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Question 1. Consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- The Multidimensional Poverty Index is developed by Mckinzey with UNDP support.
- The Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) covers deprivation of health, education, standard of living, i.e., assets and services at household level.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer: Option C. -> 2 only
Answer: (c)
The Multidimensional Poverty Index is developed by Oxford Poverty and Human Development with UNDP support.
The poverty index covers deprivation of education, health, the standard of living etc. assets and services at the household level.
Answer: (c)
The Multidimensional Poverty Index is developed by Oxford Poverty and Human Development with UNDP support.
The poverty index covers deprivation of education, health, the standard of living etc. assets and services at the household level.
Question 2. Consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- Kudumbashree is a poverty eradication mission of government of Karnataka.
- The mission aims at the empowerment of women, through forming self-help groups and encouraging their entrepreneurial or other wide range of activities.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer: Option C. -> 2 only
Answer: (c)
Kudumbashree is a poverty eradication mission of the government of Kerala.
The mission aims at the empowerment of women, through forming self-help groups and encouraging their entrepreneurial or other wide range of activities.
The purpose of the mission is to ensure that the women should no longer remain as passive recipients of public assistance, but active leaders in women involved development initiatives.
Answer: (c)
Kudumbashree is a poverty eradication mission of the government of Kerala.
The mission aims at the empowerment of women, through forming self-help groups and encouraging their entrepreneurial or other wide range of activities.
The purpose of the mission is to ensure that the women should no longer remain as passive recipients of public assistance, but active leaders in women involved development initiatives.
Answer: Option C. -> Higher burden of unproductive consumers on total population
Answer: (c)
Answer: (c)
Answer: Option A. -> house - hold consumer expenditure.
Answer: (a)
Tendulkar adopted the Cost of living as the basis for identifying poverty. It was also accepted by the panel under the leadership of Arvind Panagariya, Constituted by the Govt. in September 2016.
However, This Panel suggested the Govt. to constitute another panel to define poverty.
Answer: (a)
Tendulkar adopted the Cost of living as the basis for identifying poverty. It was also accepted by the panel under the leadership of Arvind Panagariya, Constituted by the Govt. in September 2016.
However, This Panel suggested the Govt. to constitute another panel to define poverty.
Answer: Option D. -> Chhattisgarh
Answer: (d)
The poverty ratio was highest in Chhattisgarh at 39.93 per cent followed by Jharkhand (36.96 per cent), Manipur (36.89 per cent), Arunachal Pradesh (34.67 per cent) and Bihar (33.47 per cent). As per 2011-12 data.
The minimum poverty ratio was 5.09%. The National Average of all states of India was 21.92%
Poverty ratio: The ratio of the no. of people whose income falls below the poverty line, taken as half the median household income of the total population.
Answer: (d)
The poverty ratio was highest in Chhattisgarh at 39.93 per cent followed by Jharkhand (36.96 per cent), Manipur (36.89 per cent), Arunachal Pradesh (34.67 per cent) and Bihar (33.47 per cent). As per 2011-12 data.
The minimum poverty ratio was 5.09%. The National Average of all states of India was 21.92%
Poverty ratio: The ratio of the no. of people whose income falls below the poverty line, taken as half the median household income of the total population.
Answer: Option B. -> Ministry of Health
Answer: (b)
Answer: (b)
Question 7. Consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- Janani Suraksha Yojana was launched on 12 April 2005.
- Its aim to decrease the neonatal and maternal deaths in rural poor.
- 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).
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer: Option D. -> 1, 2 and 3
Answer: (d)
Janani Suraksha Yojana was launched on 12 April 2005. It aims to decrease the neonatal and maternal deaths in rural poor.
In this scheme, the states where there is a low rate of Institutional deliveries are classified as ‘Low Performing States (LPS)’ (the states of Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Assam, Rajasthan, Orissa and Jammu and Kashmir), whereas the remaining states are termed as High Performing States (HPS).
Answer: (d)
Janani Suraksha Yojana was launched on 12 April 2005. It aims to decrease the neonatal and maternal deaths in rural poor.
In this scheme, the states where there is a low rate of Institutional deliveries are classified as ‘Low Performing States (LPS)’ (the states of Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Assam, Rajasthan, Orissa and Jammu and Kashmir), whereas the remaining states are termed as High Performing States (HPS).
Answer: Option B. -> the rate of inflation would increase
Answer: (b)
Answer: (b)
Answer: Option C. -> H. Leibenstein
Answer: (c)
Answer: (c)
Answer: Option B. -> Planning Commission (Niti Aayog)
Answer: (b)
Answer: (b)
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