Summative Assessment for Poverty as a Challenge

Assignments in Social Science Class IX (Term II) 3. POVERTY AS A CHALLENGE
ASSIGNMENTS FOR SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT
I. MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
A. IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
1. Every _________ person in India is poor. (a) third (b) fourth (c) fifth (d) sixth 2. Vulnerability to poverty is determined by the options for finding an alternative living in terms of (a) assets (b) education (c) health (d) all the above 3. Social exclusion denies certain individuals the (a) facilities (b) benefits (c) opportunities (d) all the above 4. How many people in India live below the poverty line? (a) 30 crores (b) 26 crores (c) 28 crores (d) 24 crores 10. What is the poverty ratio in the state of Orissa? (a) 50% (b) 47% (c) 60% (d) 57% 11. In which state has the high agricultural growth helped to reduce poverty? (a) Jammu & Kashmir (b) West Bengal (c) Punjab (d) Gujarat 12. In which state have the land reform measures helped to reduce poverty? (a) Tamil Nadu (b) Punjab (c) West Bengal (d) Kerala 13. Which state has focussed more on human resource development? (a) Gujarat (b) Madhya Pradesh (c) Maharashtra (d) Kerala

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5. Which organisation carries out survey for determining the poverty line? (a) NSSO (b) CSO (c) Planning Commission (d) None of the above

6. Which social group is most vulnerable to poverty in India? (a) Schedule castes (b) Schedule tribes (c) Casual labourers (d) All the above 7. Which two states of India continue to be the poorest states? (a) Madhya Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir (b) Uttar Pradesh, Utarakhand (c) Orissa, Bihar (d) None of the above 8. Poverty line in rural areas (As per 1999 – 2000 prices) is (a) Rs 328 (b) Rs. 370 (c) Rs 454 (d) Rs. 460 9. Who are poorest of the poor? (a) Women (b) Old people (c) Children (d) All the above

14. In which state is the public distribution system responsible for the reduction in poverty? (a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Tamil Nadu (c) Both (a) and (b) (d) None of the above

15. What is the main cause of poverty in India? (a) High income inequalities (b) Less job opportunities (c) High growth in population (d) All the above 16. Which of the following is responsible for high poverty rates? (a) Huge income inequalities (b) Unequal distribution of land (c) Lack of effective implementation of land reforms (d) All the above 17. What is the biggest challenge to independent India? (a) illiteracy (b) Child labour (c) Poverty (d) Unemployment 18. In rural sector which of the following is not poor? (a) Landless agricultural workers

(b) Backward classes (c) Rural artisans (d) Medium farmers 19. Nutritional level of food energy is expressed in the form of (a) calories per day (b) wheat consumption (c) rice consumption per day (d) none of the above 20. As per Planning Commission, minimum daily intake of calories for determining poverty line for rural area is : (a) 2100 (b) 2400 (c) 1500 (d) none of the above 21. Poverty ratio in India as compared to Pakistan is : (a) same (b) half (c) twice (d) two and a half times 22. Common method to measure poverty in India is based on (a) income level (b) subsistence consumption level (c) both (a) and (b) (d) none of the above 23. Decline in poverty in Kerala is due to (a) emphasising more on human resource development (b) land reform measures (c) efficient public distribution of foodgrains (d) none of the above

24. To generate wage employment our government has started (a) National Social Assistance Programme (b) National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (c) Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana (d) None of the above 25. In which group of countries did poverty ratio remain constant? (a) South Asian countries (b) Latin American countries (c) Socialist countries (d) None of the above 26. Poverty line prescribed by World Bank (As per 2001 study) is : (a) $ 1 per day (b) $ 2 per day (c) $ 5 per day (d) $ 6 per day 27. National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (2005) provides assured employment to every rural household for (a) 120 days (b) 100 days (c) 60 days (d) 50 days

B. QUESTIONS FROM CBSE EXAMINATION PAPERS
3. Which of the following programmes was launched in the year 2000 ? [2011 (T-2)] (a) National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (b) Prime Minister Rozgar Yojana (c) Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (d) Pradhan Mantri Gramodaya Yojana 4. Who conducts the periodical sample surveys for estimating the poverty line in India? [2011 (T-2)] (a) National Survey Organisation (b) National Sample Survey Organisation (c) Sample Survey Organisation (d) None of the above
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1. Who advocated that India would be truly independent only when the poorest of its people become free of human suffering? [2011 (T-2)] (a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Indira Gandhi (c) Jawahar Lal Nehru (d) Subhash Chandra Bose 2. Which one of the following states in India has focussed more on human resource development? [2011 (T-2)] (a) Punjab (b) Karnataka (c) Kerala (d) Tamil Nadu

