Employment Generative Alleviation

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What is meant by ‘MNREGA’?

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Explain the role of non-farm employment in promoting rural diversification.

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Mention any three features of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act.

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What are different aspects of quality of employment?

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Which scheme was started in 1993 to create self-employment opportunities for educated unemployed youth in rural areas and small towns?

1. National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
   

2. Swarnajayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana

3. Rural Employment Generation Programme
   

4. Prime Minister Rojgar Yojana
   

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What is the aim of RURAL EMPLOYMENT GENERATION PROGRAMME (REGP)?

1. To create self-employment opportunities in the rural areas and small towns

2. To give loans to rural poor

3. To enhance skill of unemployed rural poor

4. To start new businesses in rural areas

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For how many days MNREGA provides employment?

1. 70

2. 80
   

3. 90
   

4. 100

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Victor is able to get work only for two hours in a day. Rest of the day, he is looking for work. Is he unemployed? Why? What kind of jobs could persons like Victor be doing?

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Why is employment considered so important in the Indian development policy?

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'Self-employment is more in rural areas than in urban areas'. Do you agree? Give reasons.

Q. The scheme provides assistance to the educated unemployed people in rural areas to start a business.

1. NFWP
2. PMRY
3. SJSRY
4. SGRY

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Adopting labour-intensive technique of production will reduce the level of poverty in India. State True or False.

1. True

2. False

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The growth of rural economy depends upon infusion of capital. Why?

Q. Rural employment guarantee scheme, 2005, scheme promises ___ days of guaranteed wage employment to all adult members of rural households who volunteer to do unskilled manual work.

Q. Explain problems of educated unemployed youths in urban areas.

Q. What are self-help groups?

Q. The MGNREGA guaranteed wage employment to an unemployed worker for a minimum of days.

1. 50
2. 75
3. 100
4. 150

Q. In rural areas, what is the major reason behind taking the credit?

1. Telecommunication
2. Crop production
3. Establishment of factory
4. For buying luxuries

Q. The aim of Prime Minister Rozgar Yozana (PMRY) is to create self-employment opportunities for educated unemployed youth in rural ares and _________.

1. Big towns
2. Small towns
3. None of these
4. Big cities
5. States

Q. There are more self- employed people in rural than in urban areas because ______.

1. urban people lack the initiative
2. fewer self-employment opportunities in urban areas
3. both A and B
4. majority of those depending on farming own plots of land and cultivate independently

Q. In India, most of the people have their occupation as _______.

1. industry
2. service
3. agriculture
4. professions such as Doctor, Lawyer, CA etc.

Q. The purpose of employment assurance scheme under MGNREGA was?

1. To give basic food for people below poverty line.
2. To provide housing facility for people below poverty line.
3. To provide $100$ days employment for unskilled manual worker.
4. To provide employment for skilled labour.

Q. The Prime Minister Rojgar Yojna was starrted on October 2, __________.

1. 1997
2. 1990
3. 1993
4. 1999

Q. Rural women can avail the benefit of Mahila Samriddhi Yojana if they open their account in ______________.

1. Rural Post Offices
2. Commercial Banks
3. Any of the above
4. Rural Development Bank