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Questions Related to unemployment measures

Unemployment insurance results in _______________.

  1. Maintenance of consumption level

  2. Decrease in savings

  3. Decrease in consumption level

  4. Increase in savings


Correct Option: A

Which is the highest form of unemployment in India?

  1. Seasonal

  2. Structural

  3. Cyclical

  4. Casual


Correct Option: B

State whether the followings statements regarding NREGA are true or false:
a) Employment will be given within 15 days of application for work, if it is not then daily unemployment allowance as per the Act, has to be paid. 
b) Paid liability for payment of unemployment allowance is of the States.

  1. Only A is true

  2. Only B is true

  3. Both A and B are true

  4. Both A and B are false


Correct Option: C

As we all know now every child in the age group of 6-14 years can demand that he/she should be admitted to a school to complete his/her primary/basic education. Enactment of which of the following acts has made it possible?

  1. Right to Information Act

  2. Abolition of Child Labour Act

  3. Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation Act

  4. Competition Act


Correct Option: C

Which of the following is the biggest programme launched for school children and has been very successful?

  1. Antyodaya Yojana

  2. Food for work

  3. Mid Day Meal

  4. ASHA


Correct Option: C

Under NREGA, for how many days in a year is a guaranteed employment given to eligible persons?

  1. $175$

  2. $150$

  3. $125$

  4. $100$


Correct Option: D

Which of the following schemes is launched by the Ministry of Rural Development?

  1. Mid Day Meal Scheme

  2. Janani Suraksha Yojana

  3. Know India Programme

  4. National Food for Work Programme


Correct Option: A

Which of the following schemes was launched by the Govt of India to give focussed attention to integrated development of infrastructure and services in urban areas?

  1. Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission

  2. Bharat Nirman

  3. Providing Urban facilities in Rural Areas

  4. Both (a) and (b) above


Correct Option: A

Under the Right to Education Bill, the children of which of the following age groups are eligible to get free education?

  1. Up to five years

  2. Six to ten years

  3. Six to fourteen years

  4. Eight to twelve years


Correct Option: C

During the recent Depression, workers in developed countries preferred to take inferior jobs instead of a lay-off. This situation is known as _________________.

  1. Seasonal unemployement

  2. Cyclical unemployement

  3. Disguised unemployment

  4. Voluntary unemployment


Correct Option: C