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

The "Operating Flood" programme is associated with __________.

  1. Boosting milk supply

  2. Controlling floods

  3. Conserving soil and saving it from flood

  4. Funds for flood victims
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Despite the name, Operation Flood is not related to water management or flood control; it is the world's largest dairy development program aimed at boosting milk production.

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

What is the purpose of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act?

  1. To provide employment to all those who are unemployed

  2. To provide 150 days' of employment to those who are willing to take a job

  3. To ensure that nobody in a village remains unemployed

  4. To ensure that people get enough income during off-season
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B Correct answer
Multiple choice economics employment: growth, informalisation and other issues measures to alleviate unemployment unemployment measures unemployment and employment generation

Which of the following is/are the specific goal(s) of Bharat Nirman Project launched by the Govt of India?
(A) to provide more and more employment opportunities to rural youth
(B) To develop infrastructural in rural areas
(C) To provide best technical education to Indian youth.

  1. Only (A)

  2. Only (A) and (B)

  3. Only (B) and (C)

  4. Only (B)
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Bharat Nirman was a time-bound business plan for building rural infrastructure, focusing on six components: irrigation, roads, housing, water supply, electrification, and telecommunication.

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

The purpose of which of the following programmes is to provide a single-point light connection to the rural poor?

  1. Swajal Dhara

  2. Sangam Yojana

  3. Kutir Jyoti

  4. District Development Programme
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Kutir Jyoti is a government scheme specifically designed to provide single-point electricity connections to rural households living below the poverty line.

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

Which of the following schemes launched by the Govt of India is a scheme to improve the performance of the agricultural sector?

  1. National Horticulture Mission

  2. Pulse Polio Abhiyan

  3. Old Age Pension Scheme

  4. Bharat Nirman Yojana
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A Correct answer
Explanation

The National Horticulture Mission was launched to promote holistic growth of the horticulture sector through research, technology promotion, and infrastructure development.

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

Under the Annapurna Scheme, how much food grain is provided to an eligible person every month?

  1. $5$kg

  2. $10$kg

  3. $15$kg

  4. $20$kg
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The Annapurna Scheme provides 10 kg of food grains per month free of cost to senior citizens who are eligible but not covered under the National Old Age Pension Scheme.

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

AGMARK is __________.

  1. a cooperative for egg production

  2. regulated agricultural market

  3. farmer's cooperative

  4. a quality guarantee stamp for commodities like eggs, ghee, honey etc.
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D Correct answer
Explanation

AGMARK is a certification mark employed on agricultural products in India, assuring that they conform to a set of standards approved by the Directorate of Marketing and Inspection.

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

Which of the following schemes has been launched to make cities free from slums?

  1. Indira Awas Yojana

  2. Bharat Nirman

  3. Rajiv Gandhi Awas Yojana

  4. Pradhan Mantri Aadarsha Gram Yojana
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The Rajiv Gandhi Awas Yojana was specifically launched to provide housing and basic amenities to slum dwellers, aiming to make cities slum-free.

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

Which of the following is the scheme for providing electricity connections to all the rural households in the country?

  1. ASHA

  2. Swadhar

  3. Kutir Jyoti

  4. Deep Mala
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Kutir Jyoti is the specific scheme aimed at providing electricity connections to rural households, particularly those below the poverty line.