Social Welfare Schemes AFCAT Questions

AFCAT Indian Economy

Social Welfare Schemes MCQ Questions


7.
The National Career Service (NCS) portal is designed to function as a one-stop platform mainly for:
A.
Booking domestic and international flight tickets
B.
Connecting job seekers with potential employers, alongside offering career counselling and skill development information
C.
Filing income tax returns online
D.
Registering complaints against electricity bill overcharging
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ANSWER :
B. Connecting job seekers with potential employers, alongside offering career counselling and skill development information
8.
The Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), a credit-linked subsidy scheme, primarily aims to:
A.
Provide free housing exclusively to government employees
B.
Generate self-employment opportunities by supporting the setting up of new micro-enterprises in the non-farm sector
C.
Fund the construction of new international cricket stadiums
D.
Provide scholarships exclusively for students studying abroad
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ANSWER :
B. Generate self-employment opportunities by supporting the setting up of new micro-enterprises in the non-farm sector
9.
The National Food for Work Programme, launched in 2004, was an earlier scheme whose key features were subsequently:
A.
Largely subsumed into and expanded upon by the later, broader Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA)
B.
Transferred entirely to the Ministry of External Affairs
C.
Adopted unchanged as India's national space exploration programme
D.
Used to design India's foreign trade policy
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ANSWER :
A. Largely subsumed into and expanded upon by the later, broader Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA)
10.
The 'wage employment' approach to poverty alleviation (exemplified by MGNREGA) differs from the 'self-employment' approach (exemplified by DAY-NRLM) mainly in that:
A.
Wage employment schemes guarantee paid work on public projects for a specified number of days, whereas self-employment schemes provide credit, training, and support to help the poor establish and run their own income-generating enterprises
B.
There is no meaningful difference between the two approaches
C.
Wage employment schemes apply only to urban areas, while self-employment schemes apply only to rural areas
D.
Self-employment schemes guarantee a fixed monthly salary for life, while wage employment schemes do not
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ANSWER :
A. Wage employment schemes guarantee paid work on public projects for a specified number of days, whereas self-employment schemes provide credit, training, and support to help the poor establish and run their own income-generating enterprises
11.
The Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY), launched in August 2014, has as its main objective:
A.
Achieving financial inclusion by ensuring access to basic banking services, particularly a savings bank account, for every household in the country
B.
Eliminating the use of physical currency entirely
C.
Constructing new airports in every district of India
D.
Providing free smartphones to every Indian household
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ANSWER :
A. Achieving financial inclusion by ensuring access to basic banking services, particularly a savings bank account, for every household in the country
12.
Accounts opened under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) typically come with which set of additional facilities?
A.
A RuPay debit card, an overdraft facility (up to a specified limit), and accident insurance cover
B.
Free international travel insurance covering the entire family
C.
Automatic enrolment in a foreign university
D.
A guaranteed monthly government salary regardless of employment status
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ANSWER :
A. A RuPay debit card, an overdraft facility (up to a specified limit), and accident insurance cover