poverty & unemployment section 1 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

To obtain full benefits of demographic dividend, what should India do ?

1. Promoting skill development
2. Introducing more social security schemes
3. Reducing infant mortality rate
4. Privatisation of higher education

a) None of the above

b) 1 only

c) 2 only

d) 3 and 4 only

Question : 2

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.

a) 1 only

b) 1 and 2 both

c) 2 only

d) None

Question : 3

To eradicate the problem of poverty, Twenty Point Economic Programme was launched for the first time in India on

a) 26th January, 1951

b) 15 August, 1983

c) 7th July, 1971

d) 7th July, 1975

Question : 4

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.

a) 1 only

b) 1 and 2 both

c) 2 only

d) None

Question : 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.

a) 1 only

b) 1 and 2 both

c) 2 only

d) 1, 2 and 3

Question : 6

As per Census 2011, the Total Fertility Rate of India is

a) 2.6

b) 2.4

c) 3.2

d) 2.9