Governance: government policies and welfare schemes - Question Bank

1. Which policy initiative focuses on the conservation and sustainable use of India's biodiversity?
A) National Water Mission
B) National Mission for a Green India
C) National Biodiversity Act, 2002
D) National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC)
2. The 'National Policy on Urban Street Vendors' aims to:
A) Restrict street vending
B) Protect the rights and interests of street vendors and regulate street vending activities
C) Eliminate street vendors
D) Provide housing for street vendors only
3. What is the main purpose of the 'National AIDS Control Programme' (NACP)?
A) To promote HIV/AIDS research
B) To prevent and control the spread of HIV/AIDS and ensure access to care and support for people living with HIV/AIDS
C) To provide free antiretroviral therapy
D) To create awareness about STDs
4. The 'National Mission for Empowerment of Women' (NMEW) aimed to empower women. Which of the following was a key strategy?
A) To provide financial aid to men
B) To create an enabling environment for women's development
C) To restrict women's participation in public life
D) To promote traditional gender roles
5. Which government policy provides a framework for managing and regulating the use of intellectual property rights in India?
A) The Patents Act, 1970
B) The Copyright Act, 1957
C) The Trademarks Act, 1999
D) The Intellectual Property Rights Policy, 2016
6. The 'National Policy for Farmers, 2007' aims to improve the livelihood of farmers. Which of the following is a key recommendation?
A) To encourage landless labour
B) To promote farming as an attractive economic profession
C) To discourage crop diversification
D) To reduce agricultural credit availability
7. What is the objective of the 'National Policy on Child Labour'?
A) To promote child labour in certain sectors
B) To prevent and prohibit the employment of children in hazardous occupations and processes
C) To increase the working hours for children
D) To offer vocational training to child labourers
8. The 'National Rural Drinking Water Programme' (NRDWP) aims to provide safe and adequate drinking water supply to all rural habitations. What is the primary focus of this program?
A) To build large dams
B) To ensure coverage of all rural population with safe drinking water
C) To subsidize bottled water
D) To promote rainwater harvesting only
9. Which scheme aims to provide financial assistance to pregnant women for the first child, conditional on institutional delivery and vaccination of the child?
A) Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakram (JSSK)
B) National Health Mission (NHM)
C) Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY)
D) Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS)
10. The 'National Policy on Renewable Energy' seeks to:
A) Promote the use of fossil fuels
B) Increase the share of renewable energy in the total energy mix
C) Restrict solar power generation
D) Subsidize coal mining
11. What is the main goal of the 'Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan' (RMSA)?
A) To improve access to and quality of secondary education
B) To provide free vocational training
C) To make higher education compulsory
D) To offer primary education
12. The 'National Policy for Persons with Disabilities' aims to:
A) Provide financial aid only
B) Ensure equal opportunities, protection of rights, and full participation of persons with disabilities
C) Offer reservations in government jobs only
D) Promote special schools for disabled children
13. Which initiative focuses on providing access to formal credit for small and marginal farmers?
A) MGNREGA
B) Kisan Credit Card (KCC) Scheme
C) PM-KISAN
D) PMFBY
14. The 'National Mission on Sustainable Agriculture' (NMSA) aims to promote:
A) Industrial agriculture
B) Sustainable agriculture practices, including climate-resilient agriculture
C) Organic farming only
D) Genetically modified crops
15. What is the primary objective of the 'National Land Records Modernization Programme' (NLRMP)?
A) To digitize and modernize land records and survey systems
B) To redistribute agricultural land
C) To provide loans for land purchase
D) To develop new urban land for housing
16. The 'National Disaster Management Authority' (NDMA) is responsible for:
A) Managing international borders
B) Laying down policies, plans, and guidelines for disaster management
C) Regulating financial markets
D) Conducting scientific research
17. Which scheme aims to provide nutritional support to adolescent girls and pregnant and lactating mothers?
A) Mid-Day Meal Scheme
B) Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme
C) Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana
D) National Health Mission
18. The 'National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority' (NPPA) regulates the prices of which essential commodities?
