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

Which of the following is True about Prime Minister's Rozgar Yojana (PMRY)?

a) Youth of the age of 18-45 years are eligible for taking loan under the scheme b) Loans are possible only for non-agriculture activities in rural/semi-urban areas c) In the 10th plan about 16.5 lakh persons are likely to get employment under this scheme

  1. Only A

  2. Only B

  3. Only C

  4. Both A & C

  5. All
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The Prime Minister's Rozgar Yojana (PMRY) was designed to provide self-employment opportunities to educated unemployed youth. It specifically excludes agricultural activities, focusing on industry, service, and business sectors.

Multiple choice

Which of the following is/are true about 'Sarva Siksha Abhiyan' (SSA)?

  1. The programme is not very successful. Hence Govt. is planning to wind it up.
  2. It was decided to construct about 5 lakh new classrooms in 2006-07 to make the programme successful as the response for the same was very good in rural areas. 3 World Bank has decided to provide an aid of about US $ 600 million to make the programme successful in the next five years.

  1. Only 1

  2. Only 2

  3. Only 3

  4. Only 2 and 3

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

Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) is a flagship program for universal elementary education in India. The statements provided in the question are not standard facts about the program's status or funding history in the context of a general knowledge exam, making 'None of these' the most logical choice for a multiple-choice question where the provided options are factually incorrect or outdated.

Multiple choice

'Swayamsidha' is a scheme launched by the Govt. of India to help

  1. school children only

  2. workers only

  3. women only

  4. senior citizens without any regular income

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

Swayamsidha is a government scheme specifically designed for the empowerment of women. It focuses on the formation of self-help groups to improve their socio-economic status.

Multiple choice

What was the aim of Antyodaya Programme?

  1. Elimination of Urban Poverty

  2. Improving the standards of scheduled castes

  3. Uplifting minorities

  4. Helping the poorest among poor
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The Antyodaya Programme was specifically designed to target the poorest of the poor to provide them with essential food security and support.

Multiple choice

Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan Yojana has been announced by the Prime Minister on August 15, 2002 which is associated with

  1. Drinking water

  2. Extension of Irrigation

  3. Making community latrines in slums

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan, formerly known as the Total Sanitation Campaign, focuses on sanitation and hygiene. It is primarily associated with the construction of toilets and community latrines to eliminate open defecation.

Multiple choice

P. number of blood donors surpassed the number of doctors Q. N.C.C. wing of the school and the 'Punjab blood bank' R. donors were given fruits, biscuits and juice after the donation S. Dayanand Medical College, Dr. Harish Sidvani

Directions: A report is given below with some blanks. Fill those blanks with options provided to make it a sensible one.

Blood Donation Camp

Priya
Member, NCC
Sacred Heart Convent School, 23 July 2015-08-21

A blood donation camp was organised on July 22,2015. The activities of the camp were carried out by the _____. The chief guest for this occasion was the noted senior doctor of ______. He inaugurated the event by donating blood himself. Awareness programmes encouraged people to donate blood without any hesitation. Consequently, the _______  and the doctors worked throughout the day to collect blood. The ______. Later, the chief presented the volunteers with a certificate and congratulated everyone for organizing a noble event.

  1. PQRS

  2. QPSR

  3. QPRS

  4. QSPR

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

Q shows that who carried out the blood donation camp activities. S gives the name of a senior doctor of a hospital. As the number of donors was high, the doctors worked throughout the day. R shows what the donors were given.

Multiple choice

As an administrative authority in a region, you are overseeing several social welfare programmes. The most successful scheme pertains to education of the girl child, where the government has been distributing educational kits and monetary rewards to every girl child on successfully passing class Xth. The funds in this scheme have exhausted because of a larger than anticipated number of girls passing. Funds are left in employment generation programmes but they cannot be diverted without the permission of the highest administrative authority, which takes time to be sanctioned. In such a situation which of the following options would you exercise?

  1. As per suggestion of subordinates, raise fictitious bills under the head of any employment generation scheme, draw the funds from the treasury and use it for financing the educational kits and monetary rewards. After all this is also governmental fund which will be used for a good governmental scheme.

  2. Request for diversion of funds and pursue with the higher authorities for early sanction. But, this may take a couple of months.

  3. Promise to deliver the kits and monetary rewards next year to those who could not receive it this year.

  4. Express helplessness as funds have exhausted under this head and issue an appreciation certificate instead, to those who could not receive the kits and rewards.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

2.5 marks for option (b) 1.5 marks for option (c) 1 mark for option (d) 0 marks for option (a) Rationale/ Reasoning (b) Option (b) is the best course of action. It ensures that while adopting the right means the government fulfills its commitment of delivering the kits and rewards at the earliest. (c) Option (c) assures people of fulfilling government’s commitment, though belatedly. (d) Issuing certificates may be a good initiative but it does not fulfill the government’s commitment. (a) Option (a) is indicative of readiness to compromise on the ‘means’ for fulfillment of short term ‘goals’. Ends do not justify the means. If rules are compromised once even for the so called noble ends, they are open to compromise even for the not so noble ends. Principle/ Values tested Belief in right means for right ends. Desire to fulfill public commitments of the government.

Multiple choice

The main objective of the newly announced ‘Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojna’ is to provide

  1. a bank account to every poor in the country

  2. interest-free loan to small farmers

  3. financial assistance to tribal communities

  4. medical facilities to minor people

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

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced a new financial scheme “Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana" to help the poor open bank accounts, which will come bundled with a debit card and life insurance cover. The scheme aims to provide a bank account to every poor in the country, and the account holder will be provided a debit card and a life insurance cover of Rs. 1 lakh.

Multiple choice

‘Human Genome Project’ is a/an

  1. international collaborative reserved programme

  2. national collaborative research programme

  3. regional collaborative research programme

  4. European collaborative research programme
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

‘Human Genome Project’ is an international collaborative reserved programme. The Human Genome Project (HGP) is an international scientific research project with the goal of determining the sequence of chemical base pairs which make up human DNA and of identifying and mapping all of the genes of the human genome from both physical and functional standpoints.

Multiple choice

Animal Rahat aims to help

Directions: Answer the given question based on the following passage.

Animal Rahat is a unique program that aims to help some of the most neglected animals in the world – the bullocks, donkeys and other working animals in India. Animal Rahat was created to make a difference in India’s working animals. These gentle animals often suffer from dehydration, untreated sores, muscle strain and sometimes they are subjected to frequent beating. Animal Rahat was founded in 2003 to provide these animals with relief. This lifesaving program now offers services throughout three districts of Maharshstra, one of the largest states in India, and in the neighbouring town of Solapur. Their staff members provide free aid to bullocks who work in sugar mills, donkeys who are used in brick kilns, horses who pull carts and other working animals. Animal Rahat aims to alleviate the sufferings of these animals by giving rest to the lame and offering relief to the sick and injured. Animal Rahat’s guidance and support of these animals has already reduced practices such as leaving out animals in extreme heat or leaving them unprotected through rainy seasons.

  1. healthy animals

  2. non-working animals

  3. unhealthy animals

  4. neglected and working animals
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

It is because these animals are often not taken care of by their masters. The line "...aims to help some of the most neglected animals in the world" suggests the answer. Hence, this option is correct.