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Unemployment in India is mostly _________.

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  1. technical

  2. structural

  3. voluntary

  4. frictional

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Correct Option: B

The major causes of unemployment in India can be classified as _________.

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  1. under development

  2. rapid population growth

  3. defective planning

  4. all of the above.

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Correct Option: D

Which of the following programmes is being implemented in all the districts of the country?

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  1. Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan

  2. Navodaya Vidyalaya

  3. Ultra Mega Power Project

  4. Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Sarva shiksha abhiyan is an Indian government initiative of making free and compulsory education to children between the age of 6-14 years of age as a fundamental right. This program is implemented in all the districts of the country. 

Sarvashiksha Abhiyan Programme was launched in____.

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  1. 1999

  2. 2000

  3. 2001

  4. 2006

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Correct Option: C
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Sarva shiksha abhiyan launched in the year $2001$ is an Indian government initiative of making free and compulsory education to children between the age of $ 6-14$ years of age as a fundamental right. 

This program is implemented in all the districts of the country. 

The first fully literate district outside the Kerala State is__________.

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  1. Wardhaman(West Bengal)

  2. Chingelpattu(Tamil Nadu)

  3. Nasik(Maharashtra)

  4. Merkata(Karnataka)

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Literacy is the state of being able to read and write. After Kerala state the district that is first fully literate is a district in the state of west Bengal Vardhaman.

Underemployment is also called ___________.

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  1. Technological unemployment

  2. Disguised unemployment

  3. Seasonal unemployment

  4. Educated unemployment

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Disguised Unemployment is the unemployment that does not affect aggregate output. It is a situation when people are working less than they are capable of doing. It exists where part of the labour force is either left without work or is working in a redundant manner where worker productivity is essentially zero.

Poverty declined substantially in China and Southeast Asian countries as a result of rapid economic growth and massive investments in ___________.

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  1. human resource development

  2. human recharge development

  3. heavy resource development

  4. human resource demand

  5. none of the above

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

In China and Southeast Asian countries, the governments invested a lot of money in human resource development. Various programmes were conducted with respect to employment creation, literacy, health and hygiene.

All this helped to reduce poverty in these nations in the last decade.

In how many districts was the plan of 'Right to work' initially implemented?

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  1. $200$

  2. $300$

  3. $400$

  4. $500$

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The "Right to work" plan under NREGA came into force in 2006 and covered 200 districts which were further extended to an additional 130 districts in 2008.

The fear of ______ made workers hostile to the introduction of new technology.

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  1. employment

  2. unemployment

  3. less pay

  4. bad treatment

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Fear of unemployment made workers hostile to the technology. When Spinning Jenny was introduced in the woollen industry, women who survived on hand spinning began attacking the new machines.

NREGA and PMRY are measures to __________.

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  1. extend education to rural people

  2. extend health care facility to rural people

  3. alleviate poverty

  4. none of these

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

NREGA and PMRY programmes are aimed at employment generation to alleviate the poverty of poor households in rural areas and unemployed educated youth in small towns respectively.