Name the Programme that covers elderly people, poor women who are destitute and widows.

1. National Rural Employment Guarantee Act.
2. National Social Assistance Programme.
3. Integrated Child Development Scheme.
4. National Food for Work Programme.

When poverty is related to the distribution of income, it is called:

1. Low line poverty.
2. Absolute poverty.
3. Relative poverty.
4. None of these.

"Task Force on Projections of Minimum Needs and Effective Consumption Demand' was formed in:

1. 1979
2. 1989
3. 2005
4. 1990

As per Rangarajan Committee, per capita income required per month to consume minimum calorie in take in urban areas is:

1. ₹ 816
2. ₹ 1,000
3. ₹ 972
4. ₹ 1,407

Which one of the following groups is vulnerable to poverty?

1. Scheduled caste.
2. Landless agricultural labourer.
3. Urban agricultural household.
4. All of the above.

Poverty index developed by Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen was named as:

1. Poverty gap index.
2. Sen's index.
3. Squared poverty gap.
4. None of the above.

Which of the following is a self-employment generation programme?

1. Prime Minister Rojgar Yojana.
2. Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rojgar Yojana.
3. Rural Employment Generation Programme.
4. All of the above.

Which of the following method is used to measure income inequalities?

1. Gini Co-efficient.
2. HDI
3. Both of these.
4. None of these.

Which approach is based on the expectation that the effects of economic growth-rapid increase in gross domestic product and per capita income?

1. Growth oriented approach.
2. Poverty alleviation programmes.
3. Providing minimum basic amenities.
4. None of these.

People who do not usually have sufficient money to fulfill their basic needs are referred to as:

1. Usually poor.
2. Always poor.
3. Occassionally poor.
4. Churning poor.