SSC economy quiz 8 September 22, 2018 September 22, 2018 Please enter your email: 1. Which Committee’s recommendations are being followed for estimating Poverty Line in Lakdawala Committee Dutt Committee Chelliah Committee Chakravorty Committee 2. Absolute Poverty means: poverty in terms of the absolute level of unemployment poverty in terms of the prevailing price level poverty in terms of absolute number of people poverty in terms of the basic minimum calorie requirements 3. Pradhan Mantri Gramodaya Yojana aims at: meeting rural needs like Primary education; health care, drinking water, housing, rural roads generating employment in the rural areas alleviating poverty micro-enterprises strengthening the Panchayati Raj System in rural areas 4. Poverty Gap is : gap between developed nations and developing nations gap in infrastructural facilities between developed and developing nations gap between the rich and the poor the difference between poverty line and actual income levels of all those living below that line 5. Among the following who are eligible to benefit from the “Mahatma Gandhi National Adult members of only the scheduled Caste and scheduled tribe households Adult members of below poverty line (BPL) households Adult members of any household Adult members of households of all backward communities 6. Which one of the following statements is not correct? Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has scheme in which indigent people living in welfare institutions like orphanges are given 15 kg of food grains per person per month at BPL rates Under the Targeted Public Distribution System, the families Below Poverty Line are provided 50 kg. of food grains per month per family at subsidised price Ministry of Human Resource Development gives financial support to Mid-Day Meal Scheme for the benefit of class I to V students in Government or Government aided Schools Under Annapurna Scheme, indigent senior citizens of 65 years of age or above eligible for National Old Age Pension but not getting pension can get 10 kg of food grains per person per month free of cost 7. Which one of the following is a revamp of the Integrated Rural Development Community-based Pro-poor Initiative Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana National Social Assistance Programme Jawahar Gram Samridhi Yojana 8. DWCRA stands for: All of the above Development of Women and Children in Rural Areas Direct Welfare of Children in Rural Areas Development and Welfare of Catchment Rural Areas 9. The Food For Work programme was renamed as: Jawahar Rozgar Yojana (JRY) National Rural Employment Programme (NREP) Integrated Rural Development Programme (IRDP) Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Programme (RLEGP) 10. What is the main objective of Antyodaya programme? Uplift the urban poor Uplift the poor Uplift the farmer Uplift the landless labour Loading … Question 1 of 10 Share this:WhatsAppTelegramTweet Related
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