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_______ is the mean distance below the poverty line expressed as a proportion of poverty line.

  1. Poverty Gap Index (PGI)

  2. HDI

  3. HDI-1

  4. GDI


Correct Option: A

A person living in Urban area is considered to be below poverty if his monthly income if below _________.

  1. Rs. $2000$

  2. Rs. $5000$

  3. Rs. $225$

  4. Rs. $265$


Correct Option: D

In which state the percentage of people living below poverty line is the largest? (Census 2010-11)

  1. Odisha

  2. Bihar

  3. M.P

  4. U.P


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

As per Census 2010-11 data, the percentage of population living below povery line is the highest in Bihar at 39.40%.

Which of the following is/are the recent trends noticed in the Indian economy that have raised concern about food security, farmer's income and poverty?
(A) Slowdown in growth in agricultural sector
(B) Widening economic disparities between the irrigated and the rainfed areas
(C) Increased non-agricultural demand for land and water as a result of fast urbanization.

  1. Only (A)

  2. Only (B)

  3. Only (C)

  4. All (A), (B) and (C)


Correct Option: D

Which of the following is the goal of the Indira Aawas Yojana of the Govt of India?
(A) To provide dwelling units to people living Below Poverty Line (BPL)
(B) To make metro cities slum-free
(C) To provide housing facilities to the Central Govt employees.

  1. Only (A)

  2. Only (B)

  3. Only (B) and (C)

  4. All (A), (B) and (C)


Correct Option: B

'Mid Day Meals' is a scheme to provide nutritious food to ______________.

  1. Those taking treatment in hospitals

  2. School going children

  3. Daily wage employees/or labours

  4. Labours engaged in jobs in unorganized sectors.


Correct Option: B

To reduce poverty government should adopt schemes which provide employment opportunities.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A

The Command Area Development Programme (CADP) has been renamed as which one of the following?

  1. Command Area Development and Water Management Programme

  2. Command Area Development and Forest Conservation Programme

  3. Command Area Development and Pollution Control Programme

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Command Area Development Programme (CADP)
(i) CADP started in $1974-75$.
(ii) Renamed in April $2004$-Command Area Development and Water Management (CADWM) Programme.

Which of the following programmes was launched to control urban poverty?
(A) Nehru Rozgar Yojana
(B) Valmiki Ambedkar Aawas Yojana
(C) National Slum Development Programme.

  1. Only (A)

  2. Only (B)

  3. Only (C)

  4. All (A), (B) and (C)


Correct Option: D