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Multiple choice social science public health and the government food security and related aspects food security rural development programmes for poverty eradication poverty : challenge facing india poverty as a challenge role of the government in health

What are the provisions of the Equal Wages Act:

  1. Equal wages should be paid for equal work.

  2. Women are given the political rights.

  3. Women constitute half of the work in public life.

  4. Women should not be given equal wages.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The Equal Remuneration Act (Equal Wages Act) mandates that men and women receive equal pay for the same work or work of a similar nature.

Multiple choice social science public health and the government food security and related aspects food security rural development programmes for poverty eradication poverty : challenge facing india poverty as a challenge role of the government in health

Choose any one of the following for the given statement-Sexual division of labour.

  1. The role of women in politics is minimal in most societies.

  2. All the domestic work is done by the women of the family.

  3. Men do all the work outside home.

  4. Women role in public life is minimal in most societies.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Sexual division of labour refers to the societal practice where domestic work and child-rearing are primarily assigned to women, while men are expected to work outside the home.

Multiple choice social science public health and the government food security and related aspects food security rural development programmes for poverty eradication poverty : challenge facing india poverty as a challenge role of the government in health

The factor behind the discrimination of dalits in India is

  1. Religion

  2. Language

  3. Profession

  4. Class or caste
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Dalits in India have historically faced systemic discrimination rooted in the rigid social hierarchy of the caste system. While religion and profession are often intertwined with caste, the caste system itself is the primary structural factor.

Multiple choice social science public health and the government food security and related aspects food security rural development programmes for poverty eradication poverty : challenge facing india poverty as a challenge role of the government in health

An example of crosscutting differences is

  1. Religion

  2. Caste

  3. Political conditions

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

Crosscutting differences occur when social groups share some interests but differ on others, preventing a single, rigid divide. Views or opinions are classic examples of crosscutting differences because they do not align perfectly with fixed identities like caste or religion.

Multiple choice social science public health and the government food security and related aspects food security rural development role of the government in health

What growth rate per annum does India need if it has to eradicate its poverty in the next $25$ years?

  1. $6\%$

  2. $9\%$

  3. $8\%$

  4. $7\%$
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Economic projections for India's poverty eradication targets, often cited in developmental planning contexts, frequently identified a growth rate of 9 percent as necessary to achieve significant poverty reduction over a 25-year horizon.

Multiple choice social science public health and the government food security and related aspects food security rural development role of the government in health

Which of the following schemes is designed and launched to improve the living standards of the urban poor?
(A) Accredited Social Health Activist(ASHA)
(B) Janami Suraksha Yojana
(C) Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana(VAMBAY)

  1. Only (A)

  2. Only (B)

  3. Only (C)

  4. All (A), (B) and (C)
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana (VAMBAY) specifically targeted urban housing for the poor. ASHA and Janani Suraksha Yojana are health-focused schemes that also contribute to the welfare of vulnerable populations, including the urban poor.

Multiple choice social science public health and the government food security and related aspects food security rural development role of the government in health

What does the term 'AAY' denote?

  1. Antyodaya Awas Yojana

  2. Asian Awas Yojana

  3. Antyodaya Anna Yojana

  4. Area Antyodaya Yojana
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY):
* Launched in the year 2000
* 2 crores poorest families out of BPL families under TPDS ( targeted) are identified.
* 35 kg of foodgrains are to be made available to each eligible families at highly subsidised rates.
* Wheat to be supplied at Rs. 2 per kg.
* Rice to be supplied at Rs. 3 per kg.
* Rs. 3500 crore subsidy on this scheme.

Multiple choice social science public health and the government food security and related aspects food security rural development role of the government in health

The monopoly procurement agency of food grains in India is?

  1. State Trading Corporation

  2. NABARD

  3. Cooperatives

  4. Food Corporation of India
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Food Corporation of India(FCI): FCI was set up on January $14$, $1965$ having its first District office at Thanjavur- rice bowl of Tamil Nadu - and headquarters at Chennai under the FCI Act $1964$ to implement the following objectives of the National Food Policy.
(i) Effective price support operations for safeguarding the interests of the farmers.
(ii) Distribution of food grains throughout the country for Public Distribution System.
(iii) Maintaining satisfactory level of operational and buffer stocks of food grains to ensure National Food security.

Multiple choice social science public health and the government food security and related aspects food security rural development role of the government in health

Consider the following statements:

 Procurement of food grains at support prices.
1) Ensures stability in farm prices.
2) Ensures remunerative prices to farmers.
3) Helps building public stocks of food grains.

  1. 1 and 2

  2. 2 and 3

  3. 1 and 3

  4. 1, 2 and 3
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Procurement of food grains at support price by government has many social and economic objectives like stability in price of food grain, profitable remuneration to farmers and to support in building public stocks of food grains.