Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 9 (CBSE) · Social Science
Chapter: Chapter 18 — Chapter 18: Poverty as a Challenge
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. What does poverty mean? [1]
(A) Lacking resources to meet basic needs
(B) Having excess resources
(C) No relation to basic needs
(D) Only lacking luxury items
2. What is absolute poverty? [1]
(A) Based on a fixed minimum income or consumption level
(B) Based on comparison with others only
(C) Not measurable at all
(D) Always the same everywhere with no measure
3. What is relative poverty? [1]
(A) Compared to average living standards in society
(B) A fixed measure only
(C) Not related to society
(D) Only measured by government decree
4. What is the poverty line? [1]
(A) An income level used to determine who is poor
(B) A geographic boundary
(C) A type of tax
(D) A type of loan
5. What does poverty affect? [1]
(A) Access to education and healthcare
(B) Only entertainment options
(C) Nothing important
(D) Only luxury purchases
6. What cycle can poverty create? [1]
(A) A cycle across generations, hard to break
(B) Automatic improvement each generation
(C) No lasting effect at all
(D) Only temporary, single-generation effects
7. Why is understanding poverty important? [1]
(A) It helps design better policies to reduce it
(B) No reason
(C) Only for economic theory
(D) It's not useful
8. What is a limitation of the poverty line measure? [1]
(A) It doesn't capture all aspects of deprivation
(B) It captures everything perfectly
(C) It has no limitations
(D) It measures wealth, not poverty
9. What is a cause of poverty? [1]
(A) Unemployment
(B) Excess wealth
(C) Too much education
(D) Too many resources
10. What social factor can contribute to poverty? [1]
(A) Discrimination
(B) Equal opportunity
(C) Universal education
(D) High employment
11. What is MGNREGA? [1]
(A) A scheme guaranteeing rural employment
(B) A tax policy
(C) A type of bank
(D) A private company
12. What do social welfare programs often provide? [1]
(A) Food subsidies and healthcare support
(B) Only entertainment
(C) Only tax breaks for the wealthy
(D) Nothing useful
13. How does education help reduce poverty? [1]
(A) By improving future earning potential
(B) It has no connection to poverty
(C) By increasing unemployment
(D) By reducing job opportunities
14. What combination is needed to effectively reduce poverty? [1]
(A) Economic growth, policy and social programs
(B) Only economic growth alone
(C) Only government policy alone
(D) Nothing is needed
15. What can break the cycle of poverty? [1]
(A) Education and skill development
(B) Ignoring education
(C) Avoiding all government schemes
(D) Nothing can break the cycle
16. Why is a combined approach needed to reduce poverty? [1]
(A) Poverty has multiple, interconnected causes
(B) Poverty has a single simple cause
(C) No approach can help
(D) Only one policy is ever needed