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Unemployment insurance results in _______________.

  1. Maintenance of consumption level

  2. Decrease in savings

  3. Decrease in consumption level

  4. Increase in savings


Correct Option: A

Which is the highest form of unemployment in India?

  1. Seasonal

  2. Structural

  3. Cyclical

  4. Casual


Correct Option: B

State whether the followings statements regarding NREGA are true or false:
a) Employment will be given within 15 days of application for work, if it is not then daily unemployment allowance as per the Act, has to be paid. 
b) Paid liability for payment of unemployment allowance is of the States.

  1. Only A is true

  2. Only B is true

  3. Both A and B are true

  4. Both A and B are false


Correct Option: C

As we all know now every child in the age group of 6-14 years can demand that he/she should be admitted to a school to complete his/her primary/basic education. Enactment of which of the following acts has made it possible?

  1. Right to Information Act

  2. Abolition of Child Labour Act

  3. Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation Act

  4. Competition Act


Correct Option: C

Which of the following is the biggest programme launched for school children and has been very successful?

  1. Antyodaya Yojana

  2. Food for work

  3. Mid Day Meal

  4. ASHA


Correct Option: C

Under NREGA, for how many days in a year is a guaranteed employment given to eligible persons?

  1. $175$

  2. $150$

  3. $125$

  4. $100$


Correct Option: D

Which of the following schemes is launched by the Ministry of Rural Development?

  1. Mid Day Meal Scheme

  2. Janani Suraksha Yojana

  3. Know India Programme

  4. National Food for Work Programme


Correct Option: A

Which of the following schemes was launched by the Govt of India to give focussed attention to integrated development of infrastructure and services in urban areas?

  1. Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission

  2. Bharat Nirman

  3. Providing Urban facilities in Rural Areas

  4. Both (a) and (b) above


Correct Option: A

Under the Right to Education Bill, the children of which of the following age groups are eligible to get free education?

  1. Up to five years

  2. Six to ten years

  3. Six to fourteen years

  4. Eight to twelve years


Correct Option: C

During the recent Depression, workers in developed countries preferred to take inferior jobs instead of a lay-off. This situation is known as _________________.

  1. Seasonal unemployement

  2. Cyclical unemployement

  3. Disguised unemployment

  4. Voluntary unemployment


Correct Option: C

Midday Meal Scheme was started to encourage ___________.

  1. health care

  2. sports

  3. education

  4. trade


Correct Option: C

Which of the following is a Self-Employment Programme for Educated Unemployed Youth?

  1. Prime Minister Rozgar Yojana

  2. Swarn Jayanti Sahakari Rozgar Yojana

  3. National Social Assistance Programme

  4. Swarn Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana


Correct Option: A

'Mid Day Meal Scheme' has been launched to provide cooked food to ____________.

  1. Children attending school

  2. Those who are getting National Old Age Pension

  3. Workers Of National Rural Employment Act

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A

State whether the following statements are True or False.
Unemployment is more in urban areas.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A

State whether the following statements are True or False.
Frictional unemployment is temporary.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A

State whether the following statements are True or False.
Frictional unemployment is a long term nature.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: B

State whether the following statements are True or False.
There is no disguised unemployment in India.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: B

State whether the following statements are True or False.
Backlog of unemployment is decreasing.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: B

State whether the following statements are True or False.
White collared job preference is voluntary unemployment.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A

State whether the following statements are True or False.
Cyclical unemployment is the main problem in India.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: B

State whether the following statements are True or False.
Employment exchanges are not working efficiently in India.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A

State whether the following statements are True or False.
Unemployment refers to unemployed people in the age group of 15 to 60 years.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A

State whether the following statements are True or False.
Problem of unemployment of India and Japan are the same.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: B

Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojna was launched in __________.

  1. December 2001

  2. April 2002

  3. May 1999

  4. September 2003


Correct Option: A

Over the years, in the Indian economy  _______.

  1. the proportion of labour in primary sector has increased and that in secondary & tertiary sector has decreased.

  2. the proportion of labour in primary sector has decreased and that in secondary and tertiary sector has increased.

