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Q: Which of the following committees on poverty estimation in India was the first to move away from the calorie intake as the sole criterion and adopted a 'uniform reference period' for all items?
Anonymous Quiz
67%
Lakdawala (1993)
0%
Alagh (1979)
0%
Rangarajan (2014)
33%
Tendulkar (2009)
Consider the Lorenz Curve. If the curve coincides perfectly with the 'Line of Equality' (45-degree line), what does the Gini Coefficient value equal?
Anonymous Quiz
25%
1
50%
0.5
0%
-1
25%
0
Q: Which of the following is NOT one of the three dimensions of the Global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI)?
Anonymous Quiz
0%
Education
0%
Standard of Living
100%
Purchasing Power Parity (Income)
0%
Health
Q: Which organization is the nodal agency for releasing the National Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) in India?
Anonymous Quiz
67%
MoSPI
0%
RBI
0%
MoRD
33%
NITI Aayog
Q: In the context of poverty, what does the term 'Headcount Ratio' refer to?
Anonymous Quiz
0%
The ratio of unemployed to employed population
0%
The intensity of deprivation faced by the poor
33%
The gap between the poverty line and the average income of the poor
67%
The percentage of the population living below the poverty line
Q: Which of the following best describes 'Relative Poverty'?
Anonymous Quiz
67%
A situation where household income is a certain percentage below the median income of the country
0%
Poverty caused by temporary economic shocks like a recession
0%
Poverty measured strictly by calorie intake
33%
A condition where a person cannot afford basic necessities like food and shelter
Q: If a country defines its poverty line as '50% of the median household income', which type of poverty is it measuring?
Anonymous Quiz
67%
Relative Poverty
33%
Chronic Poverty
0%
Absolute Poverty
0%
Situational Poverty
Q: Which Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) is explicitly dedicated to 'End poverty in all its forms everywhere'?
Anonymous Quiz
67%
SDG 1
0%
SDG 3
0%
SDG 10
33%
SDG 2
Q: The Rangarajan Committee (2014) on poverty estimation differed from the Tendulkar Committee primarily by:
Anonymous Quiz
0%
Adopting a purely consumption-based approach
100%
Reverting to separate consumption baskets for rural and urban areas
0%
Removing health and education from the poverty basket
0%
Lowering the poverty line compared to Tendulkar
Q: What is 'Cyclical Poverty'?
Anonymous Quiz
0%
Poverty widely prevalent affecting the majority of the population
0%
Poverty defined by the lack of political rights
100%
Poverty that occurs during specific periods, such as economic recessions or harvest failures
0%
Poverty that persists for generations
Q: Amartya Sen's 'Capability Approach' fundamentally shifted the understanding of poverty by defining it as:
Anonymous Quiz
100%
The deprivation of basic freedoms and opportunities to achieve well-being
0%
A lack of physical assets like land and housing
0%
A shortage of income below the World Bank's $2.15 line
0%
A comparative disadvantage in consumption expenditure
Q: In the context of poverty categorization, which of the following best describes the 'Churning Poor'?
Anonymous Quiz
0%
Those who are rich most of the time but occasionally fall below the poverty line
0%
Those who never fall below the poverty line
25%
Those who are always below the poverty line but occasionally rise above it
75%
Those who regularly move in and out of poverty
Q: Many aspirants confuse the committees. Which of the following committees was specifically constituted for the Identification of BPL families in rural areas, rather than just estimating the poverty line?
Anonymous Quiz
50%
N.C. Saxena Committee
50%
Rangarajan Committee
0%
Tendulkar Committee
0%
Lakdawala Committee
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