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"Development of villages is the true development of India" was said by __________.

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  1. Jawaharlal Nehru

  2. Mahatma Gandhi

  3. Dadabhai Naoroji

  4. Vinoba Bhave

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:
Mahatma Gandhi

This sentence was quoted by Mahatma Gandhi, who was very concerned about the development of rural India.
He saw that the major part of India comprised of small villages that were deprived of all basic facilities, like proper foods, residences, education, healthcare and roads

The primary objective of all rural development programmes is __________.

civics growth of rural economy rural economy changing life: 1 meaning and importance of rural development

  1. Improving the standard of living of rural people

  2. Improving the transport facilities in rural areas

  3. Providing schools to every village

  4. Encouraging rural people to migrate to cities

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Standard of living includes all inclusive progress- improvements in the education, healthcare, transport, housing facilities also better job opportunities. All the programs formed for rural development target to improve the life of the rural citizens mainly so that they do not stay behind their urban counterparts. 

The programme implemented to create employment and eradicate poverty in rural areas is ________.

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  1. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme

  2. Suvarna Gramodaya Yojana

  3. Ashraya Yojana

  4. Public distribution system

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The National Rural Employment Guarantee Program was initiated under the same act. The purpose of this is to provide 100 days guaranteed employment within a year to every rural household. Only condition is that adults from these households should volunteer for unskilled labour work. Initially introduced in 2005, this act was amended in 2007 and renamed as Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act. 

Panchayat institutions operate under the principle of _________

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  1. leaders

  2. government

  3. democracy

  4. public

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The Zila Panchayat or District Council or Zilla Parishad or District Panchayat, is the third tier of the Panchayati Raj system. Zila Parishad is an elected body. Block Pramukh(president) of Panchayat Samiti (Block) are also represented in Zila Parishad. The members of the State Legislature and the members of the Parliament of India are members of the Zila Parishad.

The project to provide urban amenities in rural areas was conceptualized by ___________.

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  1. Indira Gandhi

  2. Rajiv Gandhi

  3. Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

  4. Atal Behari Vajpayee

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Provision of Urban Amenities to Rural Areas (PURA) is a strategy for rural development in India. This concept was given by former president Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and discussed in his book Target 3 Billion which he co-authored with Srijan Pal Singh. The genesis of PURA concept can be traced to the work done by Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute in the early 1990s on Taluka energy self-sufficiency.

__________ have been brought into existence to bring together poor rural women and make them financially independent.

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  1. Suvarna Gramodaya Yojana

  2. Women self-help groups

  3. Public distribution system

  4. Ashraya Yojana

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Women self-help groups have been brought into existence to bring together poor rural women and make them financially independent.

The characteristics of rural economy after the arrival of the British include _____________. 

civics growth of rural economy rural economy changing life: 1 meaning and importance of rural development

  1. Decline of workmanship and handicraft

  2. Change in the structure of the rural community

  3. End of self-sufficiency of villages

  4. All of these

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Correct Option: D

The self-sufficiency of the villages came to an end as a result of ______________.

civics growth of rural economy rural economy changing life: 1 meaning and importance of rural development

  1. Commercialisation of agriculture

  2. Privatisation of agriculture

  3. Liberalisation of agriculture

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: A

Immobility of labour was a significant characteristic of ancient Indian economy because of _______.

civics growth of rural economy rural economy changing life: 1 meaning and importance of rural development

  1. Lack of means of transport

  2. The caste system

  3. The problem of language and food habits

  4. All of these

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Correct Option: D

The barter system was not prevalent in the ancient rural economy.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

A barter system is an old method of exchange. This system has been used for centuries and long before money was invented. People exchanged services and goods for other services and goods in return. The history of bartering dates all the way back to 6000 BC. 

Hence, the answer is false.