Top 50+ Solved Poverty, Unemployment and Alleviation Programmes MCQ Questions Answer
Q. 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
Q. 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)
Q. With reference to the Government of India's various programmes, what is NirmalGram Puraskar? [IAS 2006]
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.
Q. 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
Q. 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
Q. 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
Q. What is the minimum calorie intake decided by the Planning Commission for rural andurban areas, respectively ?
a. 2400 and 2100
b. 2100and 2400
c. 2400 and 2200
d. 2100 and 2200
Q. Which of these programs has not been included in the Swarna Jayanti SwarozgarYojana?
a. IRDP
b. TRYSEM
c. DWCRA
d. JR
Q. For which one of the following purposes, the Government has launched the Rajiv AwasYojana? [Punjab & Sindh Bank 2011]
a. To provide affordable houses to people living BPL
b. To provide affordable houses to rural poor
c. To provide affordable houses to minorities
d. To provide affordable houses to slum dwellers and the urban poor
Q. Which of the following is NOT an economic empowerment scheme launched by the Govt. of India for the benefit of various sections of society? [Punjab & Sindh Bank 2011]
a. STEP
b. Swayamsidha
c. KALPANA-1
d. Swadhar
Q. 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? [Punjab & Sindh Bank 2011]
a. Improve mental health
b. Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria
c. Reduce marriageable age for males to 18 yr
d. Promote gender equality and empower women
Q. Which of the following is the amount of Insurance cover provided to the workers of the unorganized sector under Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana ? [Corporation Bank PO 2011]
a. Rs. 10,0007
b. Rs. 20,0007
c. Rs. 30,0007
d. Rs. 40,0007
Q. The Govt. of India does not provide any direct financial assistance to which of the following schemes? [SBI Associates Clerk 2011]
a. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme
b. Rural Health Mission
c. Indira Aawas Yojana
d. Jeevan Sathi Yojana