poverty & unemployment section 3 Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions & More Shortcuts

Question : 16

Consider the following two statements and answer the question

1. The rural poverty alleviation programme will henceforth run on mission mode.
2. National Rural Livelihood Mission is a centrally sponsored programme implemented by the states.

a) Both I and II are correct

b) Only I is correct

c) Only II is correct

d) None is correct

Question : 17 [MPPCS (Pre) 2010]

How many people in India live below poverty line?

a) 40.5%

b) 27.5%

c) 29.5%

d) 23.5%

Question : 18 [HPPSC (Pre) 2018]

Find the correct poverty estimates for the given states in 2011-12, as per the Planning Commission.

a) Chhattisgarh 36.9%, 34.7%, 33.7%, 33.9%

b) Manipur 33.7%, 39.9%, 34.4%, 36.9%

c) Arunachal Pradesh 34.7%, 33.7%, 36.9%, 34.7%

d) Bihar 39.9%, 36.9%, 39.9%, 33.7%

Question : 19 [UPPCS (Pre) 2000]

Assertion (A):
India has experienced a Phenomenal growth of population since 1951.
Reason (R):
1951 is called the demographic divide in India’s demographic history.

a) (A) is true, but (R) is false

b) (A) is false, but (R) is true

c) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

d) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

Question : 20 [UPPCS (Mains) 2014]

Population growth in India during the decade 2001-2012 was

a) 21%

b) 22%

c) 17.6%

d) 19.5%