  3. no specific trend has been observed

  4. none of the above is true


Correct Option: B

Whether a big population is an asset or a liability depends upon economy to economy (True/False) 

  1. True

  2. False

  3. Can't say

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: A

Among the above mentioned countries, unemployment rate is lowest in which country?

  1. Pakistan

  2. Malaysia

  3. Sri Lanka

  4. India


Correct Option: B

Employment Assurance Scheme (EAS) aimed at providing assured employment of _______ of unskilled manual work to the rural poor who are in need of employment and seeking it.

  1. 50 days

  2. 100 days

  3. 150 days

  4. 200 days


Correct Option: B

The Government of India introduced Employment Assurance Scheme (EAS) with effect from _______ in rural areas in 1778 blocks of 261 districts.

  1. 2nd October, 1953

  2. 2nd October, 1963

  3. 2nd October, 1993

  4. 2nd October, 2003


Correct Option: C

Who has been appointed as the new Deputy National Security Advisor (NSA)?

  1. Geeta Shrivastav

  2. Manoj Malhotra

  3. Pankaj Saran

  4. Nikunj Khanna


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Pankaj Saran, the 1982-batch officer of Indian Foreign Service (IFS), has been appointed as the new Deputy National Security Advisor (NSA). He will at post for a period of two years, on deputation basis initially till the date of his superannuation, i.e., November 30, 2018, then on re-employment on contract basis. Currently, he is Indias envoy to Russia. 

He served twice in the Prime Ministers Office (PMO) first as Deputy Secretary/ Director during 1995 and 1999, and then as the Joint Secretary between 2007 and 2012. Former chief of the Intelligence Bureau, Ajit Doval is the National Security Adviser (NSA). He is assisted by Deputy National Security Advisers. Ex-chief of Indias external intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), Rajinder Khanna was in January 2018 also appointed as the Deputy NSA.

NREGS stands for?

  1. New Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme

  2. National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme

  3. Non-Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: B

Agriculture provides employment to what percentage of  population _____________.

  1. 50

  2. 70

  3. 20

  4. 40


Correct Option: A

__________ is not treated as unemployment.

  1. Disguised unemployment

  2. Involuntary unemployment

  3. Voluntary unemployment

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: C

Which of the following is correct about the 'dearness allowance' of the Government of India staff?

  1. It is revised twice a year on the basis of the increase in the CPI (IW).

  2. It is revised once a year on the basis of the increase in the CPI (UNME).

  3. It is revised every five years on the basis of increase in the CPI (IW).

  4. (a) and (c) both.


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Though the classification is proposed to be abolished as the CPI will be of two kinds onlythe CPI (Urban) and the CPI (Rural)as recommended by the Abhijit Sen Committee set up on Inflation data by the Planning Commission. 

Employment programmes greatly contribute to food security by _________.

  1. increasing the income of the people

  2. increasing tax imposed by government

  3. by poverty alleviation programmes

  4. decreasing tax imposed by government


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Provision of employment under poverty alleviation programmes enables security of livelihood for the poor leading to lesser migration to urban areas for job opportunities. This leads to entrapping of surplus labor in productive activities and increased agricultural productivity.

In how many days job card for MNREGA is issued?

  1. 20 days

  2. 15 days

  3. 30 days

  4. 90 days


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

MNREGA 2005 is a law which is implemented by the Government of India in 200 districts of the country. It is referred to as 'Right to Work' because it guarantees 100 days of employment in a year by the government to all those who are able to work and in case of failure unemployment allowances will be given. The job card under the MNRGA is provided within 15 days.

What are the key features of MNREGA?

  1. Legal right to work

  2. Time bound guarantee work and unemployment allowance

  3. Work site facilities

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D

What is NREGA?

  1. A maternity scheme

  2. A equal remuneration act

  3. A social security scheme that aims to provide livelihood, sustenance and employment to the rural communities and labourers in India

  4. A minimum wages act


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

National Rural Employment Guarantee Act is a social security scheme that aims to provide livelihood, sustenance, and employment to the rural communities and laborers in India.  Later renamed as MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act).

What are the goals of MGNREGA?

