Practice Quiz set 1 - indian economy mcq Online Quiz (set-1) For All Competitive Exams

Q-1)   As per Census 2011, the Total Fertility Rate of India is

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)


Q-2)   Under the National Population Policy 2000, the goal to attain population stagnation has been raised from 2045 to

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)


Q-3)   Consider the following statements:
  1. India Development Marketplace (DM) is launched by IMF.
  2. DM is a competitive grant-based programme launched by World Bank for profit and non-profit organisations working in the area of delivering services to the poor in North Eastern States of Assam, Mizoram and Meghalaya.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

Explanation:

World Bank launched a India Development Marketplace (DM), a competitive grant-based programme for profit and non-profit organisations working in the area of delivering services to the poor in North Eastern States of Assam, Mizoram and Meghalaya.


Q-4)   Which of the following schemes is designed and launched to improve the living standards of urban poor?
  1. Accredited Social Health Activist ( ASHA)
  2. Janani Suraksha Yojna
  3. Valmiki Ambedkar Malin Basti Awas Yojna

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

Explanation:

ASHAs are community health workers instituted by the government of India’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) as part of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM).

Janani Suraksha Yojana aims to decrease neonatal and maternal deaths in rural areas. “VALMIKI AMBEDKAR MALIN BASTI AWAS YOJANA” (VAMBAY) aims to provide shelter and to upgrade existing shelter for below poverty line (BPL) families in urban areas.


Q-5)   Consider the following statements:
  1. Accredited social health activists (ASHAs) are community health workers instituted by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) as part of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM),
  2. The mission began in 2005.
  3. ASHAs are local women trained to act as health educators and promoters in their communities.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

Explanation:

Accredited Social Health activists (ASHAs) are community health workers instituted by the Government of India’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) as part of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM).

ASHAs are local women trained to act as health educators and promoters in their communities.

Their tasks include motivating women to give birth in hospitals, bringing children to immunization clinics, encouraging family planning, treating basic illness and injury with first aid, keeping demographic records, and improving village sanitation.


Q-6)   Consider the following statements:
  1. “VALMIKI AMBEDKAR MALIN BASTI AWAS YOJANA” (VAMBAY), is operated through HUDCO.
  2. The above scheme provides shelter and upgrades existing shelter for below poverty line (BPL) families in rural areas.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

Explanation:

“VALMIKI AMBEDKAR MALIN BASTI AWAS YOJANA” (VAMBAY) is operated through HUDCO.

The scheme provides shelter and upgrades existing shelter for below poverty line (BPL) families in urban areas.


Q-7)   According to Census 2011, which of the following states of India has lowest percentage of Urban population to its total population?

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)


Q-8)   Which among the following in India is the Nodal agency for estimation of poverty at the National and State level?

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)


Q-9)   According to Census 2011, the state having the highest density of population is

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)


Q-10)   Which among the following in India is the Nodal agency for estimation of poverty at the national and state level?

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

Explanation:

Planning commission is the nodal agency for estimation of poverty at the national and state levels and the surveys are normally conducted on quinquennial basis.