Following are the facts about categorising poverty. Identify which among them are correct.
A. Usually poor are those people who sometimes have a little more money
B. Small farmers and seasonal workers are churning poor
C. Occasionally poor are those who are rich most of the time
D. Casual workers are included under always poor
E. Non-poor are those who are poor sometimes due to bad luck
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → A, B and C only
The poor can be grouped by how long they stay poor. The always poor and the usually poor together are the chronic poor. The churning poor and the occasionally poor together are the transient poor. Those who are never poor are the non-poor.
A. Usually poor are those people who sometimes have a little more money Correct. They are poor most of the time but may sometimes have a little more money. Casual workers are an example.
B. Small farmers and seasonal workers are churning poor Correct. The churning poor regularly move in and out of poverty. Small farmers and seasonal workers do so with good and bad seasons.
C. Occasionally poor are those who are rich most of the time Correct. They are rich most of the time but may sometimes have a patch of bad luck.
D. Casual workers are included under always poor Incorrect. Casual workers sometimes earn a little more, so they are usually poor, not always poor.
E. Non-poor are those who are poor sometimes due to bad luck Incorrect. The non-poor are never poor. Those who are poor only now and then due to bad luck are the occasionally poor.
Note: This question is taken from the chapter ‘Poverty’ which was there in the pre-rationalised NCERT and has been deleted from subsequent editions of NCERT, including the NCERT book (2026-27). The chapter was also not in the CUET (UG) 2026 syllabus.
NCERT (Pre-rationalised): “4.3 How are Poor People Identified? … Categorising Poverty: There are many ways to categorise poverty. In one such way people who are always poor and those who are usually poor but who may sometimes have a little more money (example: casual workers) are grouped together as the chronic poor. Another group are the churning poor who regularly move in and out of poverty (example: small farmers and seasonal workers) and the occasionally poor who are rich most of the time but may sometimes have a patch of bad luck. They are called the transient poor. And then, there are those who are never poor and they are the non-poor (Chart 4.2).…”
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