Poverty (Indian Economic Development) Class 12 MCQs Questions with Answer

1. Amartya Sen, noted Nobel Laureate, has developed an index known as _________

2. ______ and hunger are the key features of the poorest households

3. More than _______ of the world’s poor live in India

4. Which of the following programmes provide assistance to elderly people are given under?

5. NFWP was launched in:

6. Those who regularly move in and out of poverty are called

7. landless labourers are examples of

8. Absolute poverty determines the minimum physical quantities of the requirement for a subsistence level, with the help of ______

9. Under the British, India began to export food grains and, as a result, as many as ________ people died in famines between 1875 and 1900

10. Which of the following is the poverty determination measure

11. _________ is the proportion of persons living below the poverty line

12. In 2011-12, which state had the highest poverty rate in India?

13. Poverty is the inability to secure the ________ consumption requirements for life, health, and efficiency

14. In 2011-12, poverty line was defined worth ________ as consumption per person a month for rural areas and _______ for urban areas.

15. What was the percentage of the population below the poverty line in India in 2011-12

16. The Poverty across other people, regions or country is known as 

17. Poverty is a state in which a person is 

18. There exists a direct relationship between _________ and poverty

19. Which of the following is an action adopted under the provision of minimum basic amenities to the people?

20. When was the Task Force on Projections of Minimum Needs and Effective Consumption Demand was formed