  1. Empowerment of the socially disadvantaged, especially, women, Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs), through the processes of a rights-based legislation

  2. Social protection for the most vulnerable people living in rural India by guaranteeing wage employment opportunities

  3. Deepen democracy at the grassroots by strengthening Panchayati Raj Institutions

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Following are the goals of MGNREGA:
a) Deepen democracy at the grassroots by strengthening Panchayati Raj Institutions.
b) Social protection for the most vulnerable people living in rural India by guaranteeing wage employment opportunities.
c) Enhance livelihood security of the rural poor through generation of wage employment opportunities in works leading to creation of durable assets.
d) Empowerment of the socially disadvantaged, especially, women, Scheduled Castes (SCs)and Scheduled Tribes (STs), through the processes of a rights-based legislation.
e) Reduce poverty, etc.

Explain the features for implementing the MNRGA?

  1. This act targets schedule tribe, schedule castes and poor women who suffers from poverty

  2. Gram Panchayat after proper verification will register households. The job card is the legal document that entitles a person to ask, for work under the act and to get work within 15 days of the demand for work, failing which an unemployment allowance would be payable.

  3. To provide livelihood to the people below the poverty line, this scheme guarantees 100 days of wage employment in a year to every rural household in the country.

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Features for implementing the MNREGA are as follows:-
a) This act targets schedule tribe, schedule castes and poor women who suffers from poverty
b) Gram Panchayat after proper verification will register households. The job card is the legal document that entitles a person to ask, for work under the act and to get work within 15 days of the demand for work, failing which an unemployment allowance would be payable.
c) To provide livelihood to the people below the poverty line, this scheme guarantees 100 days of wage employment in a year to every rural household in the country.

Which of the following issues are addressed through the scheme NREGA ?

  1. Poverty

  2. Unmployment

  3. Both

  4. None


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The reduction of poverty is been given priority in this Act and its, main goal is to remove poverty and create fuller employment. The most important factor which influences the status of a poor is employment. Rural unemployment as a condition under which the worker would be willing to work longer hours or more intensively far a higher income but could have no opportunity of doing so due to the absence of opportunities for working. 

What are the main features of NREGA ?

  1. It guarantees 100 days of wage employment in a financial year to a rural household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work.

  2. One-third of the proposed jobs would be reserved for women.

  3. If an applicant is not provided employment within 15 days, she/he will be entitled to a daily unemployment allowance.

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Features of NREGA are as follows :-
a) It guarantees 100 days of wage employment in a financial year to a rural household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work
b) One-third of the proposed jobs would be reserved for women.
c)  If an applicant is not provided employment within 15 days, she/he will be entitled to a daily unemployment allowance.

What is the full form of MGNREGA ?

  1. Maharashtra Government National Rural Employment Guarantee Act

  2. Meghalaya Government National Rural Employment Guarantee Act

  3. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Empowerment Guarantee Act

  4. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

NREGA   - NATIONAL RURAL EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE ACT
MGNREGA - MAHATMA GANDHI NATIONAL RURAL EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE ACT.

National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005, later renamed as the "Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act", MGNREGA), is an Indian labour law and social security measure that aims to guarantee the 'right to work'.

What is the basic theme of NREGA  ?

  1. Right to privacy

  2. Right to education

  3. Right to speech

  4. Right to work


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

NREGA, 2005 is a law which is implemented by government of India in 200 districts of India. It is referred to as 'Right to Work' because it guarantees 100 days of employment in a year by the government to all those who are able to work and in case of failure unemployment allowances will be given.

What are the key features of NREGA?

  1. Legal right to work 

  2. Time bound guarantee work and unemployment allowance 

  3. Work site facilities 

  4. All of the above 


Correct Option: D

What is the significance of NREGA?

  1. All adult members of a rural household willing to do unskilled manual work have the right to demand employment

  2. At least one-third of the workers should be women

  3. No contractors/and no labour -displacing machinery shall be used in execution of works

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D

Discuss the works done under NREGA?

  1. Water conservation and water harvesting

  2. Drought proofing, including afforestation and tree plantation

  3. Irrigation canals, including micro and minor irrigation works

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D

What facilities are provided under NREGA?

  1. Providing support for child care

  2. Ensuring that single women are eligible

  3. Both A and B

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C

Consider the following statements in the context of the NREGA:-
a) Appeal against the Gram Panchayat will be to the Programme Officer.
b) 
Appeal against the Programme Officer will be to the District Programme Coordinator.
c) 
Appeal against the District Programme Coordinator may be with an appropriate authority designated by the State Government.