28. In how many states and Union Territories is poverty ratio less than the national average? (a) 20 (b) 22 (c) 16 (d) 18 29. Poverty line in urban areas (As per 1999 – 2000 prices) is : (a) Rs. 354 (b) Rs. 454 (c) Rs. 554 (d) Rs. 455

30. Poverty ratio in Bihar (As per Planning Commission Report 1999 – 2000) is (a) 40% (b) 43% (c) 46% (d) 47%

5. When was National Rural Employment Guarantee (NREGA) Act passed? [2011 (T-2)] (a) 2000 (b) 1995 (c) 2005 (d) 1993 6. Which category does not come under the category of Urban Poor? [2011 (T-2)] (a) The Casual workers (b) The Unemployed (c) The Shopkeeper (d) Rickshaw-pullers 7. How many per cent of Indian people were poor in the year 2000? [2011 (T-2)] (a) 36% (b) 46% (c) 26% (d) 29% 8. Which state has the highest percentage of poor? [2011 (T-2)] (a) Bihar (b) Madhya Pradesh (c) Assam (d) Orissa 9. Average calories required per person per day in rural areas in India are: [2011 (T-2)] (a) 2400 calories (b) 2800 calories (c) 3200 calories (d) 3600 calories 10. Which scheme was started in 1993 to create self-employment opportunities for educated unemployed youth in rural areas and small towns? [2011 (T-2)] (a) Prime Minister Rozgar Yojana (b) National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (c) Rural Employment Generation Programme (d) Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana 11. For how many days NREGA provides employment? [2011 (T-2)] (a) 70 (b) 80 (c) 90 (d) 100 12. Who is considered as poor? [2011 (T-2)] (a) Landlord (b) Landless labourer (d) Businessman (c) A rich farmer 13. Which among the following is the method to estimate the poverty line in India? [2011 (T-2)] (a) Investment method (b) Capital method (c) Human method (d) Income method 14. Which one of the social groups is vulnerable to poverty? [2011 (T-2)] (a) Scheduled caste (b) Urban casual labour (c) Rural agricultural household (d) All the above
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15. By which year governments are aiming to meet the Millennium Development Goals including halving the rate of global poverty? [2011 (T-2)] (a) 2011 (b) 2015 (c) 2045 (d) 2035 16. What is the average calories required in rural areas for measuring poverty? [2011 (T-2)] (a) 2400 calories per person per day (b) 2100 calories per person per day (c) 2800 calories per person per day (d) None of these 17. What is not one of the major causes of income inequality in India? [2011 (T-2)] (a) Unequal distribution of land (b) Lack of fertile land (c) Gap between rich and poor (d) Increase in population 18. In which of the following countries did poverty actually rise from 1981–2001? [2011 (T-2)] (a) Sub-Saharan Africa (b) India (c) China (d) Russia

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19. The calorie requirement is higher in the rural areas because: [2011 (T-2)] (a) they do not enjoy as much as people in the urban areas (b) food items are expensive (c) they are engaged in mental work (d) people are engaged in physical labour 20. Which of the following is an indicator of poverty in India? [2011 (T-2)] (a) Income level (b) Illiteracy level (c) Employment level (d) All of these 21. Which one of the following economic groups is vulnerable to poverty? [2011 (T-2)] (a) Scheduled caste (b) Scheduled tribes (c) Rural agricultural household (d) All the above 22. Which one of these is not a cause of poverty in India? [2011 (T-2)] (a) Low level of economic development (b) Migration of people from rural to urban India (c) Income inequalities (d) Unequal distribution of land

