Please refer to the MCQ questions for Class 11 Economics Chapter Poverty. These multiple choice questions are expected to come in the upcoming class 11 Economics examinations. These MCQ questions with answers have been designed as per the latest syllabus and NCERT books issued by CBSE, NCERT and KVS. These objective questions for grade 11th Economics will help you to get good marks in exams.

MCQ Questions Class 11 Economics Poverty

Please refer to Poverty MCQ Questions and answers below. Also, refer to MCQ Questions for Class 11 Economics for all chapters in your NCERT book.

Question. The approach to reduce poverty through specific poverty alleviation programmes has been initiated from the
(a) Second Five Year plan
(b) Third Five Year plan
(c) Fifth Five Year plan
(d) Seventh Five Year plan

Question. The approach to addressing poverty through public expenditure in providing minimum basic amenities to the people has been initiated from the ___________
(a) Second Five Year plan
(b) Third Five Year plan
(c) Fifth Five Year plan
(d) Seventh Five Year plan

Question. Labour force participation rate in India is _______ as compared to advanced countries.
(A) Very low
(B) Low
(C) High
(D) Very high

Question. People who are always poor and those who are usually poor but who may sometimes have a little more money (example: casual workers) are grouped together as the____________
(a) Chronic poor
(b) Churning poor
(c) Occasionally poor
(d) Transient poor

Question. Which programe is restricted as ‘National Rural Linelihiid Mission’?
(A) National Food For Work Programme
(B) Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojna
(C) Rural Employment Generation Programme
(D) Prime Minister’s Rozgar Yojna

Question. The average calories required per person in urban area is
(a) 2400
(b) 2100
(c) 2500
(d) 2150

Question. In India, poverty in urban areas is __________ than the poverty in rural areas.
(A) More
(B) Lesser
(C) Equal
(D) None of the above

Question. SISKY stands for:
(A) Swarna Jayanti Shari Razgar Yajana
(B) Swarna Jeewan Sudhar Rashtriya Yajanat
(C) Sampoorna Jeewan Shahari Rozgar Yajana
(D) None of the above

Question. Who was the first person to define poverty in terms of Jail Cost of Living?
(a) Dadabai Naroji
(b) V.K.R.V. Rao
(c) Willian Digby
(d) R.C. Desai

Question. In India, a ___________ rate of economic growth is an essential condition for poverty removal.
(A) Low
(B) Very Low
(C) High
(D) Very High

Question. Which of the following is a programme for the benefit of the elderly?
(A) Public Distribution System
(B) Preadhan Mantra Gram Sadak Yojna
(C) Social Assistance Programme
(D) National Food For Work Programme

Question. Which of the following is not a mojor cause of poverty in India?
(A) Low capital formation
(B) Lack of social/welfare nets
(C) Social exclusion
(D) Migration of people from rural to urban India

Question. Poverty line divides the population as poor and ____________.
(A) Rich
(B) Very poor
(C) Non poor
(D) All the above

Question. _____________ organisation collects statistics on poverty in India.
(A) Planning commission
(B) NSSO
(C) Ministry of statistics
(D) None of these

Question. Poverty index developed by Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen was named as:
(A) Poverty gap index
(B) Sen’s index
(C) Squared poverty gap
(D) None of the above

Question. ____________ programme intend to improve the food and nutritional status of the poor.
(A) Midday meal scheme
(B) Public distribution system
(C) Integrated child development scheme
(D) All of these

Question. The educated unemployed from low – income families in rural and urban areas can get financial help to set up any kind of enterprise that generates employment under ________________.
(a) Rural Employment Generation Programme (REGP)
(b) Prime Minister’s Rozgar Yojana (PMRY)
(c) Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY)
(d) Swarna Jayariti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY)

Question. ________________ mainly aims at creating employment opportunities — both self employment and wage employment — in urban areas.
(a) Rural Employment Generation Programme (REGP)
(b) Prime Minister’s Rozgar Yojana (PMRY)
(c) Swarna iayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY)
(d) Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY)

Question. Who was the first person to discuss the concept of poverty line in India?
(A) Shaheen Rafi khan
(B) Dadabhai Naoroji
(C) Damian Killen
(D) Amartya Sen

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Question. ________________ are attempts in developing infrastructure and housing conditions.   

Question. _____________ is initiated by the central government, under which elderly people who do not have anyone to take care of them are given pension to sustain themselves. Poor women who are destitute and widows are also covered under this scheme. 

Question. ________________ is implementing the Rural Employment Generation Programme (REGP). 

Question. Since the 1990s those who wish to benefit from the self employment programmes are encouraged to form ________________. 

Question. Initially, the self- Help droups (SHGs) are encouraged to save money and land among themselves as small loans. Later, through banks, the government provides partial financial assistance to SHGs which then decide whom the loan is to be given to for self-employment activities. ________________ is one such programme. 

Question. Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) has now been restructured as ___________. A similar programme called _________ has also been in place for urban poor.   

Question. In August 2005, the parliament passed a new Act to provide guaranteed wage employment to every rural household whose adult volunteer is to do unskilled manual work for a minimum of 100 days in a year. This Act is known as ______________.

Question. From 2014, a `scheme called________________ people in India are encouraged to open bank accounts.

Question. Number of people living below poverty line. (Absolute poverty/Relative poverty)

Question. Dadabhai Naoroji used the menu for a prisoner and used appropriate prevailing prices to arrive at what may be called ________________.

Question. The weighted average of consumption of the three segments of population gives the average poverty line, which according to Dada bhai Naoroji, comes out to be ________________adult jail cost of living.