Question : In pre-independent India, Dadabhai Naoroji was the first to discuss the concept of a ______.
Option 1: bread line
Option 2: Subsistence level
Option 3: Poverty line
Option 4: Living wage
Correct Answer: Poverty line
Solution : The correct answer is the Poverty line.
Dadabhai Naoroji estimated the poverty line for the first time in his book "Poverty and UnBritish Rule in India." He estimated from ₹16 to ₹35 per capita annually.
The expense of subsistence or the minimum essential diet (rice or flour, dal, mutton, vegetables, ghee, vegetable oil, and salt) was the basis for the poverty line he advocated.
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Question : Who among the following started the first newspaper in India?
Option 1: Dadabhai Naoroji
Option 2: W. C. Bonnerjee
Option 3: Rabindranath Tagore
Option 4: James Augustus Hickey
Question : Who among the following was the first 'Minister of Finance' in independent India?
Option 1: R. K. Shanmukham Chetty
Option 2: Liaquat Ali Khan
Option 3: John Mathai
Option 4: Satya Narayan Sinha
Question : What is the percentage of people below the poverty line estimated in rural areas of India in 2011–12?
Option 1: 25.7%
Option 2: 13.7%
Option 3: 35.9%
Option 4: 21.9%
Question : Who among the following was the first army officer of Independent India to be conferred the rank of Field Marshal?
Option 1: Om Prakash Malhotra
Option 2: Gopal Gurunath Bewoor
Option 3: Tapishwar Narain Raina
Option 4: Sam Manekshaw
Question : When was the voting age reduced to 18 years in India?
Option 1: 2004
Option 2: 1998
Option 3: 1991
Option 4: 1989
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