1. 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
2. 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)
3. 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.
4. The strategic aim of IRDP is :
(a) to reduce unemployment
(b) to provide the required inputs for increasing agricultural productivity
(c) to provide more opportunities for rural employment and credit facilities at concessional
rate of interest
(d) none of these
5. 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
6. In India, present trend of rapid urbanisation is due to:
(a) lack of employment opportunities in rural areas
(b) influence of cinema and electronic media
(c) break up of joint family system
(d) abolition of zamindari system
7. 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
8. 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
9. What is the minimum calorie intake decided by the Planning Commission for rural and
urban areas, respectively ?
(a) 2400 and 2100
(b) 2100and 2400
(c) 2400 and 2200
(d) 2100 and 2200
10. Which of these programs has not been included in the Swarna Jayanti Swarozgar
Yojana?
(a) IRDP
(b) TRYSEM
(c) DWCRA
(d) JR