POVERTY AND UNEMPLOYMENT MCQS SET 20

POVERTY AND UNEMPLOYMENT MCQS SET 20

191) The Government has renamed MNREGA scheme and the name associated with the scheme is that of
A) Rajeev Gandhi
B) Indira Gandhi
C) Mahatama Gandhi
D) Jawaharlal Nehru
Correct Answer: Mahatama Gandhi
   
192) Mid-Day Meal Scheme was started in the year
A) 1995
B) 1996
C) 1997
D) 1998
Correct Answer: 1995
   
193) Which one of the following is associated with the NAIRU (Non Accelerating Inflation Rate of Unemployment) which refers to a level of unemployment below which inflation rises?
A) JM Keynes
B) Milton Friedman
C) Karl Marx
D) Euler Engel
Correct Answer: Milton Friedman
   
194) Which one of the following laws/curves stated that the lower the unemployment in an economy, the higher the rate of inflation?
A) Gini's Curve
B) Verdoorn's law
C) Gibrat's law
D) Phillips curve
Correct Answer: Phillips curve
   
195) Which of the following factors of an economy is/are related with Stagflation?
1. Low unemployment rate
2. High unemployment rate
3. High inflation rate
4. Low inflation rate
Select the correct answers using the codes given below?
A) 1 and 3
B) 1 and 4
C) 2 and 3
D) 2 and 4
Correct Answer: 2 and 3

196) The standard of living in a country is represented by its
A) Poverty Ratio
B) Per Capita Income
C) National Income
D) Unemployment Rate
Correct Answer: Per Capita Income   
197) Which plan gave emphasis for removal of poverty for the first time?
A) Fourth
B) Fifth
C) Sixth
D) Seventh
Correct Answer: Fifth
   
198) Consider the following statements about the Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana
1. It aims to integrate development of the selected villages to create the physical and social infrastructure for an all round socio-economic development.
2. It is aimed to eliminate the disparity between SCs and other communities of the country.
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   
199) Which of the following programmes is being implemented by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)?
A) Prime Minister's Rozgar Yojana (PMRY)
B) Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY)
C) District Rural Industrial Project (DRIP)
D) Rural Employment Generation Programme (REGP)
Correct Answer: Rural Employment Generation Programme (REGP)
   
200) Which of the following two programmes are the parts of the National Social Assistance Programme of the Government of India?
1. Indira Awas Yojana and Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana
2. National Food for Work and Mid-Day Meal Scheme
3. National Old Age Pension Scheme and National Family Benefit Scheme
Select the correct answer using the codes given below
A) 1 and 2
B) 1 and 3
C) Only 3
D) Only 2
Correct Answer: Only 3