Practice Quiz set 3 - indian economy mcq Online Quiz (set-1) For All Competitive Exams
Q-1) Tendulkar Committee has estimated that in India the percentage of the population below poverty line is
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Q-2) According to Census 2011, the most urbanised state of India is
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Q-3) Population growth in India during the decade 2001-2012 was
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Q-4) Which one of the following year is known as the ‘year of the Great Divide’ with regard to population after which there has been a continuous and rapid growth in India’s population?
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Q-5) How many people in India live below poverty line?
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Q-6) Consider the following statements and select the correct answer using the codes given below: - Educated unemployment increases with high rate of economic growth.
- It happens only when there is lack of professional education.
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Educated unemployment is unemployment among people with an academic degree. Educated unemployment increases with high rate of economic growth. It happens only when there is lack of professional education.
Q-7) Consider the following statements:
- Samajwadi Pension Scheme is launched by UP government.
- Samajwadi Pension Scheme which will benefit about 40 lakh rural families living below poverty line.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Uttar Pradesh government launched the “Samajwadi Pension Scheme” to benefit 40 lakh rural families living below the poverty line.
The new pension scheme will replace the Rani Laxmibai Pension Yojana.
Q-8) Consider the following statements:
- Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) is a centrally sponsored health insurance scheme started in 2008 by the Ministry of Labour and Employment.
- The objective of RSBY is to provide protection to BPL households from financial liabilities arising out of health shocks that involve hospitalization.
- Beneficiaries under RSBY are entitled to hospitalization coverage up to Rs. 20,000/- for most of the diseases that require hospitalization.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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(b)
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Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) is a centrally sponsored health insurance scheme started in 2008 by the Ministry of Labour and Employment to provide protection to BPL households from diseases that involve hospitalization.
Beneficiaries under RSBY are entitled to hospitalization coverage up to Rs. 30,000/- for most of the diseases that require hospitalization.
Q-9) Disguised unemployment in India exists in
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Disguised unemployment in India exists in the agricultural sector.
Disguised unemployment exists where part of the labour force is either left without work or working in a redundant manner where worker productivity is essentially zero.
Q-10) The Rural Ministry has launched a “Kaam Mango Abhiyan” which seeks to increase awareness around the entitlements of?
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The Ministry of Rural Development has launched a “Kaam Mango Abhiyan” after recognising the work under MGNREGA is not necessarily due to lack of demand but caused by a failure to capture demand effectively.
This campaign seeks to increase awareness around the entitlements of MGNREGA and increase participation in the programme by fulfilling the guarantee.