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What percentage of the world's population lives on about US$2 a day?
What percentage of the world's population lives on about US$2 a day?
- 25%
- 100%
- 50% (correct)
- 75%
What does the text say about having a job in relation to escaping poverty?
What does the text say about having a job in relation to escaping poverty?
- Having a job does not guarantee the ability to escape from poverty. (correct)
- Having a job guarantees the ability to escape from poverty.
- Having a job is the only way to escape from poverty.
- Having a job increases the chances of escaping from poverty.
What is the aim of the Millennium Development Goals?
What is the aim of the Millennium Development Goals?
- To double world poverty by 2015
- To eliminate world poverty by 2015
- To increase world poverty by 2015
- To halve world poverty by 2015 (correct)
What is one of the biggest security risks of our time, according to the text?
What is one of the biggest security risks of our time, according to the text?
What are some consequences of a continued lack of decent work opportunities, insufficient investments, and under-consumption?
What are some consequences of a continued lack of decent work opportunities, insufficient investments, and under-consumption?
Which sector did the first Five Year Plan in India focus on?
Which sector did the first Five Year Plan in India focus on?
Who was the chief architect of the Nehru-Mahalanobis strategy of development?
Who was the chief architect of the Nehru-Mahalanobis strategy of development?
What is the central idea underlying the Nehru-Mahalanobis strategy of development?
What is the central idea underlying the Nehru-Mahalanobis strategy of development?
What type of goods does the Mahalanobis model of growth emphasize?
What type of goods does the Mahalanobis model of growth emphasize?
What was urgently needed to modernize the Indian economy according to the text?
What was urgently needed to modernize the Indian economy according to the text?
