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Organisations and Events Dates

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Remembering the establishment years of major organizations and historical event dates is vital for competitive exams. This includes nationalization acts, budgets, and environmental laws. These questions will help you memorize important dates for your upcoming government test.

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Organisations and Events Dates Questions

Multiple choice economics employment: growth, informalisation and other issues measures to alleviate unemployment unemployment measures unemployment and employment generation

National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme was announced on ________.

  1. 2nd February 2006

  2. 2nd October 2006

  3. 1st April 2009

  4. 31st December 2009
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) was notified on September 7, 2005, and the scheme was launched on February 2, 2006.

Multiple choice economics employment: growth, informalisation and other issues measures to alleviate unemployment unemployment measures unemployment and employment generation

National Rural Employment Guarantee Act was enacted on _________.

  1. 25th August 2005

  2. 2nd October 2006

  3. 1st April 20093

  4. 1st December 2009
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act was passed by the Parliament of India and received the President's assent on August 25, 2005.

Multiple choice economics employment: growth, informalisation and other issues measures to alleviate unemployment unemployment measures unemployment and employment generation

Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana was introduced in ____________.

  1. Dec. $2001$
  2. Dec. $2002$
  3. Feb. $2006$
  4. August $1990$
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana (VAMBAY) was launched by the Government of India in December 2001 to provide shelter or upgrade existing shelters for people living below the poverty line in urban slums.

Multiple choice commercial applications treasure under the ground conservation of mineral resources distribution and conservation of mineral resources indian mineral and power resources

Department of Non-conventional Energy Sources (DNES) was established in India in the year _____.

  1. 1988

  2. 1982

  3. 1985

  4. 1991
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Department of Non-Conventional Energy Sources (DNES) is established in the year 1982. Main aim of this department is to increase generation of non-conventional energy.  In October 2006, this Ministry was re-named as the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.

Multiple choice history industrial sector growth of banks in india nationalisation and privatisation of banks private sector anddifference between public and private sector

IRBI-Industrial Reconstruction Bank of India was established in___________.

  1. $1971$
  2. $1985$
  3. $1990$
  4. $1992$
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The Government of India set up the Industrial Reconstruction Corporation of India (IRCI) in April 1971, under the Indian Companies Act, mainly to look after special problems of sick units’ and provide assistance for their speedy reconstruction and rehabilitation, if necessary, by undertaking the management of the units and developing infrastructure facilities like those of transport, marketing etc.

Multiple choice history industrial sector growth of banks in india nationalisation and privatisation of banks private sector anddifference between public and private sector

Industrial Reconstruction Bank of India (RBI) was so renamed in place of Industrial Reconstruction Corporation Ltd. on ________.

  1. 15th August 1990

  2. 20th March 1985

  3. 2nd October 1987

  4. December 1990
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The Industrial Reconstruction Corporation of India was renamed the Industrial Reconstruction Bank of India (IRBI) on March 20, 1985, following the enactment of the IRBI Act.

Multiple choice history industrial sector growth of banks in india nationalisation and privatisation of banks private sector anddifference between public and private sector

Nationalisation of 14 major banks in India took place in ________.

  1. July 1969

  2. June 1970

  3. April 1980

  4. February 1990
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

On July 1969, fourteen major private commercial bank of India were nationalized which included Indian bank, Indian Overseas bank, Canara bank etc in order to increase the efficiency of public sector. 

Multiple choice

When did the Kargil War take place?

  1. 1993

  2. 1998

  3. 2008

  4. 1999
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The Kargil War, fought between India and Pakistan, took place in the Kargil district of Kashmir during the summer of 1999.