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question_answer1)
Direction: Q. 1 to 5 |
Read the following case study and answer the questions. |
Many small land owning farmers and farming households and weavers are descending into poverty due to globalization related shock and lack of perceived income earning opportunities in relatively well performing states in India, where households have been able to sell assets, or borrow, or generate income from alternative employment opportunities, the impact of such shocks may be transient. However, if the household has no assets to sell or no access to credit, or is able to borrow only at exploitative rates of interest and gets into a severe debt trap, the shocks can have long duration ramification in terms of pushing households below the poverty line. The worst form of this crisis is suicides. |
High production costs, low and unstable yields, decline in world prices, global glut in production due to subsidies by the U.S.A. and other countries, and opening up of the domestic market due to globalisation have increased the exposure of farmers and led to agrarian distress and suicides especially in the cotton belt of Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra. The issue is not one of profits and higher returns but that of the livelihood and survival of millions of small and marginal farmers who are dependent on agriculture. |
Globalisation had immensely helped the famers in improving their income levels. The given statement is
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True done
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False done
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Partially true done
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Partially false done
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question_answer2)
The major factor(s) that have led large number of farmers to commit suicides is/are
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crop failure, pest attacks and drought done
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debts at very high rate of interest from private moneylenders done
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shift from technical farming to commercial farming without adequate technological support done
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All of the above done
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Poverty line as used in the above case implies ......... .
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a cut-off point on the line of distribution which divides the population into rich and poor done
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a line of equal distribution drawn as a 45 degree line done
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Both (a) and (b) done
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None of the above a cut-off point on the line of distribution which divides the population into rich and poor done
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Assertion [A] The main reason for rising number of poor in rural areas is the slow growth of the primary sector. |
Reason [R] Rural poverty is often the result of poor infrastructure that hinders mobility and access to agricultural inputs and markets. |
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Both Assertion [A] and Reason [R] are true and Reason [R] is the correct explanation of Assertion [A] done
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Both Assertion [A] and Reason [R] are true, but Reason [R] is not the correct explanation of Assertion [A] done
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Assertion [A] is true, but Reason [R] is false done
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D)
Assertion [A] is false, but Reason [R] is true done
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The main reason that explains how globalisation has brought distress for the Indian farmers consider
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high interest rates charged by private money lenders done
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cheap imports leading to decline in prices and profits done
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lack of proper agricultural marketing facilities done
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withdrawal of the state in the area of agricultural extension services and providing timely advice to farmers done
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question_answer6)
Direction: 6 to 10 |
Read the following case study and answer the questions. |
Mohan is an agricultural seasonal labourer who lives in a small rural area of Uttar Pradesh. His monthly per capita expenditure is Rs. 850 per month, when he works on agricultural farm. He depends upon his employer, the landowner for credit who charges an interest rate of 10% month. Mohan repays the money by working physically for the landowner on his farmland. At other times, he does odd jobs in the town. There are several months in a year when he has no work and thus even his basic needs are not met and needs credit to meet his daily expenses. During such times, his monthly per capita expenditure barely touches Rs. 350 per month. |
Over the years his debt will
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increase - because of increasing interest and non-repayment of monthly amount done
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remain constant - as he is working for the employer but is repaying less done
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reduce - as amount equivalent to his salary is being counted as monthly repayment done
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be totally repaid - as he is repaying the debt in the form of physical labour done
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Mohan falls under the category of ...... .
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chronic poor done
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churning poor done
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transient poor done
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non-poor done
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question_answer8)
Mohan lies above the poverty line during the months when he works on an agricultural farm. The given statement is
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True done
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False done
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C)
Partially true done
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Partially false done
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The major problem with using monthly per capita expenditure as a proxy of income to identify the poor is/are
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it does not differentiate between the very poor and other poor done
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it groups the poor and makes it difficult to identify who among the poor need help the most done
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only expenditure on food and other items are considered by this measure done
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All of the above done
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Most of the agricultural labourers like Mohan depend upon loans from informal sector. Which of the following statements about this sector is correct?
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There are government bodies to supervise informal sector done
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Money lenders ask for a reasonable rate of interest done
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Cost of informal loans to the borrower is quite high done
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Money lenders use fair means to get their money back done
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question_answer11)
Direction: 11 to 15 |
Read the following case study and answer the questions. |
The government's approach to poverty reduction was of three dimensions. The first one is growth oriented approach. It is based on the expectation that the effects of economic growth - rapid increase in gross domestic product and per capita income - would spread to all sections of society and will trickle down to the poor sections also. This was the major focus of planning in the 1950s and early 1960s. It was felt that rapid industrial development and transformation of agriculture through green revolution in select regions would benefit the underdeveloped regions and the more backward sections of the community. |
Which of the following does not constitute the three dimension approach towards poverty reduction?
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Growth oriented approach done
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Food for work approach done
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Basic amenities approach done
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Income oriented approach done
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question_answer12)
Gross Domestic Product implies the market value of final goods and services produced in an economy during a given period of time. The given statement is
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True done
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False done
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Partially true done
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Partially false done
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Trickle-down theory suggests ......... .
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benefits of growth should reach all segments of population in the social ladder done
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benefits of growth should reach only the poor done
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benefits of growth should reach only the rich done
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None of the above done
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Assertion [A] Green revolution has brought about a major transformation in the agrarian sector. |
Reason [R] Productivity in agriculture increased which helped India to achieve self-sufficiency in good grain production and enormous level of buffer stock. |
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Both Assertion [A] and Reason [R] are true and Reason [R] is the correct explanation of Assertion done
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Both Assertion [A] and Reason [R] are true, but Reason [R] is not the correct explanation of Assertion [A] done
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Assertion [A] is true, but Reason [R] is false done
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Assertion [A] is false, but Reason [R] is true done
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Poverty alleviation programmes have always faced challenge due to unequal distribution of land and other assets. The given statement is
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True done
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False done
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Partially true done
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Partially false done
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