1. For which one of the following purposes, the Government has launched the Rajiv Awas
Yojana?
(1) To provide affordable houses to people living BPL
(2) To provide affordable houses to rural poor
(3) To provide affordable houses to minorities
(4) To provide affordable houses to slum dwellers and the urban poor
(5) None of the above
2. Which of the following is NOT an economic empowerment scheme launched by the
Govt. of India for the benefit of various sections of society?
(a) STEP
(b) Swayamsidha
(c) KALPANA-1
(d) Swadhar
3. The Govt. of India has launched a number of poverty alleviation programmes. This is
done with the view that poverty is the root cause of social insecurity. In addition to that
UNO has also launched Millennium Development Goals to be achieved by 2015.Which
of the following is NOT one of those goals?
(1) Improve mental health
(2) Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria
(3) Reduce marriageable age for males to 18 yr
(4) Promote gender equality and empower women
(5) Achieve universal primary education
4. Which of the following is the amount of Insurance cover provided to the workers of the
unorganized sector under Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana ?
(a) Rs. 10,0007
(b) Rs. 20,0007
(c) Rs. 30,0007
(d) Rs. 40,0007
5. The Govt. of India does not provide any direct financial assistance to which of the
following schemes?
(1) Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme
(2) Rural Health Mission
(3) Indira Aawas Yojana
(4) Jeevan Sathi Yojana
(5) Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana
6. Who amongst the following can take benefit of the Social Security Fund established by
the Govt. of India for unorganized workers?
(1) Primary school teacher
(2) Employee of Sugar Factory
(3) Textile Mazdoor
(4) Rickshaw Puller
(5) Clerk in a factory
7. As per latest data in urban areas women employment is highest in which of the
following industries areas?
(a) Private households
(b) Textiles
(c) Apparel
(d) Retail Trade
8. 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) cyclical unemployment
9. Under Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme (lGNOAPS), the benefits are
available to the people having minimum age of ____
(a) 50 years
(b) 55 years
(c) 65 years
(d) 60 years
10. Poverty in less developed countries is largely due to
(a) voluntary idleness
(b) income inequality
(c) lack of cultural activities
(d) lack of intelligence of the people