Employment & Welfare Schemes (Part – V)

Total Questions: 50

1. Which one of the following is not a social security programme? [U.P.U.D.A./L.D.A. (Pre) 2013]

(a) Aam Aadmi Bima Yojana (AABY)
(b) National Health Insurance Scheme
(c) Swarnajayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY)
(d) Unorganised Workers' Social Security Act

Correct Answer: (c) Swarnajayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY)

Solution:Aam Aadmi Bima Yojana, National Health Insurance Scheme and the Unorganised Workers' Social Security Act, 2008 are programmes for social security, while Swarnajayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana is an employment generation programme.

2. Which one of the following is not a recent measure for social protection? [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2009]

(a) Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana
(b) Skill Development Programme
(c) Aam Aadmi Bima Yojna
(d) Unorganised Workers' Social Security Act, 2008

Correct Answer: (b) Skill Development Programme

Solution:Skill Development Programme is related to the occupational Sched education and training system, while other three schemes in the are the measures of social protection.

3. Which one of the following statements is not true about Pradhan Mantri Surakhsha Bima Yojna? [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2015]

(a) It is a personal accident cover
(b) It is open to anyone between the age of 18 and 50
(c) It is open to anyone between the age of 18 and 70 years
(d) Premium payable is Rs. 12 per annum

Correct Answer: (a) It is a personal accident cover

Solution:Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana' (PMSBY) was announced by Finance Minister in Budget Speech of the financial year 2015-16.

Through the Budget Speech 2015, three ambitious social security schemes pertaining to insurance and pension sector, Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY), Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY) and the Atal Pension Yojana (APY) were announced to move to- wards creating universal security system.

In particular, PMSBY is aimed at covering the poor and the under-privileged at an highly affordable premium of just Rs. 12 per year. The scheme provides benefit to the age group of the people between 18 to 70 years. Risk coverage under the scheme is Rs. 2 lakh for accidental death and permanent total disability and Rs. 1 lakh for partial disability for one year period stretching from 1 June to 31st May on annual renewal basis.

4. Which of the following is not an Employment Generation and Poverty Alleviation Programme of Government of India? [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2014]

(a) MGNREGA
(b) NRLM (National Rural Livelihoods Mission)
(c) SJSRY (Swarnajayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojna)
(d) NSSF (National Social Security Fund)

Correct Answer: (d) NSSF (National Social Security Fund)

Solution:MGNREGA, NRLM and SJSRY are the employment generation and poverty alleviation programmes of Government of India, while National Social Security Fund (NSSF) was constituted in 2011 with an initial allocation of Rs. 1000 crore for providing social security to the workers in the unorganized sector.

5. Choose the incorrect match: [Chhattisgarh P.C.S. (Pre) 2022]

(a) HRIDAY-Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana
(b) SEHAT-Social Endeavour for Healthcare and Telemedicine
(c) AMRUT-Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation
(d) None of the above

Correct Answer: (d) None of the above

Solution:The correct matches are as follows:

HRIDAY - Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana

SEHAT - Social Endeavour for Health and Telemedicine

AMRUT - Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation

Hence, all the given matches are correct and option (d) is the correct answer.

Note: In option (b), 'Healthcare' word is given instead of 'Health'.

6. Which of the following is not correctly matched? [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2017]

Scheme	Aim
(a) UDAY	Improving finances of power distribution companies
(b) HRIDAY	Preserving and revitalizing heritage cities
(c) AMRUT	Improving basic urban infrastructure in cities
(d) Swachh Bharat Mission	Safe drinking water

Correct Answer: (d)

Solution:To accelerate the efforts to achieve universal sanitization the Prime Minister had launched the Swacch Bharat Mission on 2nd October, 2014. It is not related to safe drinking water. Pairs of other options are correctly matched.

7. Swachh Bharat Abhiyan aims to achieve the target of 'Clean India' by the year: [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2014]

(a) 2024
(b) 2020
(c) 2019
(d) 2017

Solution:Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (Mission) started on October 02, 2014. The mission aimed to achieve an 'Open Defecation Free' (ODF) and 'Clean India' by 2 October, 2019, the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. This mission has two components: Rural (Grameen) and Urban (Shahari). Phase 1 of the Swachh Bharat Mission lasted till October, 2019.

8. Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) has been launched in India in: [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2015]

(a) September, 2014
(b) October, 2014
(c) November, 2014
(d) December, 2014

Correct Answer: (b) October, 2014

9. The second phase of the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) is to be implemented during which time period? [B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2022]

Solution:The Central Government launched the Phase II of Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) in March, 2020 (w.e.f. from 1 April, 2020), which has a total outlay of Rs. 1,40,881 crore and is aimed at ensuring effective solid and liquid waste management in every panchayat. It is being implemented in mission mode during the time period from 2020-21 to 2024-25. ODF (Open Defecation Free) Plus activities under Phase II of Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) will reinforce ODF behaviours and focus on providing interventions for the safe management of solid and liquid waste in villages. In October 2021, The Union Cabinet approved the Phase II of the Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban for the period of 2021- 22 to 2025-26. A financial outlay of Rs. 1,41,600 crore has been finalised for SBM-U 2.0.

10. Rural Sanitation Strategy launched by Ministry of Jal Shakti in September, 2019 relates to which of the follow- [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2019]

(a) 2019-2035
(b) 2019-2029
(c) 2019-2022
(d) 2019-2024

Correct Answer: (b) 2019-2029

Solution:On 27th September, 2019, the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (DDWS) under the Ministry of Jal Shakti, launched the 10 Year Rural Sanitation Strategy (2019-2029), with focus on sustaining the sanitation behaviour change that has been achieved under the Swachh Bharat Mission Grameen (SBM-G).

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