A) Agricultural produce
B) Essential medicines
C) Consumer electronics
D) Textiles
19. What is the focus of the 'National Action Plan for Elderly'?
A) To provide employment opportunities for the elderly
B) To address the health, financial, and social security needs of senior citizens
C) To offer free travel passes to the elderly
D) To subsidize housing for the elderly
20. The 'Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan' (SSA), now integrated into the Samagra Shiksha, aimed to provide universal elementary education. What was its main goal?
A) To make higher education accessible
B) To provide quality elementary education to all children in the age group of 6-14 years
C) To promote vocational training
D) To offer distance education programs
21. Which scheme aims to provide insurance cover to crop-dependent farmers against crop failure due to natural calamities?
A) Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN)
B) Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY)
C) Kisan Credit Card (KCC) Scheme
D) National Agricultural Market (e-NAM)
22. The 'National Green Tribunal' (NGT) is a statutory body established by an Act of Parliament. What is its primary function?
A) To promote afforestation
B) To provide environmental clearances for projects
C) To handle cases related to environmental protection and conservation of natural resources
D) To regulate pollution control boards
23. What is the objective of the 'Namami Gange Programme'?
A) To promote river tourism
B) To conserve and rejuvenate the Ganga River
C) To build dams on the Ganga
D) To provide drinking water from the Ganga
24. The 'National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme' (NAPS) aims to:
A) Provide free higher education
B) Promote apprenticeship training in the country by providing financial assistance to industries
C) Offer scholarships for research
D) Subsidize industrial machinery
25. Which policy provides a legal framework for the delivery of public services and penalizes officials for delays or deficiencies?
A) The Right to Information Act, 2005
B) The Public Services Guarantee Act (various states)
C) The Consumer Protection Act, 2019
D) The Citizen's Charter
26. The 'Startup India' initiative aims to build a strong ecosystem for startups in India. Which of the following is a key objective of this program?
A) To provide subsidies for established industries
B) To promote innovation, encourage new job creation, and foster entrepreneurship
C) To restrict foreign investment in startups
D) To offer government jobs to all graduates
27. What is the primary aim of the 'National Mission for Financial Inclusion'?
A) To promote stock market investments
B) To provide access to formal financial systems, banking, credit, insurance, and pensions to all citizens
C) To regulate cryptocurrency trading
D) To offer loans without interest
28. The 'Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana' (PMVVY) is a social security scheme specifically designed for:
A) Farmers
B) Students
C) Senior citizens
D) Women entrepreneurs
29. Which initiative is aimed at improving air quality in Indian cities through a time-bound action plan?
A) National Water Mission
B) National Clean Air Programme (NCAP)
C) National Mission for Green India
D) National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC)
30. The 'National Rural Livelihoods Mission' (NRLM), now known as 'Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Rural Livelihoods Mission' (DAY-NRLM), focuses on:
A) Providing government jobs to rural youth
B) Empowering rural poor women through self-help groups (SHGs)
C) Building rural infrastructure like roads and bridges
D) Subsidizing rural housing
31. What is the core principle behind the 'Goods and Services Tax' (GST) regime in India?
A) To replace all indirect taxes with a single tax on consumption
B) To increase the tax burden on small businesses
C) To encourage tax evasion
D) To promote imports over domestic production
32. The 'Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi' (PM-KISAN) scheme provides income support to farmers. How much financial assistance is provided per farmer per year under this scheme?
