POVERTY AND UNEMPLOYMENT MCQS SET 03

POVERTY AND UNEMPLOYMENT MCQS SET 03

21) Cyclical unemployment refers to :
A) seasonal unemployment
B) disguised unemployment
C) voluntary unemployment
D) unemployment during recessionary phase of a trade cycle
Correct Answer: unemployment during recessionary phase of a trade cycle   
 
22) The Food For Work programme was renamed as :
A) Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Programme (RLEGP)
B) National Rural Employment Programme (NREP)
C) Jawahar Rozgar Yojana (JRY)
D) Integrated Dural Development Programme (IRDP)
Correct Answer: National Rural Employment Programme (NREP)   
 
23) How does the National Rural Livelihood Mission seek to improve livelihood options of rural poor?
1. By setting up a large number of new manufacturing industries and agribusiness centres in rural areas.
2. By strengthening Self-Help Groups and providing skill development.
3. By supplying seeds, fertilisers, diesel pump-sets and micro-irrigation equipments free of cost to farmers.
Select the correct-answer using the codes given below
A) 1, 2 and 3
B) 1 and 2
C) 2 and 3
D) Only 2
Correct Answer: Only 2
   
24) The Multidimensional Poverty Index developed by Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative with UNDP support covers which of the following?
1. Deprivation of education, health, assets and services at household level
2. Purchasing Power Parity at national level
3. Extent of budget deficit and GDP growth rate at national level
Select the correct answer using the codes given below
A) 1, 2 and 3
B) 2 and 3
C) Only 2
D) Only 1
Correct Answer: Only 1   
 
25) Which one among the following is the type of poverty which compares the total wealth of the poorest one-third of the population with the total wealth of richest 1% of the population?
A) Absolute poverty
B) Severe poverty
C) Relative poverty
D) Mass poverty
Correct Answer: Relative poverty

26) Which one of the following schemes/ programmes are mainly aimed to bring Inclusive growth in India?
A) Swabhiman
B) MGNREGA
C) Right to Information
D) Both 'a' and 'b'
Correct Answer: Both 'a' and 'b'
   
27) Consider the following statements.
1. An expert group under the chairmanship of Professor Suresh D Tendulkar to estimate the poverty in India was constituted by the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO)
2. More than 50% of the rural masses are living below the poverty line according to the Tendulkar Committee.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
A) Only 1
B) Only 2
C) Both 1 and 2
D) Neither 1 nor 2
Correct Answer: Neither 1 nor 2    

28) Estimates of poverty in India are given by the
A) NSSO
B) CSO
C) Ministry of Rural Development and Programme Implementation
D) Planning Commission
Correct Answer: NSSO
   
29) Consider the following statements
1. Gini coefficient is commonly used to measure the inequality of wealth.
2. The Gini coefficient with a value of 1 expresses total equality and a value of 0 expresses maximum inequality.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
A) Only 1
B) Only 2
C) Both 1 and 2
D) Neither 1 nor 2
Correct Answer: Only 1
   
30) Which one of the following agencies of the Indian Government implements the Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme?
A) Department of Rural Development
B) Khadi and Village Industries Commission
C) Municipality Corporation
D) Panchayat
Correct Answer: Khadi and Village Industries Commission