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In which state of India is the proportion of the poor highest?

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  1. Bihar

  2. Uttar Pradesh

  3. Orissa

  4. Madhya Pradesh

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Uttar Pradesh: The poverty in UP is 29.43%.
UP is the state with the greatest number of malnourished children.

What is the average calories required in urban areas for measuring poverty?

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  1. 2400 calories per day

  2. 2600 calories per day

  3. 2100 calories per day

  4. 2200 calories per day

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

To check the poverty line, daily consumption of food is checked along with income and spending of an individual. The threshold for food consumption has been set to 2100 calories per day in urban areas below which the individual is considered as poor.

 __________ measures the extent to which distribution of income/consumption among household or individual within the economy deviate from the perfectly equal distribution.

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  1. Gini coefficient

  2. CPI

  3. NASDAQ

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: A

Indira Awas Yojana aims at providing dwelling units to _________.

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  1. all persons below poverty line

  2. SC/ST/OBcs

  3. poorest in SC/STs, free bonded labours and non- SC/STs below poverty line at free of cost

  4. SC/STs/Minority community at mere cost

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Correct Option: C

In order to not to be termed as poor the minimum daily calorie requirement for a rural person is ________.

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  1. 2400

  2. 2100

  3. 2000

  4. 1860

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Correct Option: A

____ Index measures the extent to which distribution of income/consumption among household or individual within the economy deviates from the perfectly equal distribution.

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  1. GINI

  2. Dolor

  3. NASDAQ

  4. None

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Correct Option: A

In order to not to be termed as poor the minimum daily calorie requirement for an urban person is ________.

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  1. 2400

  2. 2100

  3. 2000

  4. 1860

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Correct Option: B

Fill in the blank.
Every _____ poor person in the world is an Indian.

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  1. second

  2. third

  3. fourth

  4. fifth

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Correct Option: B

India's per capita income has _______.

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  1. increased considerably over past 5.5 decades.

  2. increased marginally over past 5.5 decades.

  3. decreased considerably over past 5.5 decades.

  4. decreased marginally over past 5.5 decades.

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Correct Option: A

In India, the rate of gross capital formation has remained _______.

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  1. considerably low over the years

  2. considerably high over the years

  3. moderate

  4. was high in earlier years but of late it has reduced.

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Correct Option: A