Which scheme was started in 1993 to create self-employment opportunities for educated unemployed youth in rural areas and small towns?

1. Prime Minister Rozgar Yojana.
2. National Rural Employment Guarantee Act.
3. Rural Employment Generation Programme.
4. Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana.

A person in urban India is considered below the poverty line, if his daily intake of calories is less than:

1. 2000
2. 2100
3. 2400
4. 2500

Small farmers or seasonal workers who regularly move in and out of poverty, fall in the category of:

1. Chronic poor.
2. Never poor.
3. Churning poor.
4. Usually poor.

In 1979, a body called the task force on projections of minimum needs and effective consumption demand' was formed. What is the reason for formation of this task force?

1. To determine poverty line.
2. To alleviate poverty.
3. To fulfill basic needs of poor households.
4. All of the above.

Which of the following is a programme for the benefit of the elderly?

1. Public Distribution System.
2. Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana.
3. Social Assistance Programme.
4. National Food for Work Programme.

Out of the following, what is the assumption of absolute poverty?

1. Poor people are highly vulnerable.
2. There is fixed minimum level of consumption.
3. Unequal distribution of income.
4. All of the above.

Which of these is not a cause of low productivity?

1. General factors.
2. Institutional factors.
3. Social factors.
4. Technological factors.

For how many days NREGA guarantees employment?

1. 70
2. 80
3. 90
4. 150

Which state has highest percentage of population living below poverty line?

1. Bihar.
2. Orissa.
3. Madhya Pradesh.
4. Assam.

Who advocated that India would be truly independent only when the poorest of its people become free of human suffering?

1. Mahatma Gandhi.
2. Indira Gandhi.
3. Jawahar Lai Nehru.
4. Subhash Chandra Bose.