POVERTY AND UNEMPLOYMENT MCQS SET 21

POVERTY AND UNEMPLOYMENT MCQS SET 21

201) Scheme of Mid-Day Meal is not connected with
A) Educational advancement
B) Social equality
C) Right to food
D) Child nutrition
Correct Answer: Right to food
  
202) Which of the following ministries has launched Integrated Wasteland Development Programme (IWDP)?
A) Ministry of Rural Development
B) Ministry of Agriculture
C) Ministry of Chemical and Fertilisers
D) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Correct Answer: Ministry of Rural Development
   
203) Consider the following statements
1. Integrated Child Protection Scheme, a centrally sponsored scheme implemented through states, was launched in 2005-06.
2. Integrated Child Protection Scheme has an objective of providing a safe and secure environment for comprehensive development of children in the country who are in need of care and protection as well as children in conflict with the law.
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: Only 2
   
204) Which one of the following unemployments is also known as search unemployment which occurs at the time period between jobs when a worker is searching for or transitioning from one job to another?
A) Seasonal unemployment
B) Frictional unemployment
C) Classical unemployment
D) None of the above
Correct Answer: Frictional unemployment
   
205) Consider the following factors regarding the Structural Unemployment of an economy
1. Mechanisation of agriculture
2. Geographical factors or locations
3. Adoption of robotic technologies to replace unskilled labourers
Which of the factors given above are correct?
A) 1 and 2
B) 1 and 3
C) 2 and 3
D) All of these
Correct Answer: All of these

206) When was the concept of the Human Development Index (HDI) introduced by the United Nations Development Programme?
A) 1990
B) 1991
C) 1993
D) 1995
Correct Answer: 1993
   
207) Consider the following statements
1. Central Social Welfare Board was set-up in 1953.
2. Central Social Welfare Board has the objective of promoting social welfare activities and implementing welfare programmes for women, children and handicapped through voluntary organisations.
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
   
208) Consider the following statements
1. National Credit Fund for Fund is managed by Ministry of Women and Child Development.
2. Central Adoption Resource Agent Was set up in 1990.
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
   
209) Consider the following statements
1. Swamaiayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana seeks to provide gainful employment to the urban unemployed or under employed through encouraging the setting up of self-employed ventures or provision of wage employment.
2. Percentage of women beneficiaries under Swarnajayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana is less than 30%.
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: Only 1
   
210) Consider the following statements
1. Under the Differential Rate of Interest Scheme, the public sector banks are required to lend at least one per cent of the total advances as at the end of the preceding year to the weakest of the weak sections of the society.
2. Under the Differential Rate of Interest (DRI) Scheme, the interest rate of advances made to the weakest of the weak sections of the society 4% per annum.
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