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

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

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

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

4. There exists a direct relationship between _________ and poverty

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

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

7. Poverty is a state in which a person is 

8. Which of the following is the poverty determination measure

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

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

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

12. NFWP was launched in:

13. landless labourers are examples of

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

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

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

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

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

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

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