Absolute poverty
Absolute poverty is a Economy concept from the MPSC syllabus, tested in 5 past MPSC questions across 5 exam years between 2013 and 2025. Below are those real questions with their correct answers and explanations, plus the concepts worth being comfortable with first.
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गरीबी चा व्याख्या, पुढीलपैकी कोणती बरोबर आहे ? Poverty is defined as
Poverty is comprehensively defined as the deprivation of basic human needs, which primarily includes food, clothing, and shelter (अन्न, वस्त्र व निवारा).
दारिद्र्य तफावत गुणोत्तर हे शिर गणती गुणोत्तरापेक्षा निरपेक्ष दारिद्र्य मापनाचे जास्त चांगले मापक आहे कारण
Poverty Gap Ratio measures the depth of poverty by considering not just the number of poor people, but also how far below the poverty line their incomes fall.
“किमान जीवनावश्यक गरजांची पूर्तता करण्यासाठी आवश्यक किमान उत्पन्नाचा अभाव” याचा संबंध दारिद्र्याच्या पुढीलपैकी कोणत्या प्रकाराशी येतो ? "Absence of minimum income to get the minimum needs of life" is concerned with which of the following types of poverty ?
The absence of minimum income required to fulfill basic necessities of life defines absolute poverty.
सापेक्ष दारिद्र्य पुढील घटकावर अवलंबून असते. Relative poverty depends on following factors :
(a)मानवी शरीराला दररोज उष्मांकाची गरज आहे. / The human body needs calories every day.
(b)मूलभूत गरजा भागवण्यासाठी उत्पन्नाची गरज आहे. / Income is necessary to meet basic needs.
(c)दोन उत्पन्न गटाची तुलना करून अल्प उत्पन्न गट दारिद्र्यात येतो. / Comparing two income groups, the lower income group comes in poverty.
(d)आवश्यक गरजा भागवता न येण्यासारखी परिस्थिती म्हणजे दारिद्र्य होय. / Poverty is the condition of not being able to meet the basic needs.
Relative poverty is measured by comparing different income groups within a population to see inequality, whereas absolute poverty is related to minimum basic needs and calorie intake.
"विकसनशील जगामधील जवळजवळ 40% लोकसंख्येला 1950 आणि 1960 च्या दशकांमध्ये झालेलया आर्थिक वृद्धीचा लाभ झालेला नाही." हे विधान कोणाचे आहे? "About 40% of the population of the developing world did not benefit from economic growth during the 1950's and 1960's." Who made this statement ?
The famous statement highlighting that 40% of the developing world's population did not benefit from 1950s-1960s economic growth was made by Robert McNamara, former World Bank President.