ECONOMICS QUIZ ( POVERTY )

Full Form of NREGA

• National Rural Employment Guarantee Act

• New Rural Employment Guarantee Act

• New Reserved Employment Guarantee Act

• National Reserved Employment Guarantee Act

One of the plank of anti-poverty strategy is - promotion of (a)  

Poverty substantially declined in ___________ and ________________ countries.

• China and Southeast Asian Countries

• Latin America

• India and America

The _______________________ goals of the United Nations calls for reducing the proportion of people living on less than $1 a day to half the1990 level by 2015.

• Millennium

• Milenium Development Goals

• Development

• Millennium Development Goals

Social groups which are most vulnerable to poverty are

• Scheduled Castes

• Scheduled Tribes

• Both (a) and (b)

• Agricultural Labours and Casual Labours

What are the social indicators of poverty ?

• illiteracy level

• income level

• lack of access to healthcare

• All of the above

Which government scheme was started in 1993 that aims to create self employment opportunities for educated unemployed youths in rural areas?

• RURAL EMPLOYMENT GENERATION PROGRAMME

• PRIME MINISTER ROZGAR YOZANA

• ANTYODAYA ANNA YOZANA

• SWARNAJAYANTI GRAM SWAROZGAR YOJANA

Main reason of urban poverty is -

• Lack of job opportunities

• Seasonal and disguised unemployment

• Migrants from rural areas to urban areas

• None of the above

(a)   can be both a cause as well as a consequence of poverty.

_________ is a process through which individuals or groups are excluded from facilities and benefits that others enjoy.

• Vulnerability

• Human Poverty

• Social Exclusion

• None of the above