Socio - economic aspects - Poverty and Unemployment - MCQs with answers - Part 1
1. Which of the following is a method to measure relative poverty?a. Gini coefficient
b. Lorenz curve
c. Both a and b
d. Poverty line
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c. Both a and b
Relative poverty refers to income inequality where high income group as more share than low income group.
a. Tendulkar committee
b. Lakdawala committee
c. Saxena committee
d. All the above
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: d. All the above
All these committees have recommended various criteria and methods of poverty estimation.
i. Poverty line is defined as the mid-point of monthly per capita expenditure class having a daily calorie intake of 2400 calorie per person in urban areas.
ii. In rural areas, it is 2100 calories a day
a. I only
b. ii only
c. both
d. none
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: d. none
Poverty line is defined as the mid-point of monthly per capita expenditure class having a daily calorie intake of 2400 calorie per person in rural areas and for urban areas, it is 2100 calories.
i. The Tendulkar panel committee on poverty submitted its report in 2001
ii. As per the report, poverty estimates will be based on private household consumer expenditure of households
a. I only
b. ii only
c. both
d. none
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: b. ii only
The Tendulkar panel committee on poverty submitted its report in 2009. The data is collected by the NSSO.
i. As per the Tendulkar report, NSSO has decided to shift mixed reference period.
ii. Prior to this, 30 day recall period was used.
a. I only
b. ii only
c. both
d. none
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c. both
As per the report, it has been decided to use mixed reference period for all consumption surveys in future.
a. Ministry of Home Affairs
b. Ministry of Rural Development
c. Ministry of Economic Affairs
d. Ministry of Social Welfare
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: b. Ministry of Rural Development
This committee was set up by the Rural Development Ministry to suggest methods to suggest methods to identify BPL families in rural areas.
a. Families having two wheelers
b. Families having minimum one mechanized farm equipment
c. Income tax payers
d. Families having a person who draws above 10000 rupees per month working in private organization
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: a. Families having two wheelers
A family having a person who draws above 10000 rupees per month working in private organization or government or NGO on a regular basis is excluded.
a. Designated primitive tribal groups
b. Single women-headed households
c. Homeless households
d. All the above
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: d. All the above
Apart from these, maha Dalit groups, destitute households, households headed by minor etc are also included.
a. Ministry of Economic Affairs
b. Ministry of Social Welfare
c. Ministry of Housing and Poverty Alleviation
d. Ministry of Urban Development
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c. Ministry of Housing and Poverty Alleviation
Ministry of Housing and Poverty Alleviation is the nodal Ministry to identify BPL families in urban areas.
a. 5 days
b. 6 days
c. 7 days
d. 4 weeks
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: c. 7 days
The current weekly status of a person is calculated with a reference period of 7 days.
