poverty & unemployment section 3 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation
MOST IMPORTANT indian economy mcq - 4 EXERCISES
The following question based on Poverty & Unemployment topic of indian economy mcq
(a) Banking
(b) Transport sector
(c) Agricultural sector
(d) Service sector
The correct answers to the above question in:
Answer: (c)
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.
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Question : 1
The BPL formula was suggested for the evaluation of poverty in the chairmanship of
a) Rangarajan
b) Suresh Tendulkar
c) Govindacharya
d) Kaushik
Answer »Answer: (b)
Prof. Tendulkar’s pioneering contribution was his extensive work on poverty and the estimation of people below the poverty line (BPL).
A committee was formed by the government of India in 2009, with Tendulkar as Chairman to ‘report on methodology for estimation of poverty.
In 2009, this committee came out with a new method to calculate poverty.
Question : 2
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?
a) 1941
b) 1951
c) 1911
d) 1921
Answer »Answer: (d)
Question : 3
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.
a) 1 only
b) 1 and 2 both
c) 2 only
d) 1 and 3 both
Answer »Answer: (b)
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.
Question : 4
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.
a) 1 only
b) 1 and 2 both
c) 2 only
d) None
Answer »Answer: (b)
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.
Question : 5
The proposed ‘Janani Suraksha Scheme’ will replace
a) Mahila Samakhya
b) Reproductive and Child Health Scheme
c) Maternity and Child Health Scheme
d) National Maternity Benefit Scheme
Answer »Answer: (d)
Question : 6
Consider the following statements about MNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005):
- It gives a guaranteed employment of 100 days to rural people who are eligible and willing to take it.
- For tribals, it provides guaranteed employment of 150 days from 2014.
- To distinguish tribals from regular MGNREGA workers, they will be given a job card of a different colour.
a) 1, 2 and 3 all
b) 1 and 2 both
c) 1 and 3
d) 1 only
Answer »Answer: (a)
MNREGA started with an objective to enhance the livelihood security of rural households for creating durable assets and discouraging migration.
It gives a guaranteed employment of 100 days to all eligible and willing to take it irrespective of gender. However, from April 2014 the act provides tribals with their guaranteed employment of 150 days.
Under MNREGA, no. of workdays for tribals have increased from 100 days to 150 days. To distinguish this category from regular MGNREGA workers, they are given a job card of a different colour.
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