poverty & unemployment section 2 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

At present the National Commission on Population is under

a) Cabinet Secretariat

b) Ministry of Health

c) Planning Commission

d) Ministry of Human Resource Development

Question : 2

If the actual unemployment rate is below the natural rate of unemployment, it would be expected that:

a) wages would fall

b) the rate of inflation would increase

c) the Phillips curve would shift to the left

d) the natural rate of unemployment would fall

Question : 3

Critical minimum effort theory was designed by which of the following given economist?

a) W.W. Rostow

b) None of the above

c) H. Leibenstein

d) Rosentein Rodan

Question : 4

Poverty level in India is established on the basis of

a) house - hold consumer expenditure.

b) per capital income in different States.

c) house - hold average income.

d) slum population in the country.

Question : 5

In which state of India during (2011-12) the poverty ratio calculated by the Planning Commission was maximum?

a) Jharkhand

b) Bihar

c) Odisha

d) Chhattisgarh

Question : 6

Which among below is the economic effect of population pressure in India?

a) Overcrowding of cities

b) Ecological degradation

c) Higher burden of unproductive consumers on total population

d) Disintegration of family