50 questions on Economic Policies, Schemes & Programmers

(Economic Policies, Schemes & Programmes)

1. On September 5, 2001, the Planning Commission appointed which of the following organizations on targeting 10 million employment opportunities per year:

(a) Task Force on Employment Opportunities

(b) Swaran Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana

ADVERTISEMENTS:

(d) S.P. Gupta Special Group

2. For which of the following purposes the Central Government had set up the Special Component Plan (SCP)? (Bank, P.O. 1994)

(a) To bring the rural masses above the poverty line

ADVERTISEMENTS:

(b) To bring the Scheduled Castes above the poverty line

(d) To provide jobs for persons belonging to other Backward Classes

3. Which of the following Committees has given its report on octroi abolition to the Government of India?

ADVERTISEMENTS:

(a) Verma Committee (b) Malhotra Committee

4. Which of the following committees recommended integrated wages, income and price policy ?

(a) Wanchoo Committee

ADVERTISEMENTS:

(b) Boothalingam Committee

(d) Raj Committee

5. Operation Blackboard aims at (S.B.I.P.0.1994)

ADVERTISEMENTS:

(a) Promoting adult literacy

(b) Providing education to urban slum dwellers

(d) Providing primary education in an educationally backward area

ADVERTISEMENTS:

6. Which one of the following Acts was the first attempt to introduce in India an integrated system covering health, maternity and accidental benefits for industrial workers? (Railways, 94)

(a) The Trade Unions Act, 1926

(b) The Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1923

(d) The Factories Act, 1948

7. Which committee was related with the policies and programme for Agriculture?

(a) Wanchoo Committee

(b) Boothalingam Committee

(d) Aggarwal Committee

8. Bachawat Commission is concerned with

(a) Wages for employees in Public Sector Undertakings

(b) Wages for sportsmen

(d) Wages for working journalists

9. Antyodaya programme was chiefly aimed at the upliftment of

(a) Industrial workers (b) Labourers

10. Narasimhan Committee was appointed to make recommendations on the (C.D.S. 1992)

(a) Public sector enterprises

(b) Public distribution system

(d) Centre-State financial relations

11. Jawahar Rozgar Yojana was started by

(a) Jawaharlal Nehru (b) Rajiv Gandhi

12. IRDP stands for (U.G.C. Exam, 1989)

(a) Integrated Regional Development Programme

(b) International Rural Development Programme

(d) None of these

13. The revised Twenty Point Programme was announced by Mrs. Indira Gandhi in

(a) January 1980 (b) January 1982

14. Which of the following panels examined and suggested tax reforms? (Assistant Grade, 94)

(a) Sawant Committee (b) Verma Commission (c) Chelliah Committee (d) None of these

15. Which of the following is not a rural development programme? (L.I.C. A.A.O. 1994)

(a) JRY (b) MNP

. (c) TRYSEM (d) CRY

(e) RLEGP

16. The strategic aim of IRDP is

(a) To reduce unemployment.

(b) To provide the required inputs for increasing agricultural productivity.

(d) None of these

17. How much amount was allocated for providing houses under the Indira Awas Yojana during the first year of its introduction in 1985-86? (Bank, P.O. 1992)

(a) Rs 99 crore (b) Rs 158 crore

(e) Rs 250 crore

18. What was the maximum number of days of employment in a year, a member of a rural poor family would get under Jawahar Rozgar Yojana? (Bank, P.O. 1991)

(a) 90 days (b) 100 days

19. Which of the following programmes have been undertaken by the Government of India to eradicate poverty? (Railways, 1994)

1. IRDP 2. NREP 3. RLEGP

(a) 1 & 2 (b) 2 & 3

20. Which of the following states has been ranked first in the implementation of the 20 point programme?

(a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Maharashtra

21. Sarkaria Commission had been set up to look into

(a) Agricultural taxes « (b) Centre – Stale relations (c) Splitting of LIC (d) Inter – State relations

22. under the scheme of TRYSEM, the beneficiaries were the youth in (NJOA. 1992)

(a) Rural areas (b) Urban areas

23. When was the Integrated Rural Development Programme introduced in rural areas in India?

(a) 1975-76 (b) 1978-79

24. Prime Minister’s Rozgar Yojana (PMRY) was launched in 1993 on

(a) September 2 (b) October 2

25. When was the Cooperative Societies Act first passed in India?

(a) 1902 (b) 1910

26. ‘Rashtriya Mahila Kosh’ scheme was meant to

(a) Expand the Integrated Child Development Services

(b) Educate women to save money for use during calamities

(c) Provide credit facilities to help poor women in the unorganised sector to undertake self employment and employment generating activities

(d) Collect money from the urban richer class and distribute among the poor rural women

27. National Renewal Fund had been set up for which of the following purposes? (Assistant’s Grade, 1994)

(a) Development of Agriculture

(b) Research and Development in public sector undertakings

(d) Employment of persons in infrastructure dustries

28. Which of the following is/are the functions of the National Backward Classes Finance and Development Corporation (NBCFDC)?

1. Providing loans to individuals belonging backward classes to take up self-employment ventures.

2. Providing loans to individuals belonging to backward classes to pursue general / professional / technical education or training at graduate and higher level.