  1. A and B are correct

  2. C and B are correct

  3. Only A is correct

  4. All the above are correct


Correct Option: D

The "Operating Flood" programme is associated with __________.

  1. Boosting milk supply

  2. Controlling floods

  3. Conserving soil and saving it from flood

  4. Funds for flood victims


Correct Option: A

What is the purpose of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act?

  1. To provide employment to all those who are unemployed

  2. To provide 150 days' of employment to those who are willing to take a job

  3. To ensure that nobody in a village remains unemployed

  4. To ensure that people get enough income during off-season


Correct Option: B

Which of the following is/are the specific goal(s) of Bharat Nirman Project launched by the Govt of India?
(A) to provide more and more employment opportunities to rural youth
(B) To develop infrastructural in rural areas
(C) To provide best technical education to Indian youth.

  1. Only (A)

  2. Only (A) and (B)

  3. Only (B) and (C)

  4. Only (B)


Correct Option: D

The purpose of which of the following programmes is to provide a single-point light connection to the rural poor?

  1. Swajal Dhara

  2. Sangam Yojana

  3. Kutir Jyoti

  4. District Development Programme


Correct Option: C

Which of the following schemes launched by the Govt of India is a scheme to improve the performance of the agricultural sector?

  1. National Horticulture Mission

  2. Pulse Polio Abhiyan

  3. Old Age Pension Scheme

  4. Bharat Nirman Yojana


Correct Option: A

Under the Annapurna Scheme, how much food grain is provided to an eligible person every month?

  1. $5$kg

  2. $10$kg

  3. $15$kg

  4. $20$kg


Correct Option: B

AGMARK is __________.

  1. a cooperative for egg production

  2. regulated agricultural market

  3. farmer's cooperative

  4. a quality guarantee stamp for commodities like eggs, ghee, honey etc.


Correct Option: D

Which of the following schemes has been launched to make cities free from slums?

  1. Indira Awas Yojana

  2. Bharat Nirman

  3. Rajiv Gandhi Awas Yojana

  4. Pradhan Mantri Aadarsha Gram Yojana


Correct Option: C

For which of the following target groups, Indira Awas Yojana was launched?

  1. People living BPL

  2. Rural poor

  3. Urban poor

  4. Poor living in slums


Correct Option: C

Which of the following is the scheme for providing electricity connections to all the rural households in the country?

  1. ASHA

  2. Swadhar

  3. Kutir Jyoti

  4. Deep Mala


Correct Option: C

Consider the following statements about SABLA scheme.
(A) It replaces Kishori Shakti Yojana (KSY) in all districts.
(B) It is being implemented in $200$ districts at present.
(C) It is a scheme for empowerment of adolescent girls.
Which of the statements is/are correct?

  1. Only (A)

  2. Only (B)

  3. Only (A) and (B)

  4. Only (B) and (C)


Correct Option: D

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


Correct Option: D

Which of the following is correct about the Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana?
(A) The scheme was launched in a few backward states only.
(B) The aim of the scheme was to provide electricity to all villages having a population of $5000$ and above.
(C) The scheme achieved its target in less than $10$ years time.

  1. Only (A)

  2. Only (B)

  3. Only (C)

  4. None of these


Correct Option: D

Which of the following schemes/ missions was launched to encourage reforms and planned development of certain identified cities in India?

  1. Integrated Housing and Slum Development Programme

  2. Indira Awas Yojana

  3. Bharat Nirman

  4. Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission


Correct Option: D

Which of the following is not a social sector programme launched by the Govt of India?

  1. Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan

  2. National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme

  3. Mid Day Meal Scheme

  4. Overseas Indian Citizenship Scheme


Correct Option: D

Which of the following is a popular woman empowerment programme in India?

