CBSE Class 9 Social Science Assignment Economics Chapter 3 Poverty as a Challange

Class 9^thSocial Science- Chapter 3 Poverty as a Challange

Social Science Class IX- Assignments

POVERTY AS A CHALLENGE

ASSIGNMENTS

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

IMPORTANT QUESTIONS

1. Every _________ person in India is poor.

(a) third (b) fourth (c) fifth (d) sixth

2. Vulnerability to poverty is determined by the options for finding an alternative living in terms of

(a) assets (b) education (c) health (d) all the above

3. Social exclusion denies certain individuals the

(a) facilities (b) benefits (c) opportunities (d) all the above

4. How many people in India live below the poverty line?

(a) 30 crores (b) 26 crores (c) 28 crores (d) 24 crores

5. Which organisation carries out survey for determining the poverty line?

(a) NSSO

(b) CSO

(d) None of the above

6. Which social group is most vulnerable to poverty in India?

(a) Schedule castes (b) Schedule tribes

7. Which two states of India continue to be the poorest states?

(a) Madhya Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir

(b) Uttar Pradesh, Utarakhand

(d) None of the above

8. Poverty line in rural areas (As per 1999 –2000 prices) is

(a) Rs 328 (b) Rs. 370

9. Who are poorest of the poor?

(a) Women (b) Old people

10. What is the poverty ratio in the state of Orissa?

(a) 50% (b) 47% (c) 60% (d) 57%

11. In which state has the high agricultural growth helped to reduce poverty?

(a) Jammu & Kashmir (b) West Bengal

12. In which state have the land reform measures helped to reduce poverty?

(a) Tamil Nadu (b) Punjab

13. Which state has focussed more on human resource development?

(a) Gujarat (b) Madhya Pradesh

14. In which state is the public distribution system responsible for the reduction in poverty?

(a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Tamil Nadu

15. What is the main cause of poverty in India?

(a) High income inequalities

(b) Less job opportunities

(d) All the above

16. Which of the following is responsible for high poverty rates?

(a) Huge income inequalities

(b) Unequal distribution of land

(d) All the above

17. What is the biggest challenge to independent India?

(a) illiteracy (b) Child labour

18. In rural sector which of the following is not poor?

(a) Landless agricultural workers

(b) Backward classes

(d) Medium farmers

19. Nutritional level of food energy is expressed in the form of

(a) calories per day

(b) wheat consumption

(d) none of the above

20. As per Planning Commission, minimum daily intake of calories for determining poverty line for rural area is :

(a) 2100 (b) 2400

21. Poverty ratio in India as compared to Pakistan is :

(a) same

(b) half

(d) two and a half times

22. Common method to measure poverty in India is based on

(a) income level

(b) subsistence consumption level

(d) none of the above

23. Decline in poverty in Kerala is due to

(a) emphasising more on human resource development

(b) land reform measures

(d) none of the above

24. To generate wage employment our government has started

(a) National Social Assistance Programme

(b) National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme

(d) None of the above

25. In which group of countries did poverty ratio remain constant?

(a) South Asian countries

(b) Latin American countries

(d) None of the above

26. Poverty line prescribed by World Bank (As per 2001 study) is :

(a) $ 1 per day (b) $ 2 per day

27. National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (2005) provides assured employment to every rural household for

(a) 120 days (b) 100 days

28. In how many states and Union Territories is poverty ratio less than the national average?

(a) 20 (b) 22 (c) 16 (d) 18

29. Poverty line in urban areas (As per 1999 –2000 prices) is :

(a) Rs. 354 (b) Rs. 454

30. Poverty ratio in Bihar (As per Planning Commission Report 1999 – 2000) is

(a) 40% (b) 43% (c) 46% (d) 47%

B. QUESTIONS FROM CBSE EXAMINATION PAPERS

1. Who advocated that India would be truly independent only when the poorest of its people become free of human suffering?

(a) Mahatma Gandhi

(b) Indira Gandhi

(d) Subhash Chandra Bose

2. Which one of the following states in India has focused more on human resource development?

(a) Punjab (b) Karnataka

3. Which of the following programmes was launched in the year 2000 ?

(a) National Rural Employment Guarantee Act

(b) Prime Minister Rozgar Yojana

(d) Pradhan Mantri Gramodaya Yojana

4. Who conducts the periodical sample surveys for estimating the poverty line in India?

(a) National Survey Organisation

(b) National Sample Survey Organisation

(d) None of the above

5. When was National Rural Employment Guarantee (NREGA) Act passed?

(a) 2000 (b) 1995

6. Which category does not come under the category of Urban Poor?

(a) The Casual workers

(b) The Unemployed

(d) Rickshaw-pullers

7. How many per cent of Indian people were poor in the year 2000?

(a) 36% (b) 46% (c) 26% (d) 29%

8. Which state has the highest percentage of poor?

(a) Bihar (b) Madhya Pradesh

9. Average calories required per person per day in rural areas in India are:

(a) 2400 calories (b) 2800 calories

10. Which scheme was started in 1993 to create self-employment opportunities for educated unemployed youth in rural areas and small towns?

