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    This document contains a 17 question assignment on Chapter 4 - Poverty from the Indian Economic Development textbook. The questions cover topics like the definition of poverty line, government poverty alleviation programs, characteristics of poverty, differences between rural and urban poverty, and causes and measurements of poverty in India. Students are asked to choose correct answers or fill in blanks for definitions and match schemes with their objectives. The final questions involve longer explations analyzing poverty measurement, the relationship between unemployment and poverty, and evaluating India's growth-oriented approach to poverty alleviation.

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    This document contains a 17 question assignment on Chapter 4 - Poverty from the Indian Economic Development textbook. The questions cover topics like the definition of poverty line, government poverty alleviation programs, characteristics of poverty, differences between rural and urban poverty, and causes and measurements of poverty in India. Students are asked to choose correct answers or fill in blanks for definitions and match schemes with their objectives. The final questions involve longer explations analyzing poverty measurement, the relationship between unemployment and poverty, and evaluating India's growth-oriented approach to poverty alleviation.

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    This document contains a 17 question assignment on Chapter 4 - Poverty from the Indian Economic Development textbook. The questions cover topics like the definition of poverty line, government poverty alleviation programs, characteristics of poverty, differences between rural and urban poverty, and causes and measurements of poverty in India. Students are asked to choose correct answers or fill in blanks for definitions and match schemes with their objectives. The final questions involve longer explations analyzing poverty measurement, the relationship between unemployment and poverty, and evaluating India's growth-oriented approach to poverty alleviation.

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    Chapter 4 - Poverty

    (Indian Economic Development)


    Assignment

    Note: All questions to be attempted in Economics Register.

    Q1. Transient Poor includes: (Choose the correct alternative)


    (a) Occasionally Poor
    (b) Churning Poor
    (c) Usually Poor
    (d) Both (a) and (b)

    Q2. Who introduced the concept of ‘jail cost of living’? (Choose the correct alternative)
    (a) Mahatma Gandhi
    (b) Jawaharlal Nehru.
    (c) Dadabhai Naoroji
    (d) Amartya Sen

    Q3. __________ is a cut-off point on the line of distribution, which usually divides the population of the
    country as poor and non-poor. (Fill up the blank with correct answer)

    Q4. The official data on poverty is made available to the public by the ____________, is based on the
    consumption expenditure data collected by the ___________. (Fill up the blanks with correct answer)

    Q5. Proportion of people below the poverty line is known as _________. (Fill up the blank with correct
    answer)

    Q6. Name the programme initiated by the government to help the elderly people and poor and destitute
    women.

    Q7. Name two states in which the poverty level is far above the national level.
    Q8. Match the following:

    Column I Column II

    A. Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak i. Food and nutritional status


    Yojana improvement programme

    B. Rural Employment Generation ii. Infrastructural development


    Programme programme

    C. Mahatma Gandhi Rural iii. Self-employment Programme


    Employment Guarantee Act

    D. Public Distribution System iv. Wage employment programme

    1
    Choose the correct sequence of alternatives given in column I by matching them with items in Column
    II in the table given above.
    (a) A - (iii), B – (iv), C - (iii), D – (i)
    (b) A - (ii), B – (iv), C - (iii), D – (i)
    (c) A - (iv), B – (iii), C - (i), D – (ii)
    (d) A - (ii), B – (iii), C - (iv), D – (i)

    Q9. How is relative poverty different from absolute poverty?

    Q10. State any two characteristics of the poor people.

    Q11. Briefly discuss the programme adopted by the government to provide health insurance to poor people
    along with promoting savings habit.

    Q12. Differentiate between rural and urban poverty. Is it correct to say that poverty has shifted from rural to
    urban areas in India? Give reason for your answer.

    Q13. How has poverty line been defined in India? Discuss the problems involved in this mechanism in
    identifying poor in India.

    Q14. Is there any relationship between unemployment and poverty? Explain.

    Q15. Explain ‘Minimum Basic Amenities Approach’ adopted by the government to eradicate poverty in
    India.

    Q16. Critically analyse the growth-oriented approach adopted by the government for alleviating poverty in
    India.

    Q17. Briefly explain any three causes of poverty in India.

    Q18. Critically examine the results of Poverty Alleviation Programmes implemented in India since
    Independence.

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