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63 questions from UPSC CSE Prelims GS Paper 1 on Human Development, Poverty & Employment Schemes (Indian Economy). Spanning from 1995 to 2024. Practice with show/hide answers and detailed explanations.
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Based on 63 questions across 24 years, UPSC has consistently tested aspirants' understanding of Human Development, Poverty & Employment Schemes within the broader Indian Economy syllabus. The questions range from factual recall to application-based analysis.
Recent trends show UPSC moving towards statement-based questions that combine multiple aspects of Human Development, Poverty & Employment Schemes. Aspirants should focus on understanding concepts rather than memorizing isolated facts.
Q: किसी अर्थव्यवस्था में कुल जन्म दर को किस रूप में परिभाषित किया जाता है ?
Q: With reference to the Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan-dhan (PM-SYM) Yojana, consider the following statements: 1. The entry age group for enrolment in the scheme is 21 to 40 years. 2. Age specific contribution shall be made by the beneficiary. 3. Each subscriber under the scheme shall receive a minimum pension of ₹ 3,000 per month after attaining the age of 60 years. 4. Family pension is applicable to the spouse and unmarried daughters. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Q: जननी सुरक्षा योजना के संबंध में, निम्नलिखित कथनों पर विचार कीजिए : 1. यह राज्यों के स्वास्थ्य विभागों की एक सशर्त मातृत्व लाभ योजना है। 2. इसका उद्देश्य ग्रामीण गर्भवती महिलाओं में मातृ तथा नवजात शिशु मृत्यु दर में कमी लाना है। 3. इसका लक्ष्य गर्भवती महिलाओं के लिए स्वास्थ्य केन्द्रों में प्रसव को बढ़ावा देना है। 4. इसके उद्देश्य में एक वर्ष की आयु तक के बीमार बच्चों को त्वरित स्वास्थ्य सुविधाएं प्रदान करना शामिल है। उपयुक्त में से कितने कथन सही हैं?
Q: ‘पोषण मुक्त भारत अभियान’ के अंतर्गत की जा रही व्यवस्थाओं के संबंध में, निम्नलिखित कथनों पर विचार कीजिए : 1. इसमें स्कूल जाने से पूर्व के (प्री-स्कूल) बच्चों, किशोरियों और गर्भवती महिलाओं के लिए गुणवत्तापूर्ण भोजन प्रदान किया जाता है। 2. इसमें शिशु जन्म के समय से ही स्तनपान कराने के लिए अभियान चलाया जाता है। 3. इसमें बच्चों और किशोरों की नियमित वृद्धि की निगरानी की जाती है। 4. इसमें मोटापा, हीमोग्लोबिनोपैथी और एनीमिया सहित पोषणजनित रोगों के लिए स्थानिक स्तर पर दिशा-निर्देश भी शामिल हैं। उपयुक्त में से कितने कथन सही हैं?
Q: Consider the following statements: Statement-I : India’s public sector health care system largely focuses on curative care with limited preventive, promotive and rehabilitative care. Statement-II : Under India’s decentralized approach to health care delivery, the States are primarily responsible for organizing health services. Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?
Q: भारत में, निम्नलिखित में से कौन-सा, उन फैक्टरियों में नियमित रूप से औद्योगिक विवाद, समझौते, छँटनी और कामबंदी के विषय में सूचनाओं को संकलित करता है?
Q: भारत में नियमित अस्थायी मज़दूरों के संबंध में, निम्नलिखित कथनों पर विचार कीजिए : 1. सभी अस्थायी मज़दूर, कर्मचारी भविष्य निधि सुरक्षा के हकदार हैं। 2. सभी अस्थायी मज़दूर नियमित कार्य-समय एवं समयोपरि भुगतान के हकदार हैं। 3. सरकार अधिसूचना के द्वारा यह विनिर्दिष्ट कर सकती है कि कोई भी प्रतिष्ठान या उद्योग केवल अपने बैंक खातों के माध्यम से मज़दूरों का भुगतान करेगा। उपर्युक्त कथनों में से कौन-से सही हैं?
Q: With reference to casual workers employed in India, consider the following statements : 1. All casual workers are entitled for Employees Provident Fund coverage. 2. All casual workers are entitled for regular working hours and overtime payment. 3. The government can by a notification specify that an establishment or industry shall pay wages only through its bank account. Which of the above statements are correct?
Q: अटल नवाचार (Innovation) मिशन किसके अधीन स्थापित किया गया है?
