Which of the following is not considered as a parameter for defining the Below Poverty Line (BPL) status of a person?

Which of the following statements relating to poverty in India are correct?
$1$. The concept of poverty line is helpful in assessing the extent of absolute poverty in the country.
$2$. Poverty line helps us to assess relative as well as absolute poverty.
$3$. Poverty line should change with changes in the price level.
$4$. Relative poverty can exist even in the absence of absolute poverty.
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Prior to Census $2011$, in which of the following censuses was the highest sex ratio recorded in India?

Poverty lines are expressed in terms of overall _______________.

Subsistence farming means _____________.

In commercial farming there is ____________________.

Which of the following is rated the poorest region of the world?

'Poverty Line' means ____________________.

Out of the total population of the world, about $80\%$ lives in _________________.

India's basic problem is relative poverty.

Poverty is an age-old problem.

There is no poverty in urban areas.

Poverty line is measured on the basis of minimum nutritional intake.

Rapidly rising population is an important cause of poverty.

Rapidly rising population is the only cause of poverty in India.

Relative poverty is a universal problem.

The concept of poverty line does not differ from country to country.

In India, the problem of Relative Poverty is very high.

Poverty is a vicious circle.

Which one of the following committees was set up to review the concept of poverty line?

In a Poverty Pyramid index, which of the following segments of population faces the highest poverty risk ?

For calculation of poverty line in rural area, which of the following calories consumption per day per person has been stipulated by the Planning Commission ?

The 'Poverty Line ' is defined on the basis of _______________.

Census in India was conducted recently (2010). In the eyes of the economists and policymakers, India's demographics are very much favourable to growth. Which of the following statements is not in conformity with the traditional demographic characteristics of India and its relation with growth?

A situation where we have people whose level of income is not sufficient to meet the minimum consumption expenditure is considered as ________.

Poverty is widespread in underdeveloped countries particularly in _________ & ___________.

What does infant mortality rate refer to?

What is the minimum calorie intake for an urban person for estimating poverty line?

Poor people who regularly move in and out of poverty are called _______.

Government uses __________ as proxy for income of households to identify the poor.

Who are the urban poor?

What is the minimum calorie intake for a rural person for estimating poverty line?

On what basis are the poor identified?

When the number of poor is estimated as the proportion of people below the poverty line, it is known as _________.

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Poverty in rural areas is _________ the poverty in urban areas.

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_______ poverty is an universal phenomenon.

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__________ poverty refers to the absence of minimum subsistence.

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According to the tenth plan, the population below poverty line in 1999 - 2000 was ________.

Life expectancy at birth according to 2011 census is ________.

As per the newspaper reports, Standard & Poor's (S&P) has changed India's sovereign rating from 'Negative' to 'Stable'. This means
A. India's economic condition has improved a lot.
B. There is no pressure of inflation on the economy as it is well under control.
C. India's economic condition has further gone down as it has failed to control the fiscal deficit.

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___________ poverty is found even in the rich countries.

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According to the World Bank Report _________% of India live below poverty line.

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According to 1999 - 2000 prices, ________ % of India's population lived below poverty line.

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Relative poverty reveals the _________ of income.

 "A circular constellation of forces tending to act and react upon one another in such a way to keep a poor country in a state of poverty" is a description of ________________.

_______ is the mean distance below the poverty line expressed as a proportion of poverty line.

A person living in Urban area is considered to be below poverty if his monthly income if below _________.

In which state the percentage of people living below poverty line is the largest? (Census 2010-11)