POVERTY AND UNEMPLOYMENT MCQS SET 08

POVERTY AND UNEMPLOYMENT MCQS SET 08

71) Which committee proposed that the consumption expenditure calculation should be based on calorie consumption as earlier?
A) Tendulkar Committee
B) Lakdawala Committee
C) SR Hashim Committee
D) Rangarajan Committee
Correct Answer: Lakdawala Committee
   
72) Which one of the following is related to National Programme for Education of Girls at Elementary Level (NPEGEL) programme started for the certain section of our society?
A) Nutritional programme for disadvantaged children at the primary level
B) Educational programme for girls who are under privileged and disadvantaged at the elementary level
C) Nutritional and educational programme for disadvantaged children at the higher education level
D) None of the above
Correct Answer: Educational programme for girls who are under privileged and disadvantaged at the elementary level   
 
73) With reference to National Rural Health Mission, which of the following are the jobs of 'ASHA', a trained community health worker?
1. Accompanying women to the health facility for antenatal care check-up
2. Using pregnancy test kits for early detection of pregnancy
3. Providing information on nutrition and immunisation
4. Conducting the delivery of baby
Codes
A) 1, 2, 3 and 4
B) 1, 2 and 3
C) 2 and 3
D) 2 and 4
Correct Answer: 1, 2 and 3
   
74) Which one of the following schemes is not the sub-scheme of the National Rural Livelihoods Mission?
A) SITRA
B) Ganga Kalyan Yojana
C) STEP-UP
D) TRYSEM
Correct Answer: STEP-UP
   
75) For which one of the following sectors, the National Social Security Fund was set up by the Indian Government?
A) Agricultural Sector
B) Organised Sector
C) Unorganised Sector
D) Private Sector
Correct Answer: Unorganised Sector

76) Consider the following statements
1. Gini coefficient is the area between the line of perfect equality and line of project inequality.
2. Lorenz curve is a percentage of the area between the line of perfect equality and the line of perfect inequality and line of perfect inequality.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
A) Only 1
B) Only 2
C) Both 1 and 2
D) Neither 1 nor 2
Correct Answer: Both 1 and 2
   
77) Which one of the following is/are the main aim/aims of the Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana launched in India for the poverty eradication?
A) To establish a large number of micro enterprises in the rural areas of the country
B) To bring every assisted family above the poverty line by providing them income generating assets through a mix of bank credit and government subsidy
C) To bring assisted family literate and make them politically empowered so that they can take part in the decision making process of the country
D) Both 'a' and 'b'
Correct Answer: Both 'a' and 'b'   
 
78) Which one of the following is not a monitorable target of the Beti Bachao Beti padhao Abhiyan?
A) Provide girls' toilet in every school in 100 Child Sex Ration (CSR) districts by the year 2017
B) 100% girls enrolment in secondary education by the year 2020
C) Promote a protective environment for girl children through implementation of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act 2012
D) Train Elected Representatives/ Grassroot to mobilise communities to improve CSR and promote girls education
Correct Answer: 100% girls enrolment in secondary education by the year 2020
   
79) Consider the four poor states of India
1. Arunachal Pradesh
2. Chhattisgarh
3. Bihar
4. Jharkhand
List these states from most to least poor using the codes given below
A) 1, 2, 3, 4
B) 2, 1, 4, 3
C) 4, 3, 2, 1
D) 3, 2, 4, 1
Correct Answer: 3, 2, 4, 1   
 
80) Consider the following statements about the National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM)
1. At least one member from each identified rural poor household, preferably a woman, to be brought under the SHG network
2. Subsidy to be available in the form of revolving fund and capital subsidy as an incentive for inculcating the habit of thrift and accumulation of their own funds
3. To work towards universal financial inclusion beyond basic banking services to all poor households
4. To pursue skill upgradation and placement projects through partnership mode
Which of the salient features given above are correct about the National Rural Livelihoods Mission?
A) 2 and 4
B) 1, 2 and 3
C) 2, 3 and 4
D) All of these
Correct Answer: All of these