CUET Home Science MCQs Income Generating Schemes

Question. Which of the following is an income generating scheme launched by the Indian Government?
a) DWCRA
b) Ajeevika
c) MGNREGA
d) Both (a) and (c)

Answer: d

Question. Which of the following is an important goal of MGNREGA?
a) High paying job opportunities
b) Educational benefits
c) Livelihood security
d) Providing job cards to all

Answer: c 

Question. Which of the following pairs is incorrect in relation to the income generating schemes?
a) DWCRA - SIXTH Five Year Plan
b) DWCRA - DRDA
c) MGNREGA - Water Conservation
d) MGNREGA - Two-third women beneficiaries

Answer: d

Question. Where does the MGNREGA scheme receive financial support from?
a) The state government
b) The union government
c) Both (a) and (b)
d) None of the above

Answer: c 

Question. The DWCRA scheme targeted to benefit which group?
a) Rural families above poverty line
b) Rural families below poverty line
c) Urban families above poverty line
d) Urban families below poverty line

Answer: b

Question. In how many locations was the DWCRA scheme introduced?
a) 5 panchayats
b) 50 districts
c) 5 states
d) 50 tehsils

Answer: b

Question. Which of the following is the objective of the DWCRA?
a) Improvement of quality of life of rural women and children
b) Providing employment to the struggling unemployed youth
c) Both (a) and (b)
d) None of the above

Answer: a

Question. Which of the following is TRUE about the MGNREGA scheme?
a) Women are paid more than men.
b) Men are given priority for job opportunities.
c) One third beneficiaries are supposed to be women.
d) Job is provided with 10 days of receipt of application.

Answer: c

Question. Who implements the DWCRA?
a) DRDA
b) DWCRA team
c) Gram panchayat
d) The union government

Answer: a

Question. In which year was theMGNREGA scheme introduced?
a) 2002
b) 2004
c) 2006
d) 2008

Answer: c 

Question. Which of the following is NOT a feature of the income generating scheme?
a) They provide training to the poor.
b) They allow dependence on the government.
c) They allow self-sufficiency and promote self-dependence.
d) They aim to facilitate participation of financial institutions to micro sector.

Answer: b

Question. To which group, the income generating scheme provides employment?
a) Traditional artisans
b) Prospective artisans
c) Unemployed youth
d) All of the above

Answer: d

Question. Which of the following options mentions the schemes merged to introduce MGNREGA?
a) Jawahar Rojgar Yojana and Employment Assurance Scheme
b) Employment Assurance Scheme and Sampurna Grameen Rojgar Yojana
c) Jawahar Rojgar Yojana and Sampurna Grameen Rojgar Yojana
d) All of the above

Answer: d 

Question. During which Five Year Plan was the DWCRA scheme launched?
a) Second
b) Fourth
c) Sixth
d) Eighth

Answer: c 

Question. "The mission of this project is to generate wage employment opportunities."
The above statement is true under which of the following schemes?
a) DWCRA
b) MGNREGA
c) SGSY
d) SHG

Answer: b

Question. The MGNREGA scheme is run by
a) The Union Government
b) The State Government
c) Gram Panchayat
d) All of the above

Answer: c

Question. When was the DWCRA scheme introduced?
a) 1981-82
b) 1982-83
c) 1983-84
d) 1984-85

Answer: b

Question. Given below are two statements labeled as Assertion (A) and Reason (R).
Assertion (A) - Each member is provided financial help for infrastructure support under the DWCRA scheme.
Reason (R) - The scheme aims to empower the entirety of rural population.
Select the most appropriate answer from the options given below.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct reason for A.
b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct reason for A.
c) A is true and R is false.
d) A is false and R is true.

Answer: c

Question. Given below are two statements labeled as Assertion (A) and Reason (R).
Assertion (A) - The MGNREGA scheme aims to provide at least hundred days of guaranteed wage employment to every household.
Reason (R) - The MGNREGA scheme is the largest public work programme in the world.
Select the most appropriate answer from the options given below.
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct reason for A.
b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct reason for A.
c) A is true and R is false.
d) A is false and R is true.

Answer: b

Question. Match the following.
     List-I                                            List-II
A. DWCRA's financial                      1. Ajeevika
     help
B. NRLM                                         2. Livelihood security
C. Jawahar Rojgar Yojana              3. Purchase of raw
     material
D. MGNREGA                                4. Employment Assurance
    Scheme
Codes
      A B C D
a) 1 2 3 4
b) 2 4 1 3
c) 3 1 4 2
d) 4 3 2 1

Answer: c