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23. Which of the following is not a valid reason for the slow progress of poverty alleviation programmes in India? [2011 (T-2)] (a) Lack of proper implementation (b) Lack of right targeting (c) Corruption at the highest level (d) Overlapping of schemes 24. What is the accepted calories requirement in urban areas? [2011 (T-2)] (a) 2000 cal/person/day (b) 2100 cal/person/day (c) 2300 cal/person/day (d) 2400 cal/person/day 25. Which communities are categorised as economically vulnerable groups in India? [2011 (T-2)] (a) Scheduled caste (b) Agricultural labour household (c) Scheduled tribes (d) All the above 26. Which industry suffered the most during colonial period? [2011 (T-2)] (a) Jute (b) Textile (c) Indigo (d) All the above 27. Calorie requirement in rural areas is more than in the urban areas because: [2011 (T-2)] (a) rural people eat more (b) rural people have big bodies (c) rural people do more hard physical work (d) rural people have to take more rest

(c) Lack of access to health care (d) Lack of job opportunities 32. Full form of NFWP is: [2011 (T-2)] (a) National federation for work and progress (b) National forest for wildlife protection (c) National food and wheat processing (d) National food for work programme 33. Who are considered as the poorest of the poor? [2011 (T-2)] (a) Scheduled castes (b) Scheduled tribes (c) Disaster struck people (d) Women, female, infants and old people 34. Which country of South-East Asia made rapid economic growth resulting in significant decline in poverty? [2011 (T-2)] (a) India (b) China (c) Nepal (d) Pakistan 35. In which part of the world poverty has remained the same during 1981 to 2001? [2011 (T-2)] (a) South Asia (b) Sub-Saharan Asia (c) China (d) Latin America 36. Which of the following states has the poverty ratio below the national average? [2011 (T-2)] (a) West Bengal (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Assam (d) Maharashtra 37. In year 2000 what was the average Indian poverty ratio? [2011 (T-2)] (a) 15% (b) 43% (c) 26% (d) 47% 38. The organisation that conducts surveys for finding poverty levels in India is. [2011 (T-2)] (a) NSSO (b) USO (c) World Bank (d) None of these 39. The current anti-poverty programe consists of two planks, they are: [2011 (T-2)] (a) Socio-economic reasons and public distribution system (b) Promotion of economic growth and targeted poverty programe (c) Anti-poverty programe and public distribution system (d) None of the above 40. In 2000 the percentage of people below poverty line in India was: [2011 (T-2)] (a) 26% (b) 46% (c) 56% (d) None of the above
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28. Poverty ratio in which of the following states is above the national average? [2011 (T-2)] (a) West Bengal (b) Tamil Nadu (c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Karnataka 29. The most vulnerable social groups for poverty are: [2011 (T-2)] (a) Scheduled tribes (b) Urban casual labourers (c) Rural agricultural labourers (d) Scheduled castes 30. Which of the following states of India has the highest poverty ratio? [2011 (T-2)] (a) Bihar (b) Orissa (c) Punjab (d) Assam 31. Which of the following is not considered as a social indicator of poverty? [2011 (T-2)] (a) Less number of means of transport (b) Illiteracy level

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41. Poverty has resurfaced in: (a) Latin American countries (b) Sub-Saharan countries (c) Russia (d) None of these

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45. Which organisation of India carries out the survey for determining the poverty line? [2011 (T-2)] (a) UNO (b) UNESCO (c) SAARC (d) National Sample Survey Organisation 46. Which of the following states has the lowest poverty rate? [2011 (T-2)] (a) Punjab (b) Orissa (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Bengal

42. According to the World Bank, Poverty is measured by: [2011 (T-2)] (a) People living below Rs. 100 per day (b) People living below $ 1 per day (c) People living below Rs. 550 per month (d) None of the above 43. Kerala has tried to control poverty by: [2011 (T-2)] (a) Investing in human resource (b) Investing in medical science (c) Investing in infrastructure (d) None of the above 44. Which of the following statement is true? [2011 (T-2)] (a) Every second person in India lives in poverty. (b) Every third person in India lives in poverty. (c) Every fourth person in India lives in poverty. (d) Every fifth person in India lives in poverty.

