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For 2011-12, the rural poverty line per person per month was fixed at:Read the answer and worked solution →The urban poverty line per person per month for 2011-12 was:Read the answer and worked solution →In 2011-12, a rural family of five earning below about how much a month was below the poverty line?Read the answer and worked solution →The World Bank's uniform international poverty line is:Read the answer and worked solution →India's poverty ratio fell from about 45 per cent in 1993-94 to about what in 2011-12?Read the answer and worked solution →The number of poor fell from 407 million in 2004-05 to how many in 2011-12?Read the answer and worked solution →In 2011-12, how many of every 100 Scheduled Tribe persons could not meet basic needs?Read the answer and worked solution →Which two states remain the poorest, with poverty ratios of 33.7 and 32.6 per cent?Read the answer and worked solution →Which states traditionally reduced poverty through high agricultural growth rates?Read the answer and worked solution →West Bengal reduced poverty mainly through:Read the answer and worked solution →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 →

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For 2011-12, the rural poverty line per person per month was fixed at:

  1. Rs 5,000
  2. Rs 816
  3. Rs 1000
  4. Rs 4,080
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Correct answer: B. Rs 816

1. Food, clothing, fuel and other needs are priced. 2. The rural line was Rs 816. 3. The urban line was Rs 1000. _Source: syllabus Economics, Chapter 3, Poverty as a Challenge._

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The urban poverty line per person per month for 2011-12 was:

  1. Rs 500
  2. Rs 1500
  3. Rs 1000
  4. Rs 816
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Correct answer: C. Rs 1000

1. Urban essentials cost more. 2. The urban line was Rs 1000. 3. A family of five needed Rs 5,000. _Source: syllabus Economics, Chapter 3, Poverty as a Challenge._

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In 2011-12, a rural family of five earning below about how much a month was below the poverty line?

  1. Rs 5,000
  2. Rs 8,160
  3. Rs 2,040
  4. Rs 4,080
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Correct answer: D. Rs 4,080

1. Rs 816 times five members. 2. The rural family line was about Rs 4,080. 3. The urban family needed Rs 5,000. _Source: syllabus Economics, Chapter 3, Poverty as a Challenge._

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