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The Command Area Development Programme (CADP) has been renamed as which one of the following?

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  1. Command Area Development and Water Management Programme

  2. Command Area Development and Forest Conservation Programme

  3. Command Area Development and Pollution Control Programme

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Command Area Development Programme (CADP)
(i) CADP started in $1974-75$.
(ii) Renamed in April $2004$-Command Area Development and Water Management (CADWM) Programme.

Which of the following programmes was launched to control urban poverty?
(A) Nehru Rozgar Yojana
(B) Valmiki Ambedkar Aawas Yojana
(C) National Slum Development Programme.

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  1. Only (A)

  2. Only (B)

  3. Only (C)

  4. All (A), (B) and (C)

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Correct Option: D

Family Planning Programme does not help in removing poverty.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: B

What are the provisions of the Equal Wages Act:

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  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.

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Correct Option: A

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

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  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.

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Correct Option: B

The factor behind the discrimination of dalits in India is

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  1. Religion

  2. Language

  3. Profession

  4. Class or caste

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Correct Option: D

An example of crosscutting differences is

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  1. Religion

  2. Caste

  3. Political conditions

  4. Views

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Correct Option: D

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

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  1. $6\%$

  2. $9\%$

  3. $8\%$

  4. $7\%$

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Correct Option: B

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)

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  1. Only (A)

  2. Only (B)

  3. Only (C)

  4. All (A), (B) and (C)

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Correct Option: D

What does the term 'AAY' denote?

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  1. Antyodaya Awas Yojana

  2. Asian Awas Yojana

  3. Antyodaya Anna Yojana

  4. Area Antyodaya Yojana

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Correct Option: C
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.