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MCQ ON NATIONAL INCOME OF INDIA

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1. In which year was the Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme launched?

(a) 2004

(b) 2005

(c) 2006

(d) 2007

Ans. d

2. In which year was the Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana launched?

(a) 2000

(b) 2001

(c) 2002

(d) 2003

Ans. b

3. In which year was the Hariyali watershed development project launched?

(a) 2003

(b) 2004

(c) 2005

(d) 2006

Ans. a

4. What was the main aim of the Pradhan Mantri Gramodaya Yojana?

(a) Meeting rural needs like Primary education; health care, drinking water, housing, rural roads

(b) Alleviating poverty micro-enterprises

(c) Both (a) and (b)

(d) Neither (a) nor (b)

Ans. a

5. Poverty exists in less developed countries. What is the major contributing factor for this phenomenon?

(a) Voluntary idleness

(b) Income inequality

(c) Lack of cultural activities

(d) None of these

Ans. b

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6. When the productive capacity of the economic system of a State is inadequate to create sufficient number of jobs, it is called:

(a) Seasonal unemployment

(b) Structural unemployment

(c) Disguised unemployment

(d) Cyclical unemployment

Ans. b

7. In India, present trend of rapid urbanisation is due to:

(a) Lack of employment opportunities in rural areas

(b) Influence of cinema and electronic media

(c) Break up of joint family system

(d) Abolition of zamindari system

Ans. a

8. The Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Programme (RLEGP) is an extension of:

(a) Integrated Rural Development Programme (IRDP)

(b) National Rural Employment Programme (NREP)

(c) Training of Rural Youth for Self Employment (TRYSEM)

(d) Minimum Needs Programme (MNP)

Ans. b

9. Which one of the following is a revamp of the Integrated Rural Development Programme?

(a) Jawahar Gram Samridhi Yojana

(b) Community-based Pro-poor Initiative

(c) Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana

(d) National Social Assistance Programme

Ans. c

10. What is the cover for hospitalization expenses under the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana?

(a) ₹10,000

(b) ₹20,000

(c) ₹30,000

(d) ₹40,000

Ans. c

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11. What is the aim of Integrated Rural Development Programme?

(a) To reduce unemployment

(b) To provide the required inputs for increasing agricultural productivity

(c) To provide more opportunities for rural employment and credit facilities at concessional rate of interest

(d) None of these

Ans. c

12. In which year was Swarn Jayanti Gram Swa-Rozgar Yojna launched?

(a) 1995

(b) 1997

(c) 1999

(d) 2001

Ans. c

13. Under Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme (IGNOAPS), the benefits are available to the people having minimum age of.

(a) 50 years

(b) 55 years

(c) 65 years

(d) 60 years

Ans. d

14. Which of the following was not included in Millennium Development Goals?

(a) Improve mental health

(b) Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria

(c) Reduce marriageable age for males to 18 years

(d) Promote gender equality and empower women

Ans. c

15. In which year was the Operation Blackboard launched?

(a) 1984

(b) 1985

(c) 1986

(d) 1987

Ans. d

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16. Operation Blackboard was aimed at:

(a) promoting adult literacy

(b) providing education to urban slum dwellers

(c) opening of new schools specially for female children

(d) providing primary education in an educationally backward area

Ans. d

17. The scheme PMJAY is related to:

(a) Housing for the poor

(b) Providing medicines at low prices

(c) Providing electricity to villages

(d) Providing urban amenities in rural areas

Ans. b

18. What is full-form of the UJALA scheme?

(a) Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LPG for all

(b) Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for all

(c) Ujwal Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for all

(d) Ujwal and Affordable LPG for all

Ans. b

19. Employment Guarantee Scheme was first introduced in:

(a) Gujarat

(b) Madhya Pradesh

(c) Maharashtra

(d) Tamil Nadu

Ans. c

20. The correct statement/s about PMKVY is/are:

(a) It is the flagship scheme of MSDE

(b) The average monetary reward would be around ₹10000 per trainee

(c) Skill Development Management Systems would be put in place to skill the trainees

(d) All of these

Ans. a

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21. PMUY is a scheme for:

(a) Electrification of villages

(b) Giving free LPG connections to BPL families

(c) Skilling the unemployed

(d) Alleviating poverty and unemployment

Ans. b

22. What does the ‘Take off stage’ in an economy mean?

(a) Beginning of self-reliance

(b) Economy becomes stagnant

(c) Economy is about to collapse

(d) All controls are removed

Ans. a

23. Assertion (A): Financial inclusion is desirable to help weaker sections of society in the country.

Reason (R): Investment activity needs to be promoted to facilitate access to development benefits to masses.

Codes:

(a) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

(b) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

(c) (A) is not correct, but (R) is correct.

(d) (A) is correct, but (R) is not correct.