Q: In a given year in India, official poverty lines are higher in some States than in others because
Q: Consider the following statements: As per the Industrial Employment (Standing Orders) Central (Amendment) Rules, 2018 1. If rules for fixed-term employment are implemented, it becomes easier for the firms/companies to lay off workers. 2. No notice of termination of employment shall be necessary in the case of temporary workman. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Q: The economic cost of food grains to the Food Corporation of India is Minimum Support Price and bonus (if any) paid to the farmers plus
Q: In the context of any country, which one of the following would be considered as part of its social capital?
Q: राष्ट्रीय खाद्य सुरक्षा अधिनियम, 2013 के अधीन बनाए गए नियमों के संदर्भ में, निम्नलिखित कथनों पर विचार कीजिए : 1. केवल वे ही परिवार सहायता प्राप्त खाद्यान्न लेने की पात्रता रखते हैं जो 'गरीबी रेखा से नीचे' (बी.पी.एल.) श्रेणी में आते हैं । 2. परिवार में 18 वर्ष या उससे अधिक उम्र की सबसे अधिक उम्र वाली महिला ही राशन कार्ड निर्गत किए जाने के प्रयोजन से परिवार का मुखिया होगी । 3. गर्भवती महिलाएं एवं दुग्ध पिलाने वाली माताएं गर्भावस्था के दौरान और उसके छह महीने बाद तक प्रतिदिन 1600 कैलोरी वाला राशन घर ले जाने की हकदार हैं । उपरोक्त कथनों में से कौन-सा/से सही है/हैं ?
Q: International Labour Organization’s Conventions 138 and 182 are related to
Q: Consider the following statements: Human capital formation as a concept is better explained in terms of a process which enables 1. individuals of a country to accumulate more capital. 2. increasing the knowledge, skill levels and capacities of the people of the country. 3. accumulation of tangible wealth. 4. accumulation of intangible wealth. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Q: 'पूर्व अभियांत्रिकी मापन योजना (Recognition of Prior Learning Scheme)' का कभी-कभी समाचारों में किस सन्दर्भ में उल्लेख किया जाता है ?
Q: 'Recognition of Prior Learning Scheme' is sometimes mentioned in the news with reference to
Q: निम्नलिखित में से कौन-सा, विश्व के देशों के लिये ‘मानवीय विकास अवरुद्ध रणनीति’ (Human Development Index) का प्रमुख स्रोत है ?
Q: Who among the following can join the National Pension System (NPS)?
Q: 'राष्ट्रीय कौशल योग्यता ढाँचा (NSQF)' के सन्दर्भ में, निम्नलिखित कथनों में से कौन-सा/से सही है/हैं ? 1. NSQF के अंतर्गत, शिक्षार्थी सहायता का प्रमाणपत्र केवल औपचारिक शिक्षा के माध्यम से ही प्राप्त कर सकता है। 2. NSQF के क्रियान्वयन का एक प्रस्तावित परिणाम व्यावसायिक और सामान्य शिक्षा के मध्य संचरण है। नीचे दिए गए कूट का प्रयोग कर सही उत्तर चुनिए :
Q: Consider the following in respect of ‘National Career Service’: 1. National Career Service is an initiative of the Department of Personnel and Training, Government of India. 2. National Career Service has been launched in a Mission Mode to improve the employment opportunities to uneducated youth of the country. Which of the above statements is/are correct?
Q: Regarding ‘Atal Pension Yojana’, which of the following statements is/are correct? 1. It is a minimum guaranteed pension scheme mainly targeted at unorganized sector workers. 2. Only one member of a family can join the scheme. 3. Same amount of pension is guaranteed for the spouse for life after subscriber’s death. Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Q: Disguised unemployment generally means
Q: To obtain full benefits of demographic dividend, what should India do?
Q: How does the National Rural Livelihood Mission seek to improve livelihood options of rural poor? 1. By setting up a large number of new manufacturing industries and agribusiness centres in rural areas 2. By strengthening ‘self-help groups’ and providing skill development 3. By supplying seeds, fertilizers, diesel pump-sets and micro-irrigation equipment free of cost to farmers
Q: The Multi-dimensional Poverty Index developed by Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative with UNDP support covers which of the following? 1. Deprivation of education, health, assets and services at household level 2. Purchasing power parity at national level 3. Extent of budget deficit and GDP growth rate at national level Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
Q: Consider the following specific stages of demographic transition associated with economic development: 1. Low birthrate with low death rate 2. High birthrate with high death rate 3. High birthrate with low death rate Select the correct order of the above stages using the codes given below:
Q: The endeavour of 'Janani Suraksha Yojana' Programme is 1. to promote institutional deliveries 2. to provide monetary assistance to the mother to meet the cost of delivery 3. to provide for wage loss due to pregnancy and confinement Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Q: Consider the following: 1. Hotels and restaurants 2. Motor transport undertakings 3. Newspaper establishments 4. Private medical institutions The employees of which of the above can have the 'Social Security' coverage under Employees' State Insurance Scheme?