48. Who is an (a) Income (b) Income (c) Income (d) Income

II. SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS

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49. Which are the states which have high urban poverty: [2011 (T-2)] (a) Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh (b) Orissa, Bihar, Maharashtra (c) Bihar, Assam, West Bengal (d) Bihar, Orissa, Goa

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47. Which of the following Indian states has maximum numbers of people living below poverty line? [2011 (T-2)] (a) Bihar (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Orissa urban poor? [2011 (T-2)] Rs. 450 per month per person Rs. 500 per month per person Rs. 1000 per month per person Rs. 455 per month per person

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A. IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
4. What is the poverty scene in India since 1973? 5. What are the main features of National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005? 6. How are poverty and unemployment related to each other? Explain.

2. What do you understand by the terms ‘Poverty’ and ‘Poverty Line’? Explain. 3. What are the various factors or indicators associated with poverty?

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1. How is poverty line determined in India? Explain.

B. QUESTIONS FROM CBSE EXAMINATION PAPERS
1. Mention any three features of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005. [2011 (T-2)] 2. Describe in three points the poverty trends in India since 1973. [2011 (T-2)] 3. How is regular growth of population one of the major causes of poverty? [2011 (T-2)] 4. What do you understand by human poverty? How we can remove it? Explain any two measures. [2011 (T-2)]
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5. Mention social and economic groups who are more vulnerable to poverty in India. Explain any two reasons of poverty in such community. [2011 (T-2)] 6. What are the main causes of poverty in India? [2011 (T-2)] 7. How were the policies of colonial Government responsible for poverty in India? [2011 (T-2)]

8. Define Poverty Line. Explain the two methods used in India to determine the poverty line. [2011 (T-2)] 9. Explain any two anit-poverty programmes initiated by the Government of India. [2011 (T-2)] 10. What is social exclusion? Give one example of it. [2011 (T-2)] 11. Describe any two methods of estimation of poverty line in India. [2011 (T-2)] 12. Explain any two anti-poverty programmes initiated by the government of India.[2011 (T-2)] 13. Explain the principal measures taken in Punjab, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh to reduce poverty. [2011 (T-2)] 14. “In poor families all suffer but some suffer more than others.” Explain. [2011 (T-2)] 15. What is poverty line? Give the income for poverty line fixed for the rural and urban areas in India according to 2000. [2011 (T-2)]

16. Give an account of inter-state disparities in poverty in India. [2011 (T-2)] 17. Describe social exclusion, vulnerability and literacy and major dimensions of poverty. [2011 (T-2)] 18. Who are the most vulnerable groups as far as poverty is concerned? Explain the poverty line suggested by World Bank. [2011 (T-2)]

20. Give one positive and one negative side of poverty conditions in India, and mention the major weeknesses of poverty alleviation programmes. [2011 (T-2)] 21. Explain colonial rule and income inequalities as causes of poverty? [2011 (T-2)] 22. Mention two steps taken by the government to alleviate poverty in rural areas. [2011 (T-2)]

III. LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS

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19. ‘‘There is a strong link between economic growth and poverty reduction.” Explain. [2011 (T-2)]

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A. IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
4. Describe the global poverty trends. 5. What are the major social groups which are vulnerable to poverty? Explain. 6. Explain “vulnerability”. Which groups are associated with vulnerability? 7. Explain the term ‘Social exclusion’.

1. Explain the present methodology of poverty estimation in India.

2. What strategy has government adopted to alleviate poverty in India? Explain.

1. Explain any four important causes of poverty in India. [2011 (T-2)] 2. How is the poverty line estimated in India? Explain. [2011 (T-2)] 3. How is illiteracy responsible for poverty in India? Explain. [2011 (T-2)] 4. Desribe any two current government strategies of poverty alleviation in villages? [2011 (T-2)] 5. What is poverty line? What are the calories and rupees fixed for rural and urban area for measuring poverty line? [2011 (T-2)] 6. Why the results of the poverty alleviation
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3. Explain in brief the various causes of poverty in India.

