A key difficulty in measuring global poverty is that price levels are very:

• A) Sticky
• B) Collinear
• C) Constant
• D) Different

In the developing countries, revenue generation depends much more on:

• A) Indirect tax
• B) Direct tax
• C) Wealth tax
• D) Income tax

What should be done for generating opportunities as per The World Bank?

• A) Better health facilities
• B) Poverty reduction
• C) Better education facilities
• D) Robust economic growth

The percentage change in the poverty measure divided by the percentage change in per capita income is called:

• A) Elasticity of poverty
• B) Elasticity of poverty reduction
• C) Elasticity of poverty escalation
• D) Elasticity of inequality

Which of the following was revised in year 2015?

• A) Poverty rate
• B) Income growth rate
• C) Poverty line
• D) Income line

What corresponds more closely to permanent income?

• A) Investment
• B) Savings
• C) Income
• D) Consumption

Households and communities respond to their risk exposures through:

• A) Devaluation of needs
• B) Diversification of assets
• C) Corundum the resources
• D) Multiplying needs

What is the main source for global information on extreme poverty today and it sets the international poverty line?

• A) Asian Development Bank
• B) State Bank
• C) International Monetary Fund
• D) World Bank

What lowers private investment, slows economic growth and gives rise to unemployment and poverty?

• A) Political instability
• B) Institutional instability
• C) Moderated instability
• D) Social instability

Many of the determinants of pro-poor growth depend on:

• A) Country conditions
• B) Border conditions
• C) World conditions
• D) Trade restrictions

In how many groups, the anti poverty activities are divided by The World Bank?

• A) 3
• B) 4
• C) 2
• D) 5

Poor people are exposed to a wide array of risks that make them vulnerable to:

• A) Nominal shocks
• B) Depreciation shocks
• C) Demand shocks
• D) Income shock

How many types of indicators are normally used to characterize education in an analysis of household living standards?

• A) Three types
• B) Singular
• C) Four types
• D) Two types

In designing poverty alleviation projects and allocating subsidies, resources are generally used:

• A) Ineffectively
• B) Effectively
• C) Rigorously
• D) Importantly

At which level, the infrastructure is a major determinant of poverty?

• A) Regional level
• B) Household level
• C) Country level
• D) Community level

Which of the following error is due to the need to use simulation techniques in the estimation process?

• A) Systematic error
• B) Computation error
• C) Random error
• D) Modeling error

Rural Sindh and Punjab are the heartland of Pakistan with respect to:

• A) Income
• B) Agriculture
• C) Poverty
• D) Investment

It is much easier to make poverty comparisons by using:

• A) Additive poverty measure
• B) Multiplicative measure
• C) Subtraction measure
• D) Control measure

As per the poverty profiles it is good practice to show the confidence intervals of the poverty rates, which works especially well when the information is shown:

• A) Logically
• B) Yearly
• C) Graphically
• D) Monthly

Which of the following are the non-income indicators of poverty as per poverty profile of Pakistan?

• A) All of the given options
• B) Access to health
• C) Basic education
• D) Mortality rates