Question : Which of the following countries has the highest rate of absolute poverty?
Option 1: Capitalist countries
Option 2: Developing countries
Option 3: Underdeveloped countries
Option 4: Developed countries
Correct Answer: Developing countries
Solution : Mainly it is found in developing countries. Absolute poverty occurs when a household's income falls below a certain threshold. This makes it impossible for the individual or family to meet basic needs such as food, shelter, safe drinking water, education, healthcare, and so on. Hence option b is the correct answer.
Question : Fertility rate is highest in which of the following countries?
Option 1: India
Option 2: China
Option 3: Pakistan
Option 4: India and China
Question : The United Nations Development Programme has identified the following two types of poverty?
Option 1: Human poverty and income
Option 2: Earnings and relative poverty
Option 3: Absolute poverty in rural areas
Option 4: Rural poverty and relative poverty
Question : Which of the following countries has the highest urbanisation?
Option 4: China and Pakistan
Question : The quest for a New International Economic Order was primarily advocated by:
Option 1: Developed countries
Option 2: Socialist countries
Option 3: Developing countries
Option 4: Non-aligned countries
Question : The "Third World" during the Cold War referred to:
Option 1: Communist countries
Option 2: Capitalist countries
Option 3: Developing countries not aligned with either superpower
Option 4: European countries
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