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Desert Development programme was launched in_____.

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  1. 1970-71

  2. 1973-74

  3. 1980-81

  4. 1977-78

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Correct Option: D

NABARD was set up in _______.

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  1. $1980$

  2. $1981$

  3. $1982$

  4. $1988$

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Correct Option: C

Dunkel draft is related to ________.

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  1. Associated with Uruguay round

  2. Related to atomic treaty among nations

  3. Related to super 301

  4. Related to check drug trade

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Correct Option: A

Integrated Rural Development Programme (IRDP) was initiated to ______________.

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  1. to improve the rural women through the creation of income generation activities in a district

  2. to generate additional gainful employment in the rural areas to bring about a general improvement in the overall quality of life in rural areas

  3. to enable the selected families to cross the poverty line through a strategy of productive assets endowment

  4. all of above

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Correct Option: C

Agricultural sector contributes nearly _______of GDP in India.

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  1. 25%

  2. 36%

  3. 50%

  4. 10%

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Correct Option: A

The following programme was introduced as a result of restructuring & combining Integrated Rural Development Programme  (IRDP) & allied programmes and Million Wells Schmme (MWS)

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  1. Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojna

  2. Sampoorna Grameen Swarozgar Yojna

  3. India Awas Yojna

  4. Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna

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Correct Option: A

Initiatives of local bodies were created before independence by Viceroy ____________.

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  1. Lord Rippon

  2. Lord Curzon

  3. Lord Mountbatten

  4. None of the above.

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

In order to decentralize power and to make the policies available to the people of even remote areas government has introduced a three-tier system of local governing bodies in the rural areas. These local governing bodies were initiated during the time of Lord Rippon.

Rural local government or Panchayat Raj consists of ___________.

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  1. Zilla Parishad

  2. Panchayat Samiti

  3. Gram Panchayats

  4. All the above

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

  • In order to decentralize power and to make the policies available to the people of even remote areas government has introduced a three-tier system of local governing bodies in the rural areas.
  • Rural local government or Panchayat raj consists of Zilla Parishad, Panchayat Samiti, and Gram Panchayats.

The amendments aimed at strengthening local governments and ensuring an element of uniformity in their structure and functioning across the country are _____________.

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  1. 74th and 75th amendments 

  2. 83rd and 84th amendments 

  3. 42nd and 44th amendments 

  4. 73rd and 74th amendments 

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

  • The 72nd and 73rd constitutional amendments belong to rural area local self-government.
  • Constitutional amendment by which rural self-government were constitutionally recognized is 72nd amendment. This amendment received president’s assent in April 1993.
  • According to 73rd amendment out of the total number of seats to be filled by the direct elections for local self-governing bodies, 1/3rd have to be reserved for women.

Which of the following organization have a relationship with the agriculture sector and rural areas?
(i)  NAFED
(ii) NABARD
(iii) FCI
(iv) CACP

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  1. (i) and (ii) only

  2. (i) and (iii) only

  3. (i), (ii) and (iii) only

  4. (i), (ii),(iii) and (iv)

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Correct Option: D