Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Economics

Chapter

Indian Economic Development: Poverty

Question:

Match List - I with List - II.

List - I
(Programmes)

 List - II
(Objective)

 (A) 

 National Social Assistance Programme

 (I)

 Promoting savings

 (B) 

 Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 

 (II)

 Pension to the elderly 

 (C) 

 Prime Minister's Rozgar Yojana

 (III) 

 Self-employment programme 

 (D) 

 Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana

 (IV) 

 Wage employment programme 

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Options:

(A) - (II), (B) - (IV), (C) - (III), (D) - (I)

(A) - (I), (B) - (IV), (C) - (III), (D) - (II)

(A) - (II), (B) - (III), (C) - (IV), (D) - (I)

(A) - (III), (B) - (IV), (C) - (I), (D) - (II)

Correct Answer:

(A) - (II), (B) - (IV), (C) - (III), (D) - (I)

Explanation:
Programme (List - I)Objective (List - II)
National Social Assistance Programme (II) Pension to the elderly
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (IV) Wage employment programme
Prime Minister's Rozgar Yojana (III) Self-employment programme
Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (I) Promoting savings
  • A. National Social Assistance Programme: This program provides various social assistance benefits to vulnerable groups like widows, disabled persons, and transgender persons, including pension benefits for the elderly.
  • B. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act: This rural job scheme guarantees 100 days of wage employment in a year to one adult member of each rural household in India.
  • C. Prime Minister's Rozgar Yojana: This program aims to promote micro-enterprises and self-employment by providing small loans to aspiring entrepreneurs in India.
  • D. Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana: This financial inclusion scheme encourages financial savings by opening bank accounts for unbanked individuals and households, thereby promoting financial literacy and access to financial services.