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Multidimensional Poverty Index

Multidimensional Poverty Index is a Current Affairs concept from the MPSC syllabus, tested in 14 past MPSC questions across 9 exam years between 2013 and 2024. Below are those real questions with their correct answers and explanations, plus the concepts worth being comfortable with first.

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14
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9 · 2013–2024
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What you need to know first

Concept of poverty and human developmentBasic UNDP reports knowledgeMPI methodologyDefinition of povertyHuman development metrics

Real questions that test this

जागतिक क्षुधा निर्देशांक 2023 मध्ये भारताचा कितवा क्रमांक लागतो ? Which is the India's rank in global hunger Index 2023 ?

a)100
b)111✓ Correct
c)101
d)123

In the Global Hunger Index 2023, India was ranked 111th out of 125 countries, reflecting serious levels of hunger.

'मानवी दारिद्र्य निर्देशांक' ही संकल्पना सर्वप्रथम ________ या अहवालात मांडली गेली.

1)मानव विकास अहवाल, 1990 / Human Development Report, 1990
2)मानव विकास अहवाल, 1997 / Human Development Report, 1997✓ Correct
3)मानव विकास अहवाल, 2001 / Human Development Report, 2001
4)मानव विकास अहवाल, 2014 / Human Development Report, 2014

The Human Poverty Index (HPI) was first introduced in the Human Development Report (HDR) published by UNDP in 1997.

खालील विधाने विचारत घ्या : (a) मानवी विकास निर्देशांक हा आरोग्य, शिक्षण आणि राहणीमान यांचा संयुक्त निर्देशांक आहे. (b) राहणीमानाचे मोजमाप हे दरडोई स्थूल देशांतर्गत उत्पादन याच्या आधारे केले जाते. Consider the following statements : (a) HDI is a composite index of health, education and standard of living. (b) The standard of living is measured by GDP per capita.

(a)मानवी विकास निर्देशांक हा आरोग्य, शिक्षण आणि राहणीमान यांचा संयुक्त निर्देशांक आहे. / HDI is a composite index of health, education and standard of living.

(b)राहणीमानाचे मोजमाप हे दरडोई स्थूल देशांतर्गत उत्पादन याच्या आधारे केले जाते. / The standard of living is measured by GDP per capita.

1)(a) फक्त बरोबर आहे / (a) only is correct✓ Correct
2)(b) फक्त बरोबर आहे / (b) only is correct
3)(a) आणि (b) दोन्हीही बरोबर आहेत / (a) and (b) both are correct
4)(a) आणि (b) दोन्हीही चूक आहेत / (a) and (b) both are incorrect

Statement (a) is correct because the Human Development Index (HDI) is indeed a composite index of health, education, and standard of living. Statement (b) is incorrect because standard of living in HDI is measured by Gross National Income (GNI) per capita (PPP USD), not GDP per capita.

जेव्हा एखाद्या कुटुंबाचा वंचितता गुणांक _____ टक्के किंवा त्यापेक्षा अधिक असतो, त्यावेळी ते कुटुंब अनेक अंगांनी (बहुमित) दरिद्री मानले जाते. If deprivation score of a household is _____ percent or greater, then that household is called multidimensionally poor.

a)(1) 20.33
b)(2) 50.33
c)(3) 40.33
d)(4) 33.3✓ Correct

According to the global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) methodology by UNDP and OPHI, a household is identified as multidimensionally poor if its deprivation score is equal to or greater than 33.3% (one-third).

दारिद्र्य तफावत गुणोत्तर हे शिर गणती गुणोत्तरापेक्षा निरपेक्ष दारिद्र्य मापनाचे जास्त चांगले मापक आहे कारण

1)कौटुंबिक उत्पन्नाचा तपशील उपलब्ध नसतो. / Household income data is not available.
2)किमान स्वास्थ्याच्या प्रमाणाची व्याख्या करणे कठीण आहे. / It is difficult to define minimum health standards.
3)ते निरपेक्ष दारिद्र्य दूर करण्यासाठी किती उत्पन्न तूट भरून काढावी लागेल हे दाखविते. / It indicates total income shortfall that needs to be corrected to remove absolute poverty.✓ Correct
4)वरीलपैकी कुठलेही नाही / None of the above

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.

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