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Who are the urban poor?

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  1. Overflow of rural poor who migrated to urban areas in search of alternative employment and livelihood

  2. Labourers who do a variety of casual jobs

  3. Self-employed who sell a variety of things on roadsides

  4. All of the above

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:
Scholars identify the poor on the basis of their occupation and ownership of assets. The urban poor are largely the overflow of the rural poor who had migrated to urban areas in search of alternative employment and livelihood, labourers who do a variety of casual jobs and the self-emloyed who sell a variety of things on roadsides and are engaged in various activities.

What is the minimum calorie intake for a rural person for estimating poverty line?

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  1. 2400 calories

  2. 2100 calories

  3. 2300 calories

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:
There are many ways of measuring poverty. One way is to determine it by the monetary value (per capita expenditure) of the minimum calorie intake that was estimated at 2,400 calories for a rural person and 2,100 for a person in the urban area.

On what basis are the poor identified?

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  1. Occupation

  2. Ownership of assets

  3. Both A and B

  4. None

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
Scholars identify the poor on the basis of their occupation and ownership of assets. They are identified in 2 groups- rural poor and urban poor.

When the number of poor is estimated as the proportion of people below the poverty line, it is known as _________.

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  1. population Census

  2. poverty count

  3. head count ratio

  4. poverty trend

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
When the number of poor is estimated as the proportion of people below the poverty line, it is known as ‘Head Count Ratio’. Population census is conducted for estimating the population of the country. Poverty count and poverty trend are not any kind of  measure. 

Fill in the blanks from the alternatives given.
Poverty in rural areas is _________ the poverty in urban areas.

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  1. more than

  2. less than

  3. equal to

  4. none of these

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Correct Option: A

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_______ poverty is an universal phenomenon.

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  1. Absolute

  2. Relative

  3. Urban

  4. Rural

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Correct Option: B

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__________ poverty refers to the absence of minimum subsistence.

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  1. Absolute

  2. Relative

  3. Mass

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: A

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According to the tenth plan, the population below poverty line in 1999 - 2000 was ________.

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  1. 20%

  2. 26%

  3. 30%

  4. 36%

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Correct Option: B

Life expectancy at birth according to 2011 census is ________.

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  1. 66.8 years

  2. 60 years

  3. 90 years

  4. none of these

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Correct Option: A

As per the newspaper reports, Standard & Poor's (S&P) has changed India's sovereign rating from 'Negative' to 'Stable'. This means
A. India's economic condition has improved a lot.
B. There is no pressure of inflation on the economy as it is well under control.
C. India's economic condition has further gone down as it has failed to control the fiscal deficit.

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  1. Only (A)

  2. Only (B)

  3. Only (C)

  4. Only (A) and (B)

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Correct Option: D