Poverty as a challenge

Which of the following essentially is/are aspects of poverty?
1. Lack of a regular job at a minimum decent level.
2. Lack of access to basic health and sanitation
3. Hunger and lack of shelter.
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Who of the following great personalities insisted that India would be truly independent only when the poorest of its people become free of human suffering?

Consider the following assertion and reason type statements:
Assertion (A): Social exclusion can be both a cause as well as a consequence of poverty in the usual sense.
Reason (R) : The working of the caste system in India in which people belonging to certain castes are excluded from equal opportunities.
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Which of the following determine vulnerability of a community?
1. Education
2. Health
3. Job opportunities.
4. Natural disasters
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Consider the following statements:
1. A common method used to measure poverty is based on the income only.
2. A person is considered poor if his or her income or consumption level falls below a given “minimum level” necessary to fulfill the basic needs.
The correct statement(s) is/are:

Consider the following assertion and reason type statements:
Assertion (A): Poverty line varies with with time and place.
Reason (R) : Each country uses an imaginary line that is considered appropriate for its existing level of development and its accepted minimum social norms.
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Consider the following statements:
1. The present formula for food requirement while estimating the poverty line is based on the desired calorie requirement.
2. The accepted average calorie requirement in India is 2100 calories per person per day in rural areas and 2400 calories per person per day in urban areas.
The correct statement(s) is/are:

Consider the following assertion and reason type statements:
Assertion (A): Despite less calorie requirement, the higher amount for urban areas has been fixed.
Reason (R): It has been so because of high prices of many essential products in urban centres.
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The poverty line is estimated periodically (normally every five years) by conducting sample surveys.
Which of the following organisations conduct such sample surveys?

Consider the following statements:
1. There is a substantial decline in poverty ratios in India from about 45 per cent in 1993- 94 to less than 20 per cent in 2011-12.
2. The poverty line for a person living in urban area is lower than a person living in rural area.
The correct statement(s) is/are

Consider the following statements.
1. The official data on poverty is made available to the public by the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO).
2. It is estimated on the basis of consumption expenditure data collected by the Planning Commission.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Over the years, the government has been following approach/es to reduce poverty in India:
1. Growth oriented development
2. Specific poverty alleviation programmes
3. Meeting the minimum needs of the poor.
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Which among the following can be considered as the cause(s) of poverty?
1. Social, economic and political inequality
2. Social inclusion
3. Unemployment
4. Indebtedness
5. Unequal distribution of wealth
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Which scheme was started in 1993 to create selfemployment opportunities for educated unemployed youth in rural areas and small towns?

The calorie requirement is higher in the rural areas because:

Which of the following cannot be held as a cause of poverty in India?

Although there was substantial deindustrialisation in India under the British rule:
1. Imports of manufactured cotton yarn from Lancashire in England caused enhancement in local production.
2. India reverted to being an exporter of cotton cloth.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Which of the following form(s) the underpinning of the government\’s anti-poverty strategy?
1. Promotion of economic growth
2. Targeted anti-poverty programmes
3. Giving free loans to poor
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Consider the following statements:
1. Since the eighties, India\’s economic growth has been one of the fastest in the world.
2. The higher growth rates have helped significantly in the reduction of poverty
The correct statement(s) is/are:

Consider the following Assertion and Reason type statements:
Assertion (A) : Higher economic growth rate may not always lead to significant poverty reduction.
Reason (R) : The poor may not be able to take direct advantage from the opportunities created by economic growth.
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