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upsc-p1-economy-poverty-unemployment MCQ - Practice Questions with Answers
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Q1Arrange the following poverty-estimation approaches in chronological order, beginning with the earliest: 1. Tendulkar Committee 2. Alagh Task Force 3. Rangarajan Committee 4. Lakdawala Expert Group Select the correct answer using the code given below.
The sequence is Alagh Task Force (1979), Lakdawala Expert Group (1993), Tendulkar Committee (2009) and Rangarajan Committee (2014). Therefore, the required order is 2-4-1-3.
Q2Consider the following statements concerning the constitutional framework of inequality and welfare: 1. Article 38 directs the State to minimise inequalities in income, status, facilities and opportunities. 2. Article 41 creates a directly enforceable Fundamental Right to work, irrespective of the State's economic capacity. 3. Articles 39(b) and 39(c) concern distribution of material resources for the common good and prevention of concentration of wealth to the common detriment. Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Statements 1 and 3 are correct. Article 38 addresses inequalities, while Articles 39(b) and 39(c) guide resource distribution and prevention of harmful wealth concentration. Article 41 is a Directive Principle concerning work, education and public assistance within the State's economic capacity; it is not a directly enforceable Fundamental Right.
Q3Consider the following statements about interpreting labour-market indicators: 1. A low unemployment rate necessarily proves that jobs are secure and well paid. 2. A person counted as employed may still receive too few days or hours of work. 3. A rise in female labour force participation by itself necessarily proves empowerment. 4. The Worker Population Ratio measures workers as a share of population. Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Statements 2 and 4 are correct. Employment status can conceal underemployment when days or hours are inadequate, and WPR is workers divided by population. A low unemployment rate does not establish job quality. A rise in female participation can reflect inclusion, distress work, unpaid family work or measurement changes, so empowerment cannot be inferred from that number alone.
Q4Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below. List I (Case) A. Randhir Singh v. Union of India B. Sanjit Roy v. State of Rajasthan C. Olga Tellis v. Bombay Municipal Corporation D. State of Karnataka v. Uma Devi List II (Principle) 1. Livelihood linked to Article 21, without an absolute right to occupy public land 2. Caution against regularising irregular public employment outside constitutional recruitment 3. Equal pay for equal work treated as a constitutional goal 4. Payment below minimum wage for famine-relief work held inconsistent with Article 23
Randhir Singh concerns equal pay for equal work as a constitutional goal; Sanjit Roy concerns minimum wages in famine-relief work under Article 23; Olga Tellis links livelihood with Article 21 but does not create an absolute right to occupy public land; and Uma Devi cautions against regularisation outside constitutional recruitment. The matching is A-3, B-4, C-1 and D-2.
Q5Consider the following statements about the measurement of poverty, unemployment and inequality: 1. A poverty ratio counts persons below a specified threshold. 2. The unemployment rate measures unemployed persons as a share of the labour force. 3. A Gini coefficient by itself identifies which particular group gained or lost. 4. A multidimensional poverty index measures only the current cash income of each household. Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Statements 1 and 2 are correct. A poverty ratio applies a threshold, while the unemployment rate uses the labour force—not total population—as its denominator. A Gini coefficient summarises dispersion but does not identify the group that gained or lost. A multidimensional poverty index combines deprivations in health, education and living standard rather than measuring only current cash income.
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6With reference to the National Food Security Act, 2013, consider the following statements: 1. Under the Targeted Public Distribution System, its statutory coverage extends up to 75% of the rural population and 50% of the urban population. 2. It is a method for estimating the national poverty ratio and automatically covers every citizen. Select the correct answer using the code given below.