This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian Economy > Social > Poverty Unemployment And Alleviation Programmes – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Poverty Unemployment And Alleviation Programmes Quiz 4 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which scheme was started in 1993 to create self-employment opportunities for educated unemployed youth in rural areas and small towns? A) Prime Minister Rojgar Yojana. B) National Rural Employment Guarantee Act. C) Rural Employment Generation Programme. D) Swarnajayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prime Minister Rojgar Yojana. 2. For how many days MNREGA provides employment? A) 70. B) 80. C) 90. D) 100. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 100. 3. Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana was launched in A) 1995. B) 1999. C) 2000. D) 2001. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1999. 4. Who do not come under the category of urban poor A) The Casual Workers. B) The Unemployed. C) The Shopkeeper. D) Rikshaw Pullers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Shopkeeper. 5. NFWP is stands for A) National Federation for Work and Progress. B) National forests for Wildlife Protection. C) National food and Wheat Processing. D) National food for Work Programme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) National food for Work Programme. 6. Among the reasons for disguised unemployment in the rural areas is : A) Choice of a heavy industry model for economic development. B) Low levels of technological development in the country. C) Heavy pressure of population along with slow implementation of land reforms. D) High illiteracy rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Low levels of technological development in the country. 7. Occasionaly Poor and Churning poor are combinely called: A) Chronic Poor. B) Non-Poor. C) Transient Poor. D) Never Poor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Transient Poor. 8. Which one of the following statements is not correct? [IAS 2004] A) Under the Targeted Public Distribution System, the families Below Poverty Line are provided 50 kg. of food grains per month per family at subsidised price. B) Under Annapurna Scheme, indigent senior citizens of 65 years of age or above eligible for National Old Age Pension but not getting pension can get 10 kg of food grains per person per month free of cost. C) Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has scheme in which indigent people living in welfare institutions like orphanges are given 15 kg of food grains per person per month at BPL rates. D) Ministry of Human Resource Development gives financial support to Mid-Day Meal Scheme for the benefit of class I to V students in Government or Government aided Schools. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Under the Targeted Public Distribution System, the families Below Poverty Line are provided 50 kg. of food grains per month per family at subsidised price. 9. By March end 2003, more than ..... SHGs had reportedly been credit linked. A) 7 lakhs. B) 8 lakhs. C) 9 lakhs. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 7 lakhs. 10. 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Promoting adult literacy. 11. Every ..... person in India is poor. A) Third. B) Fourth. C) Fifth. D) Sixth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fourth. 12. Who advocated that India would be truly independent only when the poorest of its people become free of human suffering? A) Mahatma Gandhi. B) Indira Gandhi. C) Jawahar lal Nehru. D) Subhash Chandra Bose. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mahatma Gandhi. 13. Which one of the following is not considered as a social indicator of poverty? A) Illiteracy level. B) Lack of access of health care. C) Inadequate safe drinking water. D) Ample job opportunities. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ample job opportunities. 14. 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. 50,0007. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rs. 30,0007. 15. NABARD was set up in ..... A) 1892. B) 1952. C) 1982. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1982. 16. ..... credit provisions are referred to as micro-credit programmes. A) RRB. B) SHG. C) Cooperatives. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) SHG. 17. Which one of the following is a minimum necessity of a human being? A) Luxury ornaments. B) Supper Utility Vehicle. C) Food & Safe drinking water. D) Internet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Food & Safe drinking water. 18. The realisation of the nutritional value of ..... food is growing all over the world. A) Commercial farming. B) Plantation farming. C) Organic farming. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Organic farming. 19. Poverty across different classes, regions or countries is called: A) Absolute Poverty. B) Ralative Poverty. C) Differential Povery. D) Cross region Poverty. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ralative Poverty. 20. What is the poverty ratio in the state of Odisha? A) 33.7%. B) 23.43%. C) 44%. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of the above. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesIndian Economy QuizzesPoverty Unemployment And Alleviation Programmes Quiz 1Poverty Unemployment And Alleviation Programmes Quiz 2Poverty Unemployment And Alleviation Programmes Quiz 3Poverty Unemployment And Alleviation Programmes Quiz 5Poverty Unemployment And Alleviation Programmes Quiz 6 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books