  1. ASHA

  2. Swabhiman

  3. Mid Day Meal Scheme

  4. Self-Help Group


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Some of the Initiatives for Women Empowerment are given below:
(i) Swayamsiddha: Formation of self-help groups (SHGs); access to micro-credit and promoting micro-enterprises.
(ii). Swa Shakti: Centrally sponsored scheme since 1998. Aims at enhancing women's access to resources for better quality of life.
(iii). STEP : Support to Training and Employment Programme for Women (STEP).
(iv). Swawlamban: To provide training and skills to women to facilitate them to obtain employment or self-employment on a sustainable basis.
(v). Swadhar: Scheme launched in 2001-02 by the Central government to provide holistic and integrated services to a woman in difficult circumstances.

As per the reports published in newspapers, the Government of India has asked all the states to conduct a 'Social Audit' of each and every work of which of the following schemes?

  1. National Rural Employment Guarantee Act

  2. Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana

  3. Indira Aawas Yojana

  4. Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana


Correct Option: A

Which of the following is not an economic empowerment scheme launched by the Government of India for the benefit of various sections of society?

  1. STEP

  2. Swayamsidha

  3. KALPANA-1

  4. Swadhar


Correct Option: C

Which of the following is implemented in India in all the districts of the country for providing employment for 150 days to those willing to do manual jobs in rural areas?

  1. Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana

  2. Bharat Nirman

  3. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act

  4. Swam Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana


Correct Option: C

The Government of India does not provide any direct financial assistance to which of the following schemes?

  1. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Gurantee Scheme

  2. Rural Health Mission

  3. Indira Awas Yojana

  4. Jeevan Sathi Yojana


Correct Option: D

Which of the following is the abbreviated name of the programme launched by the Govt of India for developing desert areas? 

  1. DRDA

  2. CAPART

  3. DDP

  4. IRDP


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

DDP stand for Desert Development Programme and was launched in 1977-78. 

Which of the following programmes was launched to further improve the facilities of irrigation in rural India?

  1. National Social Assistance programme

  2. Construction of Kiosks for the poor

  3. Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojna

  4. National Watershed Development Programme


Correct Option: D

Which of the following is/are the goals of the Bharat Nirman?
A) To bring additional one crore hectare under assured irrigation
B) To provide cooked food to about 12 crore children in their school itself
C) To construct 60 lakh additional houses for the rural poor.

  1. Only A

  2. Only B

  3. Only C

  4. Both A and C


Correct Option: D

Unemployment rate in India is defined as the ratio of number of persons unemployed to total __________.

  1. population

  2. population excluding children

  3. labour force

  4. population excluding the aged


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Unemployment rate in India is defined as the ratio of number of persons unemployed to total population.

Out of the four types of unemployment mentioned below, which one is the most disturbing for the Indian economy?

  1. Cyclical unemployment

  2. Frictional unemployment

  3. Disguised unemployment in the rural sector

  4. Urban unemployment among the educated classes


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Cyclical unemployment occurs due to business depression.Frictional unemployment is a temporary short-term unemployment, which emerges due to a number of reasons.Disguised unemployment is another name of under employment when a person is employed but not to the maximum of his normal ability for want of an opportunity.But the most disturbing unemployment is of educated because due to this country is losing its human capital that has made by a considerable national spending.

The 3 sources of data on unemployment are _________.

  1. Census of India

  2. National Sample Survey Organisations Reports of Employment and Unemployment Situation

  3. Directorate General of Employment and Training Data of Registration with Employment Exchanges

  4. all of these


Correct Option: D
Explanation:
There are three sources of data on unemployment: Reports of Census of India, National Sample Survey Organisation’s Reports of Employment and Unemployment Situation and Directorate General of Employment and Training Data of Registration with Employment Exchanges. Though they provide different estimates of unemployment, they do provide us with the attributes of the unemployed and the unemployment scenario prevailing in our country.

Fill in the blanks from the alternatives given in the brackets.
Unemployment during recession is called ______ unemployment.

  1. cyclical

  2. frictional

  3. structural

  4. voluntary


Correct Option: A

Fill in the blanks from the alternatives given in the brackets.
Disguisedly unemployed labour has ______ marginal productivity. 

  1. zero

  2. one

  3. minimum

  4. maximum


Correct Option: A

Fill in the blanks from the alternatives given in the brackets.
Introduction of computer causes ______ unemployment.

  1. technological

  2. structural

  3. frictional

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A

Fill in the blanks from the alternatives given in the brackets.
Unemployment during the off season is called ______ unemployment.

