Poverty as a Challenge

Which program was launched with the aim to create self-employment opportunities in rural areas and small towns.

• Pradhan Mantri Rozgar Yojana
• Pradham Mantri Gramodaya Yojana
• Rural Employment Generation Programme
• Antyodaya Anna Yojana

Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana was launched in

• 1995
• 1999
• 2000
• 2001

What is the full form of MNREGA?

• Mhatma Gandhi New Role in Government for All
• Mahatma Gandhi Employment Rural Generation Act
• Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Act
• Mahatma Gandhi Reduction Employment Guarantee Act

For how many days MNREGA provides employment?

• 70
• 80
• 90
• 100

Which scheme was started in 1993 to create self-employment opportunities for educated unemployed youth in rural areas and small towns?

• Prime Minister Rojgar Yojana
• National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
• Rural Employment Generation Programme
• Swarnajayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana

Which of the following programmes was launched in the year 2000?

• National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
• Prime Minister Rojgar Yojana
• Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojna
• Pradhan Mantri Gramodaya Yojana

Which organization carries out survey for determining the poverty line?

• CSO
• NSSO
• Planning Commission
• None of these

NFWP is stand for:

• National Federation for Work and Progress
• National Forest for Wildlife Protection
• National Food and Wheat Processing
• National Food for Work Programme

Kerala has tried to control poverty by ?

• Investing in Human Resource

• Investing in medical Science

• Investing in Infrastructure

• None of the above

________ and _________ the public distribution of food grains helped to

reduce poverty.

• Karnataka and Haryana

• Tripura and Mizoram

• Tamil nadu and Andra pradesh

• Punjab and Uttarakhand