories per day
(b) wheat consumption
(c) rice consumption per day
(d) none of the above
(a) calories per day
Q 7 – The Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana was launched in:
(a) 1979
(b) 1989
(c) 1999
(d) 2009
(c) 1999
Q 8 – A person is considered poor if his or her income level falls below a given:
(a) ‘maximum level’ necessary to fulfill basic needs
(b) ‘minimum level’ necessary to fulfill basic needs
(c) could be (a) and (b) both
(d) none of the above
(b) ‘minimum level’ necessary to fulfill basic needs
Q 9 – The determination of poverty line is a periodic activity in India. Who collects the data for the determination of the poverty line in India?
(a) Central statistical organization (CSO)
(b) Ministry of Home Affairs
(c) ministry of Planning and personnel
(d) National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO)
(d) National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO)
Q 10 – How is poverty seen by social scientists?
Poverty as seen by social scientists in the following way: Income and level of consumption are the usual indicators of poverty. But many social scientists view poverty from many other parameters; like illiteracy, lack of general resistance due to malnutrition, lack of access to safe drinking water and sanitation, etc.
Q 11 – The World Bank uses a uniform standard for the determination of the international poverty line.
What is the poverty line stipulated by the World Bank?
a) Rs. 100 per person per day
b) $ 1.90 per person per day
c) $ 10 per person per day
d) £ 1.90 per person per day
d) £ 1.90 per person per day
Q 12 – The current anti-poverty programme consists of two planks. Name them.
The current anti-poverty strategy of the government is based broadly on two planks: promotion of economic growth and targeted anti-poverty programmes.
Q 13 – Explain the colonial rule and income inequalities as causes of poverty.
The policies of the colonial government ruined traditional handicrafts and discouraged development of industries like textiles. Income inequalities have resulted from non-availability of land to rural landless labourers. Thus, they are forced to work for low wages in the farms of rich farmers.
Q 14 – “Every fourth person in India is poor.” Substantiate the given statement.
In India one-fourth of the population lack food, house, and cloths. These are the basic needs of a person but India has more population and less resources. That’s why every fourth person in India is poor. Approximately 26 crore people in India live under poverty.
Q 15 – Explain in detail about the vulnerable groups in India.
Q 16 – What are the main features of National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005?
The main feature of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005 (NREGA) is as follow: It guarantees the 100 days of wage employment in the financial year to a rural household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work. In this scheme, one-third of the proposed job will be reserved for women.