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Question 61. Consider the following statements:

  1. District rural development agencies (DRDAs) help in reduction of rural poverty in India.

  2. DRDAs secure intersectoral and interdepartmental coordination and cooperation for effective implementation of anti-poverty programmes.

  3. DRDAs ensure effective utilization of funds intended for anti-poverty programme.


Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
  1.    1 only
  2.    1 and 3
  3.    1 and 2
  4.    1, 2 and 3 all
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> 1, 2 and 3 all
Answer: (d)
DRDA has been the principal organ at the district level to oversee the implementation of anti-poverty programmes.
DRDAs secure intersectoral and interdepartmental coordination and cooperation for the effective implementation of anti-poverty programmes.
DRDAs also ensure effective utilization of funds intended for the anti-poverty programmes.
Question 62. Which of the following committees is related to the estimation of poverty in India?
  1.    S.P. Gupta Committee
  2.    Lakdawala Committee
  3.    Vijay Kelkar Committee
  4.    Suresh Tendulkar Committee
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Suresh Tendulkar Committee
Answer: (d)
Question 63. Which Indian state has the highest percentage of children suffering from malnutrition?
  1.    Jharkhand
  2.    Bihar
  3.    Madhya Pradesh
  4.    Rajasthan
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> Bihar
Answer: (b)
Question 64. According to the Census 2011, the percentage of India’s population to the world population is
  1.    17.5
  2.    18
  3.    16
  4.    16.5
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> 17.5
Answer: (a)
Question 65. Which of the following is/are the major objectives of MGNREGA?

  1. Wage employment

  2. Create durable community assets

  3. Empower Gram Panchayats


Chose the correct answer from the codes given below:
  1.    1 only
  2.    1 and 3
  3.    1 and 2
  4.    1, 2 and 3 all
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> 1, 2 and 3 all
Answer: (d)
There are three objectives of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).
First to provide wage employment, second is to create durable community assets and third to empower Gram Panchayats.
Question 66. In India, life expectancy is
  1.    75.5 years
  2.    65.3 years
  3.    68.8 years
  4.    71.2 years
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> 68.8 years
Answer: (c)
Question 67. Which of the following statements is / are true with respect to Phillips curve?
  1. It shows the trade - off between unemployment and inflation
  2. The downward sloping curve of Phillips curve is generally held to be valid only in the short run.
  3. In the long run , Phillips Curve is usually thought to be horizontal at the non accelerating inflation rate of unemployment (NAIRU)
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
  1.    1 and 2 only
  2.    1 only
  3.    2 and 3 only
  4.    1, 2 and 3
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> 1 and 2 only
Answer: (a)The long-run Phillips curve is now seen as a vertical line at the natural rate of unemployment, where the rate of inflation has no effect on unemployment.
Question 68. When the productive capacity of the economic systems of a state is inadequate to create sufficient number of jobs, it is called
  1.    seasonal unemployment
  2.    disguised unemployment
  3.    structural unemployment
  4.    cyclical unemployment
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> cyclical unemployment
Answer: (d)
Cyclical unemployment is unemployment that results when the overall demand for goods and services in an economy cannot support full employment.
It occurs during periods of slow economic growth or during periods of economic contraction.
Question 69. The concept of ‘Vicious Circle of Poverty’ is related to
  1.    Adam Smith
  2.    None of these
  3.    Karl Marx
  4.    Nurkse
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Nurkse
Answer: (d)
Question 70. India is at which of following stages of Demographic Transition?
  1.    Reduction in birth rate but the reduction in death rate is higher than reduction in birth rate
  2.    Reduction in mortality rate while birth rate continues to be high
  3.    Population level stabilises with number of births and deaths being low and equal
  4.    Birth rates and death rates are both low
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Reduction in birth rate but the reduction in death rate is higher than reduction in birth rate
Answer: (a)

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