3. Coordinating and monitoring the work of all corporations / boards engaged in economic development of backward classes set up by the State Governments / UT administrations

(a) 1 only (b) 2 only

(e) 1,2 and 3

29. The ‘Single Scheme’ which came into effect from October 1, 1986 was introduced for (I. Tax & Central Excise, 1990)

(a) Commodity-wise custom clearance windows.

(b) On the spot clearance of Income tax returns.

(d) Borrowers to send their loan applications only to one lead public financial institution.

30. The ‘Twenty Point Programme’ was first started by

(a) Jawaharlal Nehru (b) Lai Bahadur Shastri (c) Indira Gandhi (d) Sanjay Gandhi

31. Narasimhan report relates to the restructuring of (Assistant’s Grade, 1992)

(a) Sick industries (b) Sales tax

32. A programme under which five poorest families were selected from each village and were rehabilitated is

(a) Sarvodaya (b) Antyodaya

33. Under which of the following programmes, rice and wheat are sold at reduced price to the inhabitants of a particular area?

(a) Antyodaya Scheme (b) IRDP

34. Which of the following programmes is designed to create community assets on the one hand and providing wage employment on the other hand? (Bank, P.O. 1993)

(a) NREP (c) JRY

(b) IRDP (d) DWCRA

35. When were the Agricultural Prices Commission and the Food Corporation of India established?

(b) 1965 (d) 1969

36. The Raja Chelliah Committee on taxation recommended among other things

(a) The abolition of capital gains tax

(b) The abolition of expenditure tax

(d) The incorporation of the concept of expenditure tax in the existing structure of income tax.

37. The Ram Nandan Prasad Committee dealt with

(a) Centre – State relations

(b) Tax reforms

(d) None of these

38. Nayak Committee was constituted to look into the necessity of giving credit to

(a) Small – scale industries

(b) Medium – scale industries – (c) Large – scale industries

(d) Business organizations engaged in trading

39. Which of the following is not true about the Mahila Samridhi Yojana launched from Oct 2, 1993?

(a) The scheme is to provide free medical aid to about seven crore rural women for 5 years.

(b) It envisages that against Rs 300 per year saved by a rural woman, the Central Government would contribute 25%.

(d) The scheme is to be implemented through a network of 1.32 lakh post offices in rural areas.

40. Hunger Project’ was a survey conducted to estimate number of families suffering from hunger in

(a) U.P. (b) Bihar

41. Who among the following was the Chairman of the ‘National Authority for the Elimination of Child Labour’? (Bank, P.O. 1994)

(a) Kalpanath Rai (b) P.A. Sangma

42. Which of the following organizations functions as an apex institution for the agencies engaged in the economic development of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes? (Bank, P.O. 1993)

(a) National Research Development Corporation

(b) National Institute of Rural Development

(d) National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development

43. In which of the following rural development programmes do the persons belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes get the first priority of selection as beneficiary?

(a) National Rural Employment Programme (NREP)

(b) Development of Women and Children in Rural Areas (DWCRA)

(d) Training of Rural Youth for Self-Employment (TRYSEM)

(e) Jawahar Rozgar Yojana (JRY)

44. Rural Development Programmes are related to (Assistant’s Grade, 1991)

(a) Self-employment

(b) Giving jobs to the poorer graduates

(d) None of these

45. Mandal Commission report pertains to

(a) Upliftment of weaker sections

(b) Facilities to Scheduled Tribes

(d) Increasing employment opportunities

46. Which of the following schemes have been launched for women by the Central Govt.? (Bank P.0.1993)

1. Mahila Samridhi Yojana 2. Rashtriya Mahila Kosh

(a) 1 only (b) 2 only

47. Which of the following organizations keep a check on prices of essential commodities?

(a) Indian Bureau of Standards

(b) Merchants Chamber of Commerce

(d) Ministry of Food & Civil Supplies

48. Which one of the following is not the highlight of pro-growth Credit and Monetary Policy unveiled by the R.B.I. Governor, Mr. Bimal Jalan in April, 2002?

(a) Abolition of minimum lending rate for cooperative banks

(b) Banks to declare maximum and minimum lending rates

(d) Interest rate on export credit in foreign currency lowered

49. Which of the following is/are recommendations of the Yashpal Committee set up to review the school education system in India?

1. The size of load of the school bag should be reduced, especially at the stage of early or primary schooling.

2. The primary education should only be through vernacular medium.

(a) 1 and 2 (c) 1 and 3

(b) 2 and 3 (d) 1,2 and 3

3. The routine learning through text books as also homework assignments and project work should be abolished at the pre school and primary

50. Integrated Rural Development Programme envisages

(a) Self-employment programme for the rural poor.

(b) To take over functions of the erstwhile Agricultural Credit Department.

(d) Assistance to poor rural families to come up above the poverty line.

ANSWERS

1.(d) 2(b) 3. (c) 4 (b) 5(d) 6.(c) 7.(c) 8(d) 9.(c) 10. (c)

11. (b) 12. (c) 13(b) 14. (c) 15.(d) 16.(d)17. (a) 18(b) 19.(d) 20.(d)

21.(b) 22.(a) 23.(c) 24.(b) 25.(a) 26.(c) 27.(c) 28.(a) 29. (d) 30. (c)

31.(d) 32(b) 33. (d) 34. (c) 35.(6) 36.(d) 37. (c) 38. (a) 39. (a) 40. (c)

41. (b) 42. (c) 43. (e) 44. (c)45. (c) 46. (c)47. (d) 48. (c) 49.(c) 50.(d)