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11 Unemployment which occurs when workers move from one job to another job is known as:
A Cyclical unemployment
B Seasonal unemployment
C Technological unemployment
D Frictional unemployment

Answer: Option [D]

The correct answer is Frictional unemployment. Frictional unemployment is the unemployment that results from time spent between jobs when a worker is searching for, or transitioning from one job to another. It is sometimes called search unemployment and can be based on the circumstances of the individual.

12 Unemployment in a developing country generally takes place due to:
A Natural disasters
B Lack of effective demand
C Lack of complementary factors of production
D Switch over from one job to another

Answer: Option [C]

Unemployment in a developing country generally takes place due to Lack of complementary factors of production. Unemployment is a phenomenon that occurs when a person who is actively searching for employment is unable to find work. Unemployment is often used as a measure of the health of the economy. Demand deficient unemployment occurs when the economy is below full capacity. For example, in a recession aggregate demand (AD) will fall leading to a decline in output and negative economic growth.

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13 The Food For Work Programme was later renamed as:
A Jawahar Rozgar Yojana (JRY)
B National Rural Employment Programme (NREP)
C Integrated Rural Development Programme (IRDP)
D Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Programme (RLEGP)

Answer: Option [B]

The Food For Work Programme was later renamed as National Rural Employment Programme (NREP). The food for work program was restructured and renamed as National Rural Employment Programme in 1980. It was merged to Jawahar Rozgar Yojana in 1989.

14 Swarnajayantri Gram Swarozgar Yojana launched in:
A April 1999
B April 1997
C April 1995
D April 1993

Answer: Option [A]

Swarnajayantri Gram Swarozgar Yojana launched in April 1999. Swarnajayanti Shahri Rojgar Yojna was launched in April 1999 by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee to promote self-employment among the unemployed rural population. The basic objective is to bring assisted poor families above the poverty line by providing income generating assets through mix of bank credit and subsidy.

15 The Swarna Jayanti Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) has been renamed as:
A Gramin Bhandaran Yojana
B Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana
C Integrated Rural Development Program
D National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM).

Answer: Option [D]

The Swarna Jayanti Swarozgar Yojana (SGSY) has been renamed as National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM). NRLM is a poverty alleviation project implemented by the Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India. The scheme focuses on promotion of self-employment and organization of rural poor.

16 Under Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme (IGNOAPS), the benefits are available to the people having minimum age of ......
A 55 Years
B 60 Years
C 65 Years
D 70 Years

Answer: Option [C]

The correct answer is 65 Years. The eligibility criteria under Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme (IGNOAPS) is:- - The age of the applicant (male or female) should be 60 years or above.

17 Full form of DWCRA:
A Development of Women and Children in Rural Areas
B Direct Welfare of Children in Rural Areas
C Development and Welfare of Catchment Rural Areas
D None of the above

Answer: Option [A]

Full form of DWCRA Development of Women and Children in Rural Areas. The Union Government launched the Development of Women and Children in Rural Areas (DWCRA) as a sub-scheme of the Integrated Rural Development Program (IRDP) in 50 districts in 1982-83. The government subsequently extended it to cover all the districts across the country by 1994-95.

18 The Govt. of India does not provide any direct financial assistance to which of the following schemes ?
A Rural Health Mission
B Sukanya Samridhi Yojana
C Jeevan Sathi Yojana
D Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme

Answer: Option [C]

The correct answer is Jeevan Sathi Yojana.

19 Among the following the eligible beneficiary of the “Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act” are:
A Adult members of any household
B Adult members of households of all backward communities
C Adult members of below poverty line (BPL) households
D Adult members of only the scheduled caste and scheduled tribe households

Answer: Option [A]

The correct answer is Adult members of any household. The Government of India passed the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 in September, 2005. The Act gives legal guarantee of a hundred days of wage employment in a financial year to adult members of a rural household who demand employment and are willing to do unskilled manual work.

20 Indian’s wage policy is based on:
A Savings
B Productivity
C Cost of living
D Standard of living

Answer: Option [C]

Indian’s wage policy is based on Cost of living. Cost of living is often used to compare how expensive it is to live in one city versus another locale. Cost of living is tied to wages, as salary levels are measured against expenses required to maintain a basic standard of living throughout specific geographic regions.

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