A) ₹2,000
B) ₹4,000
C) ₹6,000
D) ₹10,000
33. Which policy aims to protect and promote the rights of consumers in India?
A) The Consumer Protection Act, 2019
B) The Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006
C) The Competition Act, 2002
D) The Essential Commodities Act, 1955
34. The 'One Nation, One Ration Card' (ONORC) scheme aims to:
A) Standardize the quality of rations across the country
B) Allow beneficiaries to lift their subsidized food grains from any Fair Price Shop (FPS) in the country
C) Provide free rations to all citizens
D) Enable online ordering of ration items
35. What is the main objective of the 'National Education Policy' (NEP) 2020?
A) To standardize the curriculum across all states
B) To revamp the entire education system from school to higher education for a new era, focusing on 21st-century skills
C) To make education exclusively online
D) To reduce the number of universities in India
36. The 'National Health Mission' (NHM) encompasses its sub-missions. Which of the following is a key component of NHM?
A) National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) and National Urban Health Mission (NUHM)
B) Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY)
C) Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY)
D) National AIDS Control Programme (NACP)
37. Which scheme aims to provide financial assistance to farmers for purchasing agricultural inputs such as fertilizers and seeds?
A) Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana
B) Kisan Credit Card (KCC) Scheme
C) National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture
D) National Food Security Mission
38. The 'Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakram' (JSSK) aims to provide benefits to mothers and newborns. What is the primary focus of JSSK?
A) Free and cashless delivery, medicines, diagnostics, and blood
B) Nutritional supplements for children under five
C) Financial assistance for higher education
D) Skill development training for women
39. What is the primary objective of the 'Mission Indradhanush' program?
A) To improve maternal health
B) To achieve 100% vaccination coverage for preventable diseases in children
C) To provide nutritional support to pregnant women
D) To eradicate malaria
40. The 'National Rural Employment Guarantee Act' (NREGA), now Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), guarantees how many days of wage employment in a financial year to every rural household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work?
A) 100 days
B) 120 days
C) 150 days
D) 200 days
41. Which policy initiative focuses on providing affordable housing for the urban poor?
A) Kisan Credit Card Scheme
B) Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban)
C) National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA)
D) National Skill Development Mission
42. The 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' (Clean India Mission) was launched with the aim of improving sanitation and hygiene. What was its target year for achieving an 'Open Defecation Free' (ODF) India?
A) 2019
B) 2020
C) 2022
D) 2025
43. What is the primary goal of the 'Atal Pension Yojana' (APY)?
A) To provide free education to children
B) To offer a guaranteed pension to unorganized sector workers
C) To subsidize agricultural inputs
D) To promote renewable energy sources
44. The 'Digital India Programme' aims to transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy. Which of the following is NOT a key pillar of Digital India?
A) Digital Infrastructure as a Utility to Every Citizen
B) Governance and Services on Demand
C) Digital Empowerment of Citizens
D) Mandatory physical presence for all government services
45. Which policy framework governs the use of Aadhaar for delivering benefits and subsidies?
A) The Right to Information Act, 2005
B) The Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016
C) The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023
D) The National Payments Corporation of India Act
46. The 'Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana' (PMUY) primarily aims to provide clean cooking fuel to:
A) Urban households
B) BPL households
C) Government employees
D) Industrial workers
47. What is the main focus of the 'Smart Cities Mission' launched by the Government of India?
A) To develop 100 new capital cities
B) To promote rural tourism
C) To develop sustainable and citizen-friendly urban infrastructure and provide core infrastructure and amenities
D) To establish a national digital library
48. The 'National Food Security Act, 2013' guarantees food security to what proportion of the rural and urban population?
A) 67% of rural and 50% of urban population
B) 75% of rural and 50% of urban population
C) 50% of rural and 75% of urban population
D) 67% of rural and 75% of urban population
49. Which government policy aims to promote domestic manufacturing and reduce import dependence under the 'Make in India' initiative?
A) National Health Mission
B) Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme
C) Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
D) Digital India Programme
50. The 'Ayushman Bharat' scheme, also known as Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY), aims to provide health coverage up to how much per family per year?
A) ₹1 lakh
B) ₹3 lakh
C) ₹5 lakh
D) ₹10 lakh
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