POVERTY AND UNEMPLOYMENT MCQS SET 26

POVERTY AND UNEMPLOYMENT MCQS SET 26

251) Swarn Jayanti Gram Swa-Rozgar Yojna came into being in:
A) Apr -1995
B) Apr - 1997
C) Apr - 1999
D) Jul - 2001
Correct Answer: Apr - 1999
   
252) The Minimum Needs Programme aims to:
A) provide means for greater mechanization of agriculture
B) improve the living condition of the poor and also promote their education and health
C) provide necessary resources by way of refinance to primary lenders
D) None of these
Correct Answer: improve the living condition of the poor and also promote their education and health
   
253) The Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Programme (RLEGP) is an extension of:
A) Integrated Rural Development Programme (IRDP)
B) National Rural Employment Programme (NREP)
C) Training of Rural Youth for Self Employment (TRYSEM)
D) Minimum Needs Programme (MNP)
Correct Answer: National Rural Employment Programme (NREP)
   
254) With reference to the Government of India's various programmes, what is Nirmal Gram Puraskar?
A) It is an incentive scheme of scholarships for the single girl child in families in villages.
B) It is an incentive scheme of scholarships for female sportspersons from villages who represent their states in any game.
C) It is an incentive scheme for schools in the villages for computer education.
D) It is an incentive scheme Panchayati Raj institutions.
Correct Answer: It is an incentive scheme Panchayati Raj institutions.
   
255) Which of the following is not a major reason for the lack of effectiveness of targeted anti poverty programmes?
A) Lack of proper implementation
B) Lack of right targeting
C) Overlapping of schemes
D) All the above
Correct Answer: All the above
 
256) Operation Blackboard aims at
A) promoting adult literacy
B) providing education to urban slum dwellers
C) opening of new schools specially for female children
D) providing primary education in an educationally backward area
Correct Answer: promoting adult literacy
   
257) In India, present trend of rapid urbanisation is due to:
A) lack of employment opportunities in rural areas
B) break up of joint family system
C) influence of cinema and electronic media
D) abolition of zamindari system
Correct Answer: lack of employment opportunities in rural areas
   
258) With reference to the government's welfare schemes, consider the following statements:
1. Under the Antyodaya Anna Yojana, the food grains are available to the poorest of the poor families at Rs.2 per kg for wheat and Rs.3 per kg for rice.
2. Under the National Old Age Pension Scheme, the old and destitute are provided Rs.75 per month as Central Pension, in addition to the amount provided by most State Governments.
3. Government of India has allocated 25 kg food grains per below Poverty Line family per month, at less than half the economic cost
Which of these statements are correct?
A) 1 and 2
B) 1 and 3
C) 2 and 3
D) 1, 2 and 3
Correct Answer: 1, 2 and 3
   
259) Consider the following statements in respect of the National Rural Employment Guarantee
Act, 2005:
1. Under the provisions of the Act, 100 days of employment in a year to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work has become a fundamental right.
2. Under the provisions of the Act, women are to get priority to the extent that one-half of persons who are given employment are women who have asked for work.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
A) 1 only
B) 2 only
C) Both 1 and 2
D) Neither 1 and 2
Correct Answer: 2 only
   
260) What is the minimum calorie intake decided by the Planning Commission for rural and urban areas, respectively?
A) 2400 and 2100
B) 2100 and 2400
C) 2400 and 2200
D) 2100 and 2200
Correct Answer: 2400 and 2100