Deck 7: Poverty, Tribes, and Unemployment in India

Question 1

Museums for Tribal Freedom Fighters were set up in how many states?

A)2
B)5
C)6
D)None of the above

Answer 1

6

Question 2

Tribes in the India context today are normally referred by the Constitution are :-

A)Scheduled Tribe
B)Scheduled Caste
C)The Gonds
D)The Hill people

Answer 2

Scheduled Tribe

Question 3

The Scheduled tribes are identified by Mahatma Gandhi as -

A)The downtrodden
B)The Girijan
C)The Adivasi
D)The The Mundas

Answer 3

The Girijan

Question 4

Which is not a characteristic of the tribals?

A)Common territory
B)Collection of families
C)Common ancestor
D)Industrial community

Question 5

Which of the following tribal practices has been prohibited by the Indian Penal Code ?

A)Marriage by capture
B)Death ceremony
C)Social gathering
D)None of the above

Question 6

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in 1957 has put forward "The philosophy of NEFA" popularly known as -

A)Panchsheel
B)The Backward Commisssion
C)Sevayam Sevak Sangh
D)Bhil Seva Manda

Question 7

"A person is rich or poor according to the degree in which he can afford to enjoy the necessaries, the conveniences and the amusements of lie". Who said this? -

A)Gillin and Gillin
B)Adam Smith
C)Goddard
D)G.R.Madan

Question 8

Absolute Poverty is often known as;

A)Subsistence Poverty
B)Relative Poverty
C)Rapid Poverty
D)Standard Poverty

Question 9

What is the percentage of people living below poverty line in Mizoram according to 2011 census?

A)20.40%
B)17.35%
C)30%
D)33.74%

Question 10

Which are the causes of poverty in India?

A)Individual incapacity
B)Economic Factor
C)Social Factor
D)All of the above

Question 11

In which year did the Government of India set up the Planning Commission and started the Five Year Plan?

A)1951
B)1960
C)1950
D)1955

Question 12

The Five Year Plan mainly aimed at:

A)Attaining self reliance in agriculture production
B)Remove unemployment
C)Wiping out poverty
D)All of the above

Question 13

Concept of Absolute Poverty even includes:

A)Basic cultural needs
B)Social needs
C)Economic needs
D)Psychological needs

Question 14

The Indian Planning Commission defined 'poverty line on the basis of nutritional requirements in rural areas per day of :

A)2400 calories
B)3000 calories
C)2600 calories
D)2800 calories

Question 15

The Indian Planning Commission defined 'poverty line' on the basis of nutritional requirement in urban areas per day of:

A)1500 calories
B)2000 calories
C)2100 calories
D)2400 calories

Question 16

Pradhan Mantri Gramdaya Yojana (PMGY) was launched in the year:

A)1999
B)2002
C)2000
D)2005

Question 17

"Unemployment is a state of worklessness for a man fit and willing to work, that is, it is a condition of voluntary and not voluntary idleness". Who said this?

A)C.B.Mamoria
B)D'Mello
C)Nava Gopal Das
D)Andre Betielle

Question 18

Agricultural unemployment is caused by -

A)Seasonal nature of agricultural work
B)Decay of cottage industries
C)Sub- division of land holdings
D)All of the above

Question 19

Technological unemployment is caused mainly because of the introduction of :

A)Man power
B)Labour- saving machines
C)Skilled labour
D)Animal power

Question 20

Slow growth of industries, competition with foreign industries, unplanned industrialization, defective industrial policies, labour strikes or employer's lockout etc cause

A)Technological unemployment
B)Cyclical unemployment
C)Educational unemployment
D)Industrial unemployment

Question 21

Which state has the lowest percentage of unemployment in India?

A)Bihar
B)Mizoram
C)Gujarat
D)Mumbai

Question 22

What is the rate of female unemployment in India according to 2011 census?

A)7%
B)6.9 %
C)8%
D)11%

Question 23

Open employment is also called:

A)Structural employment
B)Voluntary employment
C)Disguised employment
D)Temporary employment

Question 24

Job opportunities depend very much on:

A)Technological growth
B)Industrial growth
C)Social growth
D)Economic growth

Question 25

In which year the Government of India adopted the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act?

A)2005
B)2004
C)2007
D)2010