Ans. a

24. Out of the following which one is the insurance scheme launched by the Union Government for the farmers?

(a) PMJDY

(b) PMKVY

(c) PMKSY

(d) PMFBY

Ans. d

25. The PMUY scheme is associated with:

(a) free cycles for girls

(b) financial assistance to girl children

(c) scholarship for girl students

(d) free LPG connection to BPL families

Ans. d

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26. Which of the following is a flagship Innovation Promotion Platform of NITI Aayog?

(a) AMRUT

(b) Nai Manzil

(c) AIM

(d) Both (b) and (c)

Ans. c

27. What is the name of the scheme that has been launched under the DDU-GKY that aims at development of youth at the North-East region and the 27 LWE districts?

(a) ROSHNI

(b) NAI ROSHNI

(c) HIMAYAT

(d) NAI MANZIL

Ans. a

28. Out of the following which one is implementing the scheme UDAAN?

(a) Ministry of Home Affairs

(b) National Skill Development Corporation

(c) The State Government

(d) Ministry of Rural Development

Ans. b

29. What is the PMSMA?

(a) It is a scheme to increase the safety of women

(b) It is a health-care scheme to take care of new born babies and their mother

(c) It is a health-care scheme to take care of pregnant women

(d) It is a scheme to increase skills of women

Ans. c

30. Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs Arun Jaitley launched Financial Inclusion Index in New Delhi. How many measurement dimensions does this index have?

(a) 3

(b) 4

(c) 5

(d) 6

Ans. a

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31. Who has launched the WOW mobile app aimed at creating awareness on preventive healthcare for women across the country?

(a) Ministry of Women and Child Development

(b) FLO

(c) CRY

(d) Ministry of Human Resource Development

Ans. b

32. Who out of the following have launched mobile health app ‘MedWatch’?

(a) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

(b) AIIMS

(c) Ministry of Human Resource Development

(d) None of these

Ans. d

33. Which state won the Best State category in the Swachh Survekshan Grameen Award 2018?

(a) Haryana

(b) Maharashtra

(c) Gujarat

(d) Madhya Pradesh

Ans. a

34. Which state has two coastal tourism circuit projects been inaugurated under the Swadesh darshan scheme?

(a) Odisha

(b) West Bengal

(c) Andhra Pradesh

(d) Tamil Nadu

Ans. c

35. Which of the following is/are component/s of the Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay Sanraks Han Abhiyan?

(a) Price Support Scheme

(b) Price Deficiency Payment Scheme

(c) Pilot of Private Procurement and Stockist Scheme

(d) All of the above

Ans. d

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36. The Middle Income Group Scheme has been launched by:

(a) Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

(b) Supreme Court

(c) Ministry of Finance

(d) Ministry of Human Resource and Development

Ans. b

37. How many categories of diseases does the Atal-Amrit Abhiyan cover?

(a) 4

(b) 5

(c) 6

(d) 7

Ans. c

38. Which Section of the Payment of Wages Act, 1936 needs to be amended to empower states and allow industries to pay workers’ wages cashlessly?

(a) 5

(b) 6

(c) 7

(d) 8

Ans. b

39. Which of the following options is/are incorrect about the Universal Immunisation Programme?

(a) It aims to protect children from 12 preventable diseases

(b) The vaccine will protect children against severe

forms of pneumococcal diseases

(c) The vaccine has been rolled out currently in Himachal Pradesh and parts of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh

(d) It is a 2-dose vaccine

Ans. a

40. How much percentage of ANBC is to be given as advances to weaker sections by the Domestic commercial banks or Foreign banks with 20 or above branches?

(a) 10%

(b) 12%

(c) 14%

(d) 16%

Ans. a

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41. Consider the following statements about the SAMPADA scheme:

(a) The allocation for this scheme is ₹6000 crores

(b) It is a scheme under the Ministry of Food Processing Industries

(c) Its time period will be from 2016 to 2020

(d) All of the above

Ans. d

42. Which of the following are correct with respect to the Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana?

(a) The scheme has crossed its target of 1.5 lakh crores loans in the financial year 2016-17

(b) Majority of the borrowers were women

(c) 2 lakh crore has been set as target for the financial year 2017-18 in this year’s budget

(d) All of these

Ans. b

43. How many routes were selected in the first round of bidding under the UDAN scheme?

(a) 125

(b) 126

(c) 127

(d) 128

Ans. d

44. Which of the following ministries had launched the SAATHIYA Resource Kit and SAATHIYA SALAH App?

(a) Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

(b) Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

(c) Union Ministry of Human Resource Development

(d) Union Ministry of Urban Development

Ans. a

45. Kuznets curve explains:

(a) Relationship between income per capita and economic inequality.

(b) Relationship between rates of taxation and resulting levels of government revenue.