B. QUESTIONS FROM CBSE EXAMINATION PAPERS programmes have been mixed up? [2011 (T-2)] 7. How can poverty be reduced in future in India? Suggest any four points. [2011 (T-2)] 8. Mention the two planks on which the current anti-poverty strategy of the government is based. Why were the poverty alleviation programmes not successful in most parts of India? [2011 (T-2)] 9. What is poverty? What is NREGA State its objective? [2011 (T-2)] 10. Explain any two poverty alleviation programmes launched by the government. [2011 (T-2)]

11. (a) Define poverty line. (b) How is poverty line calculated in India? [2011 (T-2)] 12. State four features of National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), 2005. [2011 (T-2)] 13. Give one most important factor responsible for the reduction of poverty in each of the following states: (a) Punjab (b) Kerala (c) West Bengal (d) Andhra Pradesh 14. Give an account of inter-state disparities in poverty in India. [2011 (T-2)] 15. Explain any two of the following poverty alleviation:

(i) NREGA (iii) NFWP

(ii) PMGY (iv) SGSY

16. NREGA 2005 is an important anti-poverty programme. Explain. [2011 (T-2)] 17. ‘‘Social exclusion can be both a cause as well as consequence of poverty’’. Explain.[2011 (T-2)] 18. In spite of various alleviation programmes, poverty continued in India. Analyse the reasons in support of your answer. [2011 (T-2)]

20. Who are the most vulnerable as far as poverty is concerned? How have the states of West Bengal, Punjab and Tamil Nadu tackled poverty? [2010 (T-II)]

ASSIGNMENTS FOR FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT
I. PROJECT WORK
Topic covered : Poverty Objective : To make the students understand how social obligations and religious ceremonies affect poor men.

Skills developed : Critical thinking, Empathy l To understand what the society expects from a family in rural areas). l To understand how a poor man faces difficulties to fulfil these social obligations. Time required : 5 days Method :

Divide the class in 4 groups and send the groups to 4 different communities like Brahmins, backward castes, Thakur and agricultural labour. Ask them to attend marriage function or child’s ‘Mundan’ ceremony and study the following points: l How much money was spent on the various rituals or ceremonies? l How many guests and neighbours were invited for the function? l How much money was spent on organising ‘Preeti Bhoj’? l What difficulties did the poor men face to organise these functions? l Draw conclusion on which activity was most costly for the poor men.
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1. Are we helping beggars by offering money or should we discourage begging? Guidelines : Group discussion should include the following points : l Experiences on facing beggars

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19. What is poverty line? How many methods of measuring poverty are used in India? Desribe each method. [2011 (T-2)]

II. ACTIVITY

Visit a labour oriented industry (like textile mill or cement industry) in your area and study the following points : l What are the various categories of workers in the mill? l Wage structure for individiual category of workers. l Whether their earning is sufficient for decent standard of living? l What incentives do they get from management for increased productivity or efficiency? l Why are they forced to work in such a lowincome earning work? l Where are they living, whether in company accommodation or outside? l How do they educate their children? Are the transport facilities provided by the company or not?

III. GROUP DISCUSSION
Hold a discussion on the following topics in your class :

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The language they use and their actions Attitude of people and police towards them What forced them into begging? How to avoid begging? (offering them work etc.) Draw conclusions based on the discussions stating how this problem can be tackled.

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Various poverty alleviation programmes started by the Government of India and their effectiveness. Employment opportunities provided by the government. Major shift towards service industry including tertiary sector.

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Anti-poverty measures taken by state governments and Government of India and their main purpose Effectiveness of each programme. (How is each programme helping the society to overcome poverty problem?

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IV. CHARTS/POSTERS/WALL PAPERS
Topic : Most vulnerable groups related to poverty in India.

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Guidelines : Social groups like scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, backward castes, agricultural labourers etc. and number of poor families belonging to these groups as per reports published by Ministry of statistics to be plotted on the graph.

V. SHORT SPEECH/SEMINAR

Guidelines : 30 min. seminar should include the following points :

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Topic : How ‘Poverty trends’ in India have changed since 1973

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2. Effectiveness of poverty alleviation programmes in India. Guidelines : Group discussion should include the following points :

VI. QUIZ
Topic : Poverty scene in India l The two states of India which continue to be the poorest state : 1. _________2. __________ l Poverty line for a person in rural areas is ______ l The state which has high agricultural growth helped to reduce poverty? ___________ l Name the state which has focussed more on human resources development. _________ l Nutritional level of food energy is expressed in the form of ______.

VII. ASSIGNMENT
Visit various websites on poverty and make interstate comparisons on the number of persons living below poverty line. Also make inter-country comparisons based on their per capita income. Guidelines : (1) Visit the websites like merinews.com, rural.nic.in, presstv.ir, povertychallege.com (2) Study the World Development Report and make comparison countrywise for the persons living below the poverty line.