SSC economy quiz 8 September 22, 2018 September 22, 2018 Please enter your email: 1. Pradhan Mantri Gramodaya Yojana aims at: generating employment in the rural areas meeting rural needs like Primary education; health care, drinking water, housing, rural roads strengthening the Panchayati Raj System in rural areas alleviating poverty micro-enterprises 2. What is the main objective of Antyodaya programme? Uplift the landless labour Uplift the poor Uplift the urban poor Uplift the farmer 3. The Food For Work programme was renamed as: Jawahar Rozgar Yojana (JRY) Integrated Rural Development Programme (IRDP) National Rural Employment Programme (NREP) Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Programme (RLEGP) 4. Which one of the following is a revamp of the Integrated Rural Development Community-based Pro-poor Initiative Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana National Social Assistance Programme Jawahar Gram Samridhi Yojana 5. Poverty Gap is : the difference between poverty line and actual income levels of all those living below that line gap between developed nations and developing nations gap between the rich and the poor gap in infrastructural facilities between developed and developing nations 6. DWCRA stands for: Development and Welfare of Catchment Rural Areas Direct Welfare of Children in Rural Areas Development of Women and Children in Rural Areas All of the above 7. Absolute Poverty means: poverty in terms of the absolute level of unemployment poverty in terms of absolute number of people poverty in terms of the basic minimum calorie requirements poverty in terms of the prevailing price level 8. Which Committee’s recommendations are being followed for estimating Poverty Line in Chakravorty Committee Dutt Committee Chelliah Committee Lakdawala Committee 9. Which one of the following statements is not correct? Under Annapurna Scheme, indigent senior citizens of 65 years of age or above eligible for National Old Age Pension but not getting pension can get 10 kg of food grains per person per month free of cost Under the Targeted Public Distribution System, the families Below Poverty Line are provided 50 kg. of food grains per month per family at subsidised price Ministry of Human Resource Development gives financial support to Mid-Day Meal Scheme for the benefit of class I to V students in Government or Government aided Schools Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has scheme in which indigent people living in welfare institutions like orphanges are given 15 kg of food grains per person per month at BPL rates 10. Among the following who are eligible to benefit from the “Mahatma Gandhi National Adult members of below poverty line (BPL) households Adult members of only the scheduled Caste and scheduled tribe households Adult members of households of all backward communities Adult members of any household Loading … Question 1 of 10 Share this:WhatsAppTelegramTweet Related
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