Economic and Social Measures

Q.

Why are the wages for farm labourers in Palampur less than minimum wages?

Q. The Minimum Needs Programme was launched in 1974 as a part of the _____ Five-Year Plan.

1. Fourth
2. Fifth
3. First
4. Tenth

Q. The Swarnjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) and Pradhan Mantri Gramodaya Yojana (PMGY) were both started by the government. What is the difference between the two?

1. SGSY provides loans at low subsidies; PMGY develops basic healthcare in rural areas.
2. SGSY and PMGY provide employment in urban and rural areas, respectively.
3. SGSY provides loans to businessmen; PMGY provides employment.
4. SGSY provides healthcare; PMGY provides loans at low subsidies.

Q. Which of the following programmes was implemented by the Government of India right after independence for poverty eradication and economic development?

1. Five-Year Plans
2. Employment and wage programmes
3. Integrated Rural Development Programme
4. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme

Q. What does the Pradhan Mantri Gramodhaya Yojana aim to provide in rural areas?

1. Employment
2. Education
3. Healthcare
4. Drinking water
5. Food
6. Bank loans
7. Housing
8. Lighting

Q. Which of the following groups is/are covered by the Sandhya Suraksha Yojana?

1. Youth
2. Poor widows
3. Children
4. Specially abled people

Q. Which of the following schemes was launched in 2001 to provide houses for poor people in the country?

1. Indira Awas Yojana Scheme
2. Minimum Needs Programme
3. Valmiki-Ambedkar Awas Yojana
4. Nirmal Gram Yojana

Q. The provides health insurance to farmers across Karnataka.

1. Yashaswini Scheme
2. Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar
3. Sandhya Suraksha Yojana
4. Nirmal Gram Yojana

Q. Which of the following schemes undertaken by the Government of India aims to construct more toilets?

1. Nirmal Gram Yojana
2. Yashaswini scheme
3. Valmiki-Ambedkar Awas Yojana
4. Indira Awas Yojana scheme

Q. Which of the following programmes provide(s) loans at subsidised interest rates?

1. Integrated Rural Development Programme (IRDP)
2. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA)
3. Swarnajayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SSRY)
4. National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM)

Q. Which of the following strategies/programmes does not help a state to reduce poverty?

1. Development of the agriculture sector
2. Investment in human resource development
3. Increase in the prices of essential goods
4. Food distribution programmes for the poor

Q. Match the following programmes with their objectives.

1. Houses for the poor
2. Health insurance
3. Basic amenities
4. Construct toilets

Q. Karan, a small farmer in Karnataka, is a part of a cooperative. During the harvesting season, he fell sick, and he could not work.

Which of the following schemes grants him health insurance from the government?

1. Yashaswini Scheme
2. Minimum Needs Programme
3. Pradhan Mantri Gramodhaya Yojana
4. Valmiki-Ambedkar Awas Yojana

Q. Who is known as the father of the Indian Constitution?

1. Mahatma Gandhi
2. Alladi Krishnaswami Ayyar
3. B.R. Ambedkar
4. K. M. Munshi