CLASS-9,POVERTY AS CHALLENGE

 CLASS-IX

Poverty as challenge


1. Name one of the most important and difficult challenges faced by independent India.

2. What are the poverty indicators in India?

3. When was the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) passed?

4. Which state out of Bihar, Odisha, Punjab and Assam has the highest poverty ratio?

5. What do we mean by the term ‘vulnerability to poverty?

6. What is the accepted average calorie requirement in India?

7. How have Kerala and West Bengal reduced their poverty?

8. How has poverty reduced in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu?

9. Which are the two planks on which anti-poverty strategy of the government is based?

10. What is Rural Employment Generation Programme?

11. What are the dimensions of poverty?

12. Name any two social groups which are most vulnerable to poverty.

13. What are the major objectives of the Prime Minister Rozgar Yojana?

14. What are the main features of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005?  

15. One historical reason is the low level of economic development under the British Colonial Administration’. Explain the statement.


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