(c) Relationship between household expenditure on particular good and household income.

(d) Relationship between inflation and unemployment.

Ans. a

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46. The National Action Plan for Children, 2016 has been launched. Which of the following options is true?

(a) It provides for a formation of a National Coordination and Action Group for coordination and implementation of the plan

(b) There are three key priority areas – survival, health and nutrition, education and development

(c) It takes into account the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

(d) All of these

Ans. c

47. Which of the following departments has been set up by the RBI?

(a) Financial Stability Unit

(b) Enforcement Department

(c) Department of Currency Management

(d) Monetary Policy Department

Ans. b

48. Which district became the first to get geotag on all assets created under MGNREGA?

(a) Hamirpur

(b) Kangra

(c) Solan

(d) Una

Ans. b

49. Which state government with support of World Bank (WB) had launched the ‘e-health project?

(a) Assam

(b) Karnataka

(c) Andhra Pradesh

(d) Kerala

Ans. d

50. Approx. what percentage of the GDP is spent on the central sector and centrally sponsored sub-schemes?

(a) 3

(b) 4

(c) 5

(d) 6

Ans. c

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51. Who chairs the Board for Payment and Settlement Systems?

(a) Finance Minister

(b) RBI Governor

(c) One of the RBI Deputy Governor

(d) Finance Secretary

Ans. b

52. Find the correct options in relation to the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana:

(a) It seeks to transfer the subsidies of LPG cylinders to the women belonging to BPL families

(b) It seeks to protect the health of women

(c) It will be implemented till the financial year of 2018-19

(d) None of these

Ans. a

53. The Direct Benefit Transfer Scheme is targeted at the people:

(a) Affected by Uttarakhand landslides

(b) Affected by communal riots

(c) Living below the poverty line

(d) Suffering from acute starvation

Ans. c

54. Which one of the following best enumerates ‘Head proportion Count Ratio?

(a) It is the number of poor estimated as the of people below the poverty line.

(b) It is the proportion of people belonging to transient poor category to that of people belonging to chronic poor category.

(c) It is the real numerical number of people below the poverty line.

(d) None of the above.

Ans. a

55. Choose the correct statements about Anchor Investors:

(a) They are offered shares in an IPO a day before the offer opens

(b) Each anchor investor has to put a minimum of 10 crore in the issue

(c) Both (a) and (b)

(d) Neither (a) nor (b)

Ans. c

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56. Which one of the following is considered important to create a Virtuous cycle by the parents?

(a) To send their children to the school

(b) To provide good food to their children.

(c) To join their children in corporate schools

(d) To take care of the health and education of the children

Ans. d

57. PHC stand for:

(a) Public Health Club

(b) Private Health Club

(c) Primary Health Centre

(d) None of these

Ans. c

58. Which of the following was the objective of MGNREGA 2005?

(a) To control the unorganised sector in rural areas

(b) To provide 100 days employment in a year by the government

(c) To control the flow of money from private sector and public sector.

(d) None of the above.

Ans. b

59. Sanchit has booked a train ticket in one of the super-fast trains. The train was delayed for long hours without any reason. In this situation:

(a) He cannot approach consumer court as train delays can happen sometime

(b) He can file a complaint in Railway Office and claim refund of my ticket amount

(c) He can approach consumer court for deficiency in service and claim refund of super-fast charges as damage

(d) He can cancel my ticket without paying cancellation charge to Railways

Ans. c

60. Out of the given states which state will have the highest per capita income?

(a) Haryana

(b) Kerala

(c) Madhya Pradesh

(d) Bihar

Ans. a

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61. Employee State Insurance (ESI) is a social security provision made by the government of India under:

(a) Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948

(b) Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1951

(c) Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1962

(d) Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1988

Ans. a

62. With which of the following was the FMC merged with last year for better controlling of the Commodity Futures Market?

(a) RBI

(b) SEBI

(c) NABARD

(d) None of these

Ans. b

63. When did the National Stock Exchange begin its operations?

(a) 1990

(b) 1991

(c) 1992

(d) 1994

Ans. d

64. ‘Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon. Who said this?

(a) Robert Solow

(b) Irving Fisher

(c) Thomas Samuelson

(d) Milton Freidman

Ans. d

65. Angel investors provide financial backing to:

(a) RBI

(b) Government of India

(c) Entrepreneurs

(d) None of the above

Ans. c

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66. GDP at factor cost is:

(a) GDP minus indirect taxes plus subsidies

(b) GNP minus depreciation allowance

(c) NNP plus depreciation allowance

(d) GDP minus subsidies plus indirect taxes

Ans. a

67. Which of the following is not a method of estimating national income?

(a) Product method

(b) Export-import method

(c) Income method

(d) Expenditure method

Ans. b

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