poverty & unemployment section 2 Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Question : 11 [HPPSC (Pre) 2011]

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 : 12

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 : 13 [HCS (Pre) 2014]

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 : 14 [UPPCS (Pre) 2018]

Which of the following fixes the poverty line in India?

a) Rajya Sabha

b) Planning Commission (Niti Aayog)

c) Central Council of Ministers

d) Lok Sabha

Question : 15

Consider the following statements:

1. Janani Suraksha Yojana was launched on 12 April 2005.
2. Its aim to decrease the neonatal and maternal deaths in rural poor.
3. In this scheme, the states where there is a low rate of institutional deliveries are classified as ‘Low Performing States, whereas the remaining states are termed as High Performing States(HPS).

a) 1 only

b) 2 and 3 both

c) 2 only

d) 1, 2 and 3