inclusive growth, sustainable development & employment section 1 Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Question : 16

Poverty Gap is defined as:

1. It is the ratio by which the mean income of the poor falls below the poverty line as a proportion of the poverty line
2. It is used to reflect the intensity of poverty

a) Both (i) & (ii)

b) (i) only

c) (ii) only

d) Neither (i) nor (ii)

Question : 17

Which of the following statements are true regarding ‘replacement level fertility’?

a) It is the level of fertility at which a population exactly replaces itself from one generation to another

b) It is the level of fertility at which population remains constant

c) It is the level of fertility at which population growth remains constant

d) None of the above

Question : 18

Consider the following statements :

1. National Mission for Sustaining the Himalayan Ecosystem (NMSHE) was launched during the 12th Plan.
2. NMSHE covers 10 states.

a) 2 only

b) 1 only

c) 1 and 2 both

d) None

Question : 19

Consider the following statements:

1. Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) is a scheme formulated by the Government of India on 23 December 1993.
2. MPLADS allows members of Parliament for spending up to 2 crores per year on local area development.

a) 2 only

b) 1 and 2

c) 1 only

d) None

Question : 20

The concept which tries to ascertain the actual deficit in the revenue account after adjusting for expenditure of capital nature is termed as

a) revenue deficit

b) fiscal deficit

c) effective revenue deficit

d) primary deficit