Kerala PSC Social Welfare Schemes Questions and Answers 1

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1. ലക്ഷം വീട് പദ്ധതി നടപ്പിലാക്കിയ മന്ത്രി

Answer: എം.എൻ.ഗോവിന്ദൻ നായർ

2. Trachoma control programme was merged with the national programme for the control of blindness in

Answer: 1976

3. The benefits of Balika Samridhi Yojana are restricted to

Answer: Two girl children in a household irrespective of number of children in the household.

4. Which is the largest women empowering project in India?

Answer: Kudumbashree

5. In which year was the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) introduced?

Answer: 1975

6. Which scheme targets the most vulnerable groups of population including children up to 6 years of age, pregnant woman and nursing mothers in rural areas, tribal areas & urban slums?

Answer: ICDS

7. Which Prime Minister of India dedicated the Sampoorna Gramin Rozgar Nana to the nation:

Answer: Atal Bihari Vajpayee

8. In which year the British Crown assumed sovereignty over India from the East India Company?

Answer: 1858

9. Which is the ward level organ of the Kudumbasbree?

Answer: Area Development Society (ADS)

10. What is the name of entrepreneur groups formed under Kudumbashree for the municipal solid waste management?

Answer: Thelima

11. Which social welfare project aims at harnessing the innate capabilities of the poor & complements them with capacities to participate in the growing economy of the country?

Answer: NRLM

12. Which Prime Minister of India launched the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) in April 2005?

Answer: Manmohan Singh

13. Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana started rolling from ______

Answer: 1 Apri1 2008

14. What are the main objectives of the JnNURM scheme?

Answer: Improve the quality of life & infrastructure in the cities

15. Jean Dreze,the Belgian Economist is associated with the programme of

Answer: Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme

16. ______ is a local language-enabled workflow based transaction level Management Information System in place to facilitate e-governance of Indira Awaas Yojana.

Answer: Awaas Soft

17. Which is the first scheme of its kind meant exclusively for slum dwellers with a Government of India subsidy of 50 percent.

Answer: VAMBAY

18. What is the full form of MSY?

Answer: Mahila Samridhi Yojana

19. Which one of the following statements with regard to the 'Make in India' initiative of the Government of India is not correct?

Answer: The programme is being implemented by the Ministry of Finance.

20. Expand IAY :

Answer: Indira Awaas Yojana

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