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

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

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

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

4. NFWP was launched in:

5. Poverty is a state in which a person is 

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. Which of the following is the poverty determination measure

13. landless labourers are examples of

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

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

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

17. There exists a direct relationship between _________ and poverty

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

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

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