1. Industrial policy resolution took place in ___
1956
2. Setting up of planning commission was done in ___
1950
3. Nationalization of 14 commercial banks took place in ___
1969
4. Success of 4th plan was obstructed by
Poor monsoon; war with Pakistan; problem of Bengal refugees
5. The "slack season" in the Indian economy is ___
Jan-June
6. The nationwide scheme of the National Child Labor Projects(NCLP) is run by the ___
Union ministry of social justice and empowerment
7. Gurupadswamy committee death with the issues of ___
Child labor
8. Which states has the largest concentration of rural poor and people living below poverty line?
Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
9. India’s wage policy is based on ___
Cost of living
10. Unemployment which occurs when workers move from one job to another job is known as ___
Frictional unemployment
11. The type of unemployment mostly found in India can be characterized as ___
Disguised
12. Disguised unemployment in India is mainly related to ___
Agricultural sector and rural area
13. Reason for disguised unemployment in rural areas is ___
Low levels of technological development in the country
14. Unemployment in developing country generally takes place due to ___
Lack of complementary factors of production
15. Cyclical unemployment refers to ___
Unemployment during recessionary phase of a trade cycle
16. Which committee's recommendations are being followed for estimating poverty line in India?
Lakdawala committee
17. Poverty in terms of basic minimum calorie requirements is called ___
Absolute poverty
18. Who are eligible to benefit from the "Mahatma Gandhi national rural employment guarantee act"?
Adult members of any household
19. The difference between the poverty line and actual income levels of all those living below that line is called ___
Poverty gap
20. Hariyali is a watershed development project sponsored by the ___
Central government
21. The food for work programme was renamed as ___
National rural employment programme(nrep)
22. Pradhan mantri gramodya yojana aims at ___
Meeting rural needs like primary education, health care, drinking water, housing, rural roads
23. DWCRA stands for ___
Development of women and children in rural areas
24. Which is a revamp of the integrated rural development programme?
Swarnajayanti gram swarozgar yojana
25. What is the main objective of antyodaya programme?
Uplift the poor
26. Which central government scheme aims at enhancing the livelihood security of the people in rural areas by guaranteeing hundred days of employment in a financial year to a rural household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work?
MNREGA
27. The minimum needs programme aims to ___
Improve the living conditions of the poor and also promote their education and health
28. The rural landless employment guarantee programme(RLEGP) is an extension of ___
National rural employment programme(NREP)
29. What is nirmal gram puraskar?
It is an incentive scheme of panchayati raj institutions
30. The strategic aim of IRDP is ___
To provide more opportunities for rural employment and credit facilities at concessional rate of interest