In developed countries the official definition of poverty used for statistical purposes is based on_____________?

A. Absolute poverty
B. Relative poverty
C. Both a and b
D. None of these

In 50s and 60s the national affairs of the country were controlled by_____________?

A. Industrialist
B. Feudal
C. Intelligentsia
D. None of these

Murray though that the underclass consisted of people who______________?

A. Formed an inferior race with low levels of intelligence
B. Lived morally unsound lives of crime and squalor
C. Were too reliant upon welfare benefits
D. All of the above

The term assets refers to_______________?

A. The culturally valued commodities and standards of living that make the poor feel relatively deprived
B. The flow of money a person receives from their salary or wage
C. A stock of economic resources including land shares and bank deposits
D. The slices of the population who own differing amounts of wealth

Critics of the concept of relative poverty argue that_______________?

A. It concentrates too much on kinship ties
B. The government should be raising benefit levels
C. In modern affluent societies no one is truly poor
D. It is wrong to make comparisons between countries

Which of these ethnic groups has the greatest proportion of its members in the bottom income quintile ?

A. Whites
B. Indians
C. Black caribbean
D. Pakistan /bangladeshis

Which of these constitute the three worlds of welfare capitalism ?

A. Social democratic socialist communist
B. Social democratic corporatist liberal
C. Social democratic christian-democratic nationalist
D. None of above

Dependency theorists from low-income countries drew the ideas___________?

A. Walt rostow
B. Karl marx
C. Immanuel wallerstein
D. Bretton woods

The Bretton Woods institutions are______________?

A. The international monetary fund and the world bank
B. The world trade organization and the world bank
C. The international monetary fund and the world health organization
D. The united nations and the world trade organization

The standard food intake for an adult male is_____________?

A. 1000-1500 calories
B. 1500-2000
C. 2000-2500
D. None of these