EVENTS CONVENT HIGH SCHOOL
25/02/2022 CLASS- 9 SESSION 2021-22
SUBJECT : SOCIAL STUDEIS
CHAPTER-9
POVERTY AS A CHALLENGE
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Very Short Answer Type Questions
Question 1.
When the health of a person suffers due to deficiency of nutrients in food as per his daily requirement, he/she is said to be the victim of _______ .
Answer:
Malnutrition
Question 2.
What helped West Bengal in reducing poverty?
Answer:
Land reform measures.
Question 3.
How many people in India live below the poverty line?
Answer:
270 million.
Question 4.
In rural areas in India, the accepted average calories requirement per person per day is _______ .
Answer:
2400 calories.
Question 5.
What is the most difficult challenge faced by independent India?
Answer:
Poverty
Question 6.
PMRY was started in 1993, stands for _______ .
Answer:
Prime Minister Rojgar Yozana
Question 7.
SGSY was launched in 1999 for assisted poor families above poverty line by organising them into self-help groups.
Answer:
Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana
Question 8.
PMGY was launched in 2000 to provide rural shelter, rural drinking water, primary health, primary education and rural electrification. It stands for _______ .
Answer:
Pradhan Mantri Gramodaya Yozana
Question 9.
What is poverty?
Answer:
Poverty is a situation in which a person is unable to satisfy minimum basic necessities of life, i.e., food, clothing, education, shelter, health, etc.
Question 10.
What are the two methods of estimating the poverty line.
Answer:
There are two methods of measuring poverty line—
- Level consumption expenditure method and
- Income method.
Short Answer Type Questions
Question 1.
What are the indicators used by social scientists to understand poverty?
Answer:
The indicators used by social scientists to understand poverty are :
- Levels of income and consumption
- Lack of general resistance due to malnutrition
- Lack of access to healthcare
- Lack of job opportunities
- Lack of access to safe drinking water, sanitation, etc.
Question 3.
Explain how the low level of education of the poor people can be held responsible for poverty in India.
Answer:
- Low level of education of the poor is a major cause behind their poverty. Poor people do not have access to education.
- Because of illiteracy, the Indian farmers have failed to learn new methods of cultivation. Even the village moneylenders succeed in cheating them quite easily.
- Moreover, poor parents are not able to send their children to schools. So, the poor people are employed as unskilled workers and are paid low wages due to low level of education.
Question 3.
Explain the principle measures taken in Punjab, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh to reduce poverty.
Answer:
The measure taken in Punjab, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh to reduce poverty are :
- The principal measures taken in Punjab to reduce poverty is increasing the agricultural growth rates.
- Kerala has focused more on human resource development to reduce poverty.
- Andhra Pradesh focused on public distribution of food grains to reduce poverty.
Question 4.
What does social exclusion mean?
Answer:
- According to this concept, poverty must be seen in terms of the poor having to live only in poor surrounding with other people, excluded from enjoying social equality of better-off people in better surroundings.
- Social exclusion can be both a cause as well as a consequence of poverty in the usual sense.
- Broadly, it is a through in which individuals or groups are excluded from facilities, benefits and opportunities that others enjoy.
