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The "Operating Flood" programme is associated with __________.

economics employment: growth, informalisation and other issues measures to alleviate unemployment unemployment measures unemployment and employment generation

  1. Boosting milk supply

  2. Controlling floods

  3. Conserving soil and saving it from flood

  4. Funds for flood victims

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Correct Option: A

What is the purpose of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act?

economics employment: growth, informalisation and other issues measures to alleviate unemployment unemployment measures unemployment and employment generation

  1. To provide employment to all those who are unemployed

  2. To provide 150 days' of employment to those who are willing to take a job

  3. To ensure that nobody in a village remains unemployed

  4. To ensure that people get enough income during off-season

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Correct Option: B

Which of the following is/are the specific goal(s) of Bharat Nirman Project launched by the Govt of India?
(A) to provide more and more employment opportunities to rural youth
(B) To develop infrastructural in rural areas
(C) To provide best technical education to Indian youth.

economics employment: growth, informalisation and other issues measures to alleviate unemployment unemployment measures unemployment and employment generation

  1. Only (A)

  2. Only (A) and (B)

  3. Only (B) and (C)

  4. Only (B)

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Correct Option: D

The purpose of which of the following programmes is to provide a single-point light connection to the rural poor?

economics employment: growth, informalisation and other issues measures to alleviate unemployment unemployment measures unemployment and employment generation

  1. Swajal Dhara

  2. Sangam Yojana

  3. Kutir Jyoti

  4. District Development Programme

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Correct Option: C

Which of the following schemes launched by the Govt of India is a scheme to improve the performance of the agricultural sector?

economics employment: growth, informalisation and other issues measures to alleviate unemployment unemployment measures unemployment and employment generation

  1. National Horticulture Mission

  2. Pulse Polio Abhiyan

  3. Old Age Pension Scheme

  4. Bharat Nirman Yojana

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Correct Option: A

Under the Annapurna Scheme, how much food grain is provided to an eligible person every month?

economics employment: growth, informalisation and other issues measures to alleviate unemployment unemployment measures unemployment and employment generation

  1. $5$kg

  2. $10$kg

  3. $15$kg

  4. $20$kg

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Correct Option: B

AGMARK is __________.

economics employment: growth, informalisation and other issues measures to alleviate unemployment unemployment measures unemployment and employment generation

  1. a cooperative for egg production

  2. regulated agricultural market

  3. farmer's cooperative

  4. a quality guarantee stamp for commodities like eggs, ghee, honey etc.

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Correct Option: D

Which of the following schemes has been launched to make cities free from slums?

economics employment: growth, informalisation and other issues measures to alleviate unemployment unemployment measures unemployment and employment generation

  1. Indira Awas Yojana

  2. Bharat Nirman

  3. Rajiv Gandhi Awas Yojana

  4. Pradhan Mantri Aadarsha Gram Yojana

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Correct Option: C

For which of the following target groups, Indira Awas Yojana was launched?

economics employment: growth, informalisation and other issues measures to alleviate unemployment unemployment measures unemployment and employment generation

  1. People living BPL

  2. Rural poor

  3. Urban poor

  4. Poor living in slums

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Correct Option: C

Which of the following is the scheme for providing electricity connections to all the rural households in the country?

economics employment: growth, informalisation and other issues measures to alleviate unemployment unemployment measures unemployment and employment generation

  1. ASHA

  2. Swadhar

  3. Kutir Jyoti

  4. Deep Mala

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Correct Option: C