(a) Prime Minister Rozgar Yojana

(b) National Rural Employment Guarantee Act

(d) Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana

11. For how many days NREGA provides employment?

(a) 70 (b) 80 (c) 90 (d) 100

12. Who is considered as poor?

(a) Landlord (b) Landless labourer

13. Which among the following is the method to estimate the poverty line in India?

(a) Investment method (b) Capital method

14. Which one of the social groups is vulnerable to poverty?

(a) Scheduled caste

(b) Urban casual labour

(d) All the above

15. By which year governments are aiming to meet the Millennium Development Goals including halving the rate of global poverty?

16. What is the average calories required in rural areas for measuring poverty?

(a) 2400 calories per person per day

(b) 2100 calories per person per day

(d) None of these

17. What is not one of the major causes of income inequality in India?

(a) Unequal distribution of land

(b) Lack of fertile land

(d) Increase in population

18. In which of the following countries did poverty actually rise from 1981–2001?

(a) Sub-Saharan Africa

(b) India

(d) Russia

19. The calorie requirement is higher in the rural areas because:

(a) they do not enjoy as much as people in the

urban areas

(b) food items are expensive

(d) people are engaged in physical labour

20. Which of the following is an indicator of poverty in India?

(a) Income level (b) Illiteracy level

21. Which one of the following economic groups is vulnerable to poverty?

(a) Scheduled caste

(b) Scheduled tribes

(d) All the above

22. Which one of these is not a cause of poverty in India? (a) Low level of economic development

(b) Migration of people from rural to urban

India

(d) Unequal distribution of land

23. Which of the following is not a valid reason for the slow progress of poverty alleviation programmes in India?

(a) Lack of proper implementation

(b) Lack of right targeting

(d) Overlapping of schemes

24. What is the accepted calories requirement in urban areas?

(a) 2000 cal/person/day

(b) 2100 cal/person/day

(d) 2400 cal/person/day

25. Which communities are categorised as economically vulnerable groups in India?

(a) Scheduled caste

(b) Agricultural labour household

(d) All the above

26. Which industry suffered the most during colonial period?

(a) Jute (b) Textile

27. Calorie requirement in rural areas is more than in the urban areas because:

(a) rural people eat more

(b) rural people have big bodies

(d) rural people have to take more rest

28. Poverty ratio in which of the following states is above the national average?

(a) West Bengal (b) Tamil Nadu

29. The most vulnerable social groups for poverty are:

(a) Scheduled tribes

(b) Urban casual labourers

(d) Scheduled castes

30. Which of the following states of India has the highest poverty ratio?

(a) Bihar (b) Orissa (c) Punjab (d) Assam

31. Which of the following is not considered as a social indicator of poverty?

(a) Less number of means of transport

(b) Illiteracy level

(d) Lack of job opportunities

32. Full form of NFWP is:

(a) National federation for work and progress

(b) National forest for wildlife protection

(d) National food for work programme

33. Who are considered as the poorest of the poor?

(a) Scheduled castes

(b) Scheduled tribes

(d) Women, female, infants and old people

34. Which country of South-East Asia made rapid economic growth resulting in significant decline in poverty?

(a) India (b) China

35. In which part of the world poverty has remained the same during 1981 to 2001?

(a) South Asia (b) Sub-Saharan Asia

36. Which of the following states has the poverty ratio below the national average?

(a) West Bengal (b) Uttar Pradesh

37. In year 2000 what was the average Indian poverty ratio?

(a) 15% (b) 43% (c) 26% (d) 47%

38. The organisation that conducts surveys for finding poverty levels in India is.

(a) NSSO (b) USO

39. The current anti-poverty programe consists of two planks, they are:

(a) Socio-economic reasons and public distribution system

(b) Promotion of economic growth and targeted poverty programe

(d) None of the above

40. In 2000 the percentage of people below poverty line in India was:

(a) 26% (b) 46%

41. Poverty has resurfaced in:

(a) Latin American countries

(b) Sub-Saharan countries

(d) None of these

42. According to the World Bank, Poverty is measured by:

(a) People living below Rs. 100 per day

(b) People living below $ 1 per day

(d) None of the above

43. Kerala has tried to control poverty by:

(a) Investing in human resource

(b) Investing in medical science

(d) None of the above

44. Which of the following statement is true?

(a) Every second person in India lives in poverty.

(b) Every third person in India lives in poverty.

(d) Every fifth person in India lives in poverty.

