Poverty & Unemployment

Q.1. What does absolute Poverty means ?
A. Poverty in terms of the prevailing price level
B. Poverty in terms of absolute number of people
C. Poverty in terms of the absolute level of unemployment
D. Poverty in terms of the basic minimum calorie requirements
Ans. Poverty in terms of the basic minimum calorie requirements



Q.2. What is the ‘Slack Season’ in Indian Economy ?
A. March-April
B. Sept-Dec
C. Jan-June
D. Feb-April
Ans. Jan-June



Q.3. Pradhan Mantri Gramodaya Yojana aims at:
A. Establishing small industries in rural areas
B. Alleviating poverty through micro-enterprises
C. Strengthening the Panchayati Raj System in rural areas
D. Meeting rural needs like Primary education; health care, drinking water, housing, rural roads
Ans. Meeting rural needs like Primary education; health care, drinking water, housing, rural roads



Q.4. The main objective of Antyodaya programme is:
A. Uplift the poor
B. Uplift the farmer
C. Uplift the urban poor
D. Uplift the landless labour
Ans. Uplift the poor



Q.5. Operation Blackboard aims at:
A. Providing education to urban slum dwellers
B. Promoting adult literacy
C. Opening of new schools specially for female children
D. Providing primary education in an educationally backward area
Ans. Providing primary education in an educationally backward area



Q.6. Who amongst the following can take benefit of the Social Security Fund established by the Govt. of India for unorganized workers
A. Rickshaw Puller
B. Clerk in a factory
C. Textile Mazdoor
D. None of the above
Ans. Rickshaw Puller



Q.7. Poverty in less  developed countries is large because of:
A. Lack of intelligence of the people
B. Lack of cultural activities
C. Income inequality
D. Voluntary idleness
Ans. Income inequality



Q.8. The type of unemployment mostly found in India can be characterized as:
A. Disguised
B. Cyclical
C. Frictional
D. Structural
Ans. Disguised



Q.9. Among the following the eligible beneficiary of the “Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act” are:
A. Adult members of any household
B. Adult members of households of all backward communities
C. Adult members of below poverty line (BPL) households
D. Adult members of only the scheduled caste and scheduled tribe households
Ans. Adult members of any household



Q.10. Indian’s wage policy is based on:
A. Savings
B. Productivity
C. Cost of living
D. Standard of living
Ans. Cost of living

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