  1. urban

  2. seasonal

  3. disguised

  4. involuntary


Correct Option: B

Fill in the blanks from the alternatives given in the brackets.
Unemployment due to power cut is called ______ unemployment.

  1. frictional

  2. cyclical

  3. seasonal

  4. voluntary


Correct Option: A

Fill in the blanks from the alternatives given in the brackets.
Educated unemployment is ______ unemployment.

  1. open

  2. hidden

  3. cyclical

  4. frictional


Correct Option: A

Fill in the blanks from the alternatives given in the brackets.
Employment Guarantee Scheme was started in the year ______.

  1. 1972

  2. 1969

  3. 1970

  4. 1975


Correct Option: A

Fill in the blanks from the alternatives given in the brackets.
Defective education system causes _____ unemployment.

  1. educated

  2. technological

  3. frictional

  4. rural


Correct Option: A

Labour Force consists of ________.

  1. all people officially employed or unemployed

  2. all people over the age of 18 but less than 58 years of age

  3. all youth having passed matriculate examination

  4. all the three


Correct Option: A

Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana was launched in ________.

  1. Dec. 2004

  2. Dec. 2003

  3. Dec. 2000

  4. Dec. 1999


Correct Option: C

National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme was announced on ________.

  1. 2nd February 2006

  2. 2nd October 2006

  3. 1st April 2009

  4. 31st December 2009


Correct Option: A

National Rural Employment Guarantee Act was renamed as Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Actwas announced on ________.

  1. 2nd February 2006

  2. 2nd October 2006

  3. 1st April 2009

  4. 31st December 2009


Correct Option: D

What is Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act?

  1. 100 days manual work of unskilled nature in a financial year to rural adult willing to work but unable to get employment

  2. 120 days skilled work every six month

  3. Work during off seasons to all adult workers

  4. 100 days work to skilled workers

  5. Poverty and Poverty Elimination Schemes


Correct Option: A

__________ is the implementing agency of Employment Assurance scheme.

  1. Nagar Nigam

  2. Gram Sabha

  3. Zilla Parishad

  4. Local Panchayat


Correct Option: C

National Rural Employment Guarantee Act was enacted on _________.

  1. 25th August 2005

  2. 2nd October 2006

  3. 1st April 20093

  4. 1st December 2009


Correct Option: A

National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme has been renamed as ______.

  1. Rashtriya Grameen Rozgar Yojna

  2. National Rozgar Yojna

  3. Rajiv Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme

  4. Mahatme Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme


Correct Option: D

Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana was introduced in ____________.

  1. Dec. $2001$

  2. Dec. $2002$

  3. Feb. $2006$

  4. August $1990$


Correct Option: A

The Swaran Jayanti Shahar Rozgar Yojana declared in Dec. 97 subsumed which of these poverty eradication schemes?

  1. Urban Basic Service Programme.

  2. Nehru Rozgar Yojana.

  3. Prime Ministers Integrated Urban Poverty Eradication programme.

  4. All the three.


Correct Option: D

As compared to developing courtiers, the dependency rate in India (i.e. percentage of population below 15 years and above 64 years of age) is _______.

  1. higher

  2. lower

  3. equal

  4. increasing at a faster rate.


Correct Option: A

Among the following countries unemployment rate is highest in which country?

  1. Pakistan

  2. Malaysia

  3. Sri Lanka

  4. India


Correct Option: C

The Tenth plan target of creation of employment opportunities _______.

  1. was achieved by a high margin

  2. was achieved by a low margin

  3. was missed by a high margin

  4. was missed by a low margin


Correct Option: D

In rainfed areas, it is necessary to increase water use efficiency for optimum utilization of available water and to stabilize production for which a new centrally sponsored scheme "Micro-irrigation" was approved in December, _______.

  1. 2002

  2. 2003

  3. 2004

  4. 2005


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

In rainfed areas, it is necessary to increase water use efficiency for optimum utilization of available water and to stabilize production for which a new centrally sponsored scheme "Micro-irrigation" was approved in December, 2005. In this way, irrigation facilities in India can be improved. As a result, agricultural production also increases.

PMRY stands for ___________.