45. Which organisation of India carries out the survey for determining the poverty line?

(a) UNO (b) UNESCO

(d) National Sample Survey Organisation

46. Which of the following states has the lowest poverty rate?

(a) Punjab (b) Orissa

47. Which of the following Indian states has maximum numbers of people living below poverty line?

(a) Bihar (b) Uttar Pradesh

48. Who is an urban poor?

(a) Income Rs. 450 per month per person

(b) Income Rs. 500 per month per person

(d) Income Rs. 455 per month per person

49. Which are the states which have high urban poverty:

(a) Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and

Uttar Pradesh

(b) Orissa, Bihar, Maharashtra

(d) Bihar, Orissa, Goa

II. SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS (3 marks)

IMPORTANT QUESTIONS

1. How is poverty line determined in India? Explain.

2. What do you understand by the terms ‘Poverty’ and ‘Poverty Line’? Explain.

3. What are the various factors or indicators associated with poverty?

4. What is the poverty scene in India since 1973?

5. What are the main features of National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005?

6. How are poverty and unemployment related to each other? Explain.

QUESTIONS FROM CBSE EXAMINATION PAPERS

1. Mention any three features of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005.

2. Describe in three points the poverty trends in India since 1973.

3. How is regular growth of population one of the major causes of poverty?

4. What do you understand by human poverty? How we can remove it? Explain any two measures.

5. Mention social and economic groups who are more vulnerable to poverty in India. Explain any two reasons of poverty in such community.

6. What are the main causes of poverty in India?

7. How were the policies of colonial Government responsible for poverty in India?

8. Define Poverty Line. Explain the two methods used in India to determine the poverty line.

9. Explain any two anit-poverty programmes initiated by the Government of India.

10. What is social exclusion? Give one example of it.

11. Describe any two methods of estimation of poverty line in India.

12. Explain any two anti-poverty programmes initiated by the government of India.

13. Explain the principal measures taken in Punjab, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh to reduce poverty.

14. “In poor families all suffer but some suffer more than others.” Explain.

15. What is poverty line? Give the income for poverty line fixed for the rural and urban areas in India according to 2000.

16. Give an account of inter-state disparities in poverty in India. 17. Describe social exclusion, vulnerability and literacy and major dimensions of poverty.

18. Who are the most vulnerable groups as far as poverty is concerned? Explain the poverty line suggested by World Bank.

19. ‘‘There is a strong link between economic growth and poverty reduction.” Explain.

20. Give one positive and one negative side of poverty conditions in India, and mention the major weeknesses of poverty alleviation programmes.

21. Explain colonial rule and income inequalities as causes of poverty?

22. Mention two steps taken by the government to alleviate poverty in rural areas.

III. LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS (4 marks)

IMPORTANT QUESTIONS

1. Explain the present methodology of poverty estimation in India.

2. What strategy has government adopted to alleviate poverty in India? Explain.

3. Explain in brief the various causes of poverty in India.

4. Describe the global poverty trends.

5. What are the major social groups which are vulnerable to poverty? Explain.

6. Explain “vulnerability”. Which groups are associated with vulnerability?

7. Explain the term ‘Social exclusion’.

QUESTIONS FROM CBSE EXAMINATION PAPERS

1. Explain any four important causes of poverty in India.

2. How is the poverty line estimated in India? Explain.

3. How is illiteracy responsible for poverty in India? Explain.

4. Desribe any two current government strategies of poverty alleviation in villages?

5. What is poverty line? What are the calories and rupees fixed for rural and urban area for measuring poverty line?

6. Why the results of the poverty alleviation programmes have been mixed up?

7. How can poverty be reduced in future in India? Suggest any four points.

8. Mention the two planks on which the current anti-poverty strategy of the government is based. Why were the poverty alleviation programmes not successful in most parts of India?

9. What is poverty? What is NREGA State its objective?

10. Explain any two poverty alleviation programmes launched by the government.

11. (a) Define poverty line.

(b) How is poverty line calculated in India?

12. State four features of National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), 2005.

13. Give one most important factor responsible for the reduction of poverty in each of the following states:

(a) Punjab

(b) Kerala

(d) Andhra Pradesh

14. Give an account of inter-state disparities in poverty in India.

15. Explain any two of the following poverty alleviation:

(i) NREGA (ii) PMGY

(iii) NFWP (iv) SGSY

16. NREGA 2005 is an important anti-poverty programme. Explain.

17. ‘‘Social exclusion can be both a cause as well as consequence of poverty’’. Explain.

18. In spite of various alleviation programmes, poverty continued in India. Analyse the reasons in support of your answer.

19. What is poverty line? How many methods of measuring poverty are used in India? Describe each method.

20. Who are the most vulnerable as far as poverty is concerned? How have the states of West Bengal, Punjab and Tamil Nadu tackled poverty?

Chapter 3 Poverty as a Challange

Class 9thSocial Science- Chapter 3 Poverty as a Challange

Class 9^thSocial Science- Chapter 3 Poverty as a Challange