POVERTY AND UNEMPLOYMENT MCQS SET 13

POVERTY AND UNEMPLOYMENT MCQS SET 13

121) Consider the following statements about Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY)
1. RAY is to provide support for shelter and redevelopment and creation of affordable housing stock.
2. Under RAY, the property rights are assigned to slum dwellers.
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: Neither 1 nor 2
   
122) When the productive capacity of the economic system of a state is inadequate to create sufficient number of jobs, it is called
A) Seasonal Unemployment
B) Structural Unemployment
C) Disguised Unemployment
D) Cyclic Unemployment
Correct Answer: Structural Unemployment   
 
123) Consider the following statements
1. Council for Advancement of People's Action and Rural Technology (CAPART) is an autonomous organisation under the Ministry of Agriculture.
2. Primary objective of the CAPART is to promote voluntary action to propagate appropriate rural technologies for the benefit of rural masses.
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
   
124) What does cyclical unemployment mean?
A) Unemployment during recessionary phase of trade cycle
B) Disguised unemployment
C) Seasonal unemployment
D) Voluntary unemployment
Correct Answer: Unemployment during recessionary phase of trade cycle
   
125) With reference to Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls (RGSEAG), consider the following statements
1. Improvement in their nutritional status
2. Improvement in their health status
3. Improvement and upgrading various skills like home skills, life skills and vocational skills
Which of the objectives given above is/are the correct objective(s) of the RGSEAG?
A) Only 2
B) 1 and 3
C) 2 and 3
D) All of these
Correct Answer: All of these

126) Which one of the following unemployment is the form of unemployment resulting from a mismatch between demand in the labour market and the skills and locations of the workers seeking employment?
A) Structural unemployment
B) Marxian unemployment
C) Disguised unemployment
D) Classical unemployment
Correct Answer: Structural unemployment
   
127) Consider the following statements
1. Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) was launched as a holistic development programme for the children below 6 years of age.
2. Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) include the programme for the proper nutritional and health education of pregnant and lactating mother.
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
   
128) The twenty-point economic programme was announced for the first time in India in
A) 1976
B) 1975
C) 1972
D) 1971
Correct Answer: 1975
   
129) Consider the following sectors
1. Animal husbandry
2. Dairy
3. Handlooms
4. Wasteland development
5. Social forestry
6. Sericulture
Which of the sectors given above are included in the skill development under Support to Training and Employment Programme (STEP) for Women Scheme?
A) 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6
B) 1, 3, 5 and 6
C) 1, 4, 5 and 6
D) All of the above
Correct Answer: All of the above
   
130) Unemployment which occurs when workers move from one job to another is known as
A) Seasonal unemployment
B) Frictional unemployment
C) Cyclic unemployment
D) Technological unemployment
Correct Answer: Frictional unemployment