  1. Prime Minister's Rural Yojana

  2. Post Minister's Rozgar Yojana

  3. Post Minister's Rural Yojana

  4. Prime Minister's Rozgar Yojana


Correct Option: D

MWS means ___________.

  1. Most Wells Scheme

  2. Million Wells Suchna

  3. Million Wells Scheme

  4. Million Wanted Scheme


Correct Option: C

For calculating an unemployment rate for any reference year generally.

  1. Open unemployment status is taken

  2. Weekly status of unemployment

  3. Daily status of unemployment

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: A

Unemployed as a percentage of total labour force worked out to ________  for the country as a whole.

  1. 10.4 per cent

  2. 20.4 per cent

  3. 30.4 per cent

  4. 40.4 per cent


Correct Option: A

A person working for 8 hours a day for _______  of the year is regarded as employed on a standard person year basis.

  1. 300 days

  2. 365 days

  3. 273 days

  4. 333 days


Correct Option: C

National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGs) Act passed in __________. 

  1. September, 1995

  2. September, 2000

  3. September, 2005

  4. September, 2010


Correct Option: C

Swarn Jayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana (SGSY) was introduced to combine ____________.

  1. IRDP and Million Wells Scheme (MWS)

  2. IRDP and Employment Guarantee Scheme (EGS)

  3. IRDP and Minimum Wages Act

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: A

Jawahar Rozgar Yojana has been restructured as _________.

  1. Jawahar Gram Samriddhi Yojana

  2. Jawahar Gramodyoga Yojana

  3. Jawahar Gram Samaj Yojana

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: A

SJSRY stands for ___________.

  1. Swam Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana

  2. Shahari Jivan Sudhar Rashtriya Yojana

  3. Sampoorna Jivan Shahari Rozgar Yojana

  4. Shahari Jayanti Swam Rashtriya Yojana


Correct Option: A

SJSRY stands for ___________

  1. Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana.

  2. Shahari Jeewan Sudhar Rashtriya Yojana.

  3. Sampoorna Jeewan Shahari Rozgar Yojana.

  4. None of the above.


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

SJSRY stands for Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana which was introduced in India on $1^{st}$ Dec, 1997 to provide gainful employment to urban unemployed or underemployed poor.

Work Force Participation Rate (WPR) equals ___________________.

  1. number of persons in the Labour Force per 1000 persons of the Population

  2. number of persons employed per 1000 persons in the Labour-Force

  3. number or persons unemployed per 1000 persons the Labour-Force

  4. none of the above


Correct Option: B

If 9 people are Unemployed and 411 people are in the Work Force, then people in Labour Force___.

  1. 402

  2. 411

  3. 9

  4. 420


Correct Option: D

The ______ is defined as the number of persons in the Labor Force per 1000 persons.

  1. WPR

  2. LFPR

  3. CWS

  4. CDS


Correct Option: B

Find the odd one out among the following employment generation programmes:

  1. Urban self-employment programme.

  2. Urban wage-employment programme.

  3. Training of rural youth for self-employment.

  4. Integrated rural development programme.


Correct Option: D

Which of the following statements with regard to the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), $2005$ is/are correct?
$1$. The legislation makes the Government legally bound to provide employment to those who seek it.
$2$. As a district is notified under the Act, the Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana is automatically merged in the NREGA.
Select the correct answer using the code given.

  1. $1$ only

  2. $2$ only

  3. Both $1$ and $2$

  4. Neither $1$ nor $2$


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, $2005$ was enacted on August $25$, $2005$. This scheme is now known as Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme and Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana (SGRY) was merged into this scheme. The act aims at enhancing livelihood security to household in rural areas of country by provision of employment opportunities to those who are willing to work.

Which of the following factors has now put a check on a migration of agricultural labourers from one place to another in India?

  1. Lack of irrigation facilities

  2. Low productivity of land

  3. Single-crop cultivation

  4. Launch of MGNREGA and availability of employment opportunities locally


Correct Option: D

Under the new scheme of employment generation in the rural areas, all the ongoing schemes have been amalgamated with the _________.

  1. National Rural Employment Programme

  2. Jawahar Rozgar Yojna

  3. Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme

  4. Intergrated Rural Development Programme


Correct Option: B
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