Civics Polity · General Awareness

Indian Government Initiatives

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Indian government initiatives cover national schemes for healthcare, education, rural housing, and cultural conservation. Test takers must understand the objectives and target demographics of various central and state programs. This is a highly scoring area in the general awareness section of SSC, banking, and PSC exams.

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Indian Government Initiatives Questions

Multiple choice

e-chaupal is an initiative of

  1. Hindustan Lever

  2. Govt of India

  3. ITC

  4. Bihar Govt
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

e-Chaupal is ITC's rural initiative that provides farmers with information on weather, crops, and market prices through internet kiosks. It connects farmers directly to buyers, bypassing middlemen. It is NOT a government initiative.

Multiple choice

With whose collaboration was the ravine land development programme in water logging areas of Yamuna and Chambal in Uttar Pradesh started?

  1. WorId Bank

  2. International Monetary Fund

  3. United Nations Organisation

  4. European Economic Cooperation
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The ravine land development programme in waterlogged areas of Yamuna and Chambal was started in collaboration with the European Economic Cooperation. This programme aimed to reclaim and develop land affected by waterlogging and ravines in these riverine areas. Options A, B, and C represent other international organizations but were not involved in this specific programme.

Multiple choice

With the merger of which of the following schemes was the 'National Rural Employment Act, 2005' launched?

  1. JRY and Indra Avas Yojna

  2. Sampoorna Gramin Rozgar Yojna and National Food for Work Programme

  3. Swarnjayant Swarozgar Yojna and JRY

  4. JRY and Sidra
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) 2005 was launched by merging the Sampoorna Gramin Rozgar Yojana (SGRY) and the National Food for Work Programme (NFWP). This consolidation aimed to create a comprehensive rural employment guarantee scheme. Other options like JRY (Jawahar Rozgar Yojana) and Indra Awas Yojana were separate poverty alleviation programs.

Multiple choice

India's DOTs programme was specially designed to prevent people from skipping or giving up the treatment of

  1. tuberculosis

  2. malaria

  3. german measles

  4. AIDS

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

DOTS (Directly Observed Treatment, Short-course) is a strategy specifically designed for tuberculosis treatment to ensure patients complete their full course of medication. The program involves healthcare workers directly observing patients taking their medications to prevent treatment default or discontinuation. TB treatment requires strict adherence over 6-8 months, making DOTS crucial.

Multiple choice

The National Service Scheme (NSS) aims at

  1. keeping students busy in some activity or the other

  2. involving students on a voluntary and selective basis in programmes of social service and national development

  3. helping educational institutions to organise camps

  4. giving certificates to students for helping them in admission
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

NSS is a voluntary program involving students in social service and national development activities. It focuses on community service, rural development, and building civic responsibility rather than just keeping students busy or organizing camps.

Multiple choice

The National Literacy Mission (NLM) aims to spread functional literacy among

  1. backward classes

  2. children

  3. women

  4. adults
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The National Literacy Mission (NLM), launched in 1988, specifically aims to spread functional literacy among adults in the 15-35 age group. While it pays special attention to women and disadvantaged groups, its primary target is adult literacy as a whole, not children (covered by formal schooling) or specific groups alone.

Multiple choice

Golden Quadrilateral project is related to

  1. women education

  2. rivers

  3. national highway

  4. terrorism
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The Golden Quadrilateral is a major highway project connecting four major metropolitan cities: Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, and Kolkata. It forms a quadrilateral of approximately 5,846 km of national highways, aimed at improving road connectivity across India.

Multiple choice

Command Area Development Programme was launched to

  1. ensure that land is given to the tillers

  2. ensure better utilisation of irrigation potential

  3. development of land under Army's Command

  4. poverty alleviation in selected areas
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The Command Area Development Programme (CADP) was launched in 1974-75 to ensure better utilization of irrigation potential created by major and medium irrigation projects. It focuses on improving water delivery systems, on-farm development works, and efficient water use. It has nothing to do with land reforms, Army development, or direct poverty alleviation.

Multiple choice

Which of the following statements is/are true about NABARD?

  1. It is an apex development bank with a mandate for facilitating credit flow for promotion and development of agriculture, small-scale, cottage and village industries, handicrafts and other rural crafts.

  2. It also has the mandate to support all other allied economic activities in rural areas.

  3. It promotes integrated and sustainable rural development and secure prosperity of rural areas.

  4. All of the above

  5. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

All of the above statements are true. So, this option is correct.