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Kerala's poverty reduction focused mainly on:Read the answer and worked solution →Global extreme poverty fell from 36 per cent in 1990 to what share in 2015?Read the answer and worked solution →The UN sustainable development goals propose ending poverty of all types by:Read the answer and worked solution →India's growth rate rose from about 3.5 per cent a year in the 1970s to about what in the 1980s and 1990s?Read the answer and worked solution →MGNREGA 2005 aims to provide how many days of wage employment to every rural household?Read the answer and worked solution →Under MGNREGA, what share of proposed jobs is reserved for women?Read the answer and worked solution →Prime Minister Rozgar Yojana, for self-employment of educated unemployed youth, was started in:Read the answer and worked solution →Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana, which organises poor families into self help groups, was launched in:Read the answer and worked solution →Pradhan Mantri Gramodaya Yojana, giving states central assistance for basic services, was launched in:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the anti-poverty schemesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the vulnerable groupsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the scheme yearsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the poverty wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Rural or urban lineRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the poverty cluesRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Poverty bingoRead the answer and worked solution →Population becomes human capital when investment is made in the form of education, training and:Read the answer and worked solution →Making people more educated and healthy is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Which country became rich by investing in people despite lacking natural resources?Read the answer and worked solution →Economic activities are classified into how many main sectors?Read the answer and worked solution →Mining and quarrying belong to which sector?Read the answer and worked solution →Banking, education and health belong to which sector?Read the answer and worked solution →Activities performed for pay or profit are called:Read the answer and worked solution →Household work done by women is not recognised in the:Read the answer and worked solution →The quality of population depends on literacy, skill formation and health indicated by:Read the answer and worked solution →Pace-setting schools established in each district are the:Read the answer and worked solution →Plan outlay on education rose from Rs 151 crore in the first plan to how much in the eleventh plan?Read the answer and worked solution →Expenditure on education as a share of GDP rose from 0.64 per cent in 1951-52 to about what in 2015-16?Read the answer and worked solution →India's literacy rate rose from 18 per cent in 1951 to what in 2010-11?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Kerala's poverty reduction focused mainly on:

  1. Land reform redistribution
  2. Public distribution of grain
  3. Irrigation-led farm growth
  4. Human resource development
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Correct answer: D. Human resource development

1. Education and health were prioritised. 2. Kerala invested in human resource development. 3. Punjab relied on agriculture instead. _Source: syllabus Economics, Chapter 3, Poverty as a Challenge._

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Global extreme poverty fell from 36 per cent in 1990 to what share in 2015?

  1. 10 per cent
  2. 20 per cent
  3. 5 per cent
  4. 25 per cent
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Correct answer: A. 10 per cent

1. China's poverty fell to 0.7 per cent. 2. Globally it reached 10 per cent. 3. Sub-Saharan Africa still had 41 per cent. _Source: syllabus Economics, Chapter 3, Poverty as a Challenge._

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The UN sustainable development goals propose ending poverty of all types by:

  1. 2050
  2. 2030
  3. 2020
  4. 2045
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Correct answer: B. 2030

1. Poverty has fallen sharply but unevenly. 2. The target year is 2030. 3. Regional differences remain large. _Source: syllabus Economics, Chapter 3, Poverty as a Challenge._

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