Q: With reference to "Aam Aadmi Bima Yojana", consider the following statements: 1. The member insured under the scheme must be the head of the family or an earning member of the family in a rural landless household. 2. The member insured must be in the age group of 30 to 65 years. 3. There is a provision for free scholarship for up to two children of the insured who are studying between classes 9 and 12. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Q: Among the following who are eligible to benefit from the “Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act”?
Q: With reference to the schemes launched by the Union Government, consider the following statements: 1. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare launched the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana. 2. Ministry of Textiles launched the Rajiv Gandhi Shilpi Swasthya Bima Yojana. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Q: Consider the following statements : 1. Infant mortality rate takes into account the death of infants within a month after birth. 2. Infant mortality rate is the number of infant deaths in a particular year, per 100 live births during that year. Which of the above statements is/are correct ?
Q: As per India's National Population Policy, 2000, by which one of the following years is it our long-term objective to achieve population stabilization?
Q: Consider the following statements with reference to Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme (IGNOAPS): 1. All persons of 60 years or above belonging to the households below poverty line in rural areas are eligible. 2. The Central Assistance under this Scheme is at the rate of Rs 300 per month per beneficiary. Under the Scheme, States have been urged to give matching amounts. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Q: What is the name of the scheme which provides training and skills to women in traditional and non-traditional trades?
Q: Consider the following statements in respect of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 : 1. Under the provisions of the Act, 100 days of employment in a year to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work has become a fundamental right. 2. Under the provisions of the Act, women are to get priority to the extent that one-half of persons who are given employment are women who have asked for work. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Q: Which one of the following are the correct statements on the basis of Census-2001?
Q: Consider the following statements: 1. India is the second country in the world to adopt a National Family Planning Programme. 2. The National Population Policy of India, 2000 seeks to achieve replacement level of fertility by 2010 with a population of 111 crores. 3. Kerala is the first State in India to achieve replacement level of fertility. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Q: Which one of the following statements is NOT correct?
Q: Assertion (A): The Central Rural Sanitation Programme was launched in 1986 to improve the quality of life of rural people in India. Reason (R): Rural sanitation is a subject in the Concurrent List in the Constitution of India.
Q: As per the Human Development Index given by UNDP, which one of the following sequences of South Asian countries is correct, in the order of higher to lower development?
Q: Which one among the following States has the highest female literacy rate as per the Census 2001?
Q: Consider the following statements: The objectives of the National Renewal Fund set up in February 1992 were 1. to give training and counselling for workers affected by retrenchment or VRS. 2. redeployment of workers Which of these statements is/are correct?
Q: Which reference to the government’s welfare schemes, consider the following statements: 1. Under the Antyodaya Anna Yojana, the food grains are available to the poorest of the poor families at Rs 2 per kg for wheat and Rs 3 per kg for rice. 2. Under the National Old Age Pension Scheme, the old and destitute are provided Rs 75 per month as Central pension, in addition to the amount provided by most State Governments. 3. Government of India has allocated 25 kg food grains per Below Poverty Line family per month, at less than half the economic cost. Which of these statements are correct?
Q: Consider the following schemes launched by the Union Government: I. Antyodaya Anna II. Gram Sadak Yojana III. Sarvapriya IV. Jawahar Gram Samriddhi Yojana. Which of these were announced in the year 2000?
Q: Indian Human Development Report does not give for each sample village
Q: The Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana which came into operation from 1 December 1997 aims to provide gainful employment to the urban unemployed or underemployed poor but does not include
Q: The first Indian State to have its Human Development Report prepared and released by Amartya Kumar Sen in Delhi is
Q: Which one of the following statements is false?
Q: The best performance in terms of Human Development among the Asian countries is by
Q: Persons below the poverty line in India are classified as such based on whether
Q: Among which one of the following sets of social/religious groups is the extent of poverty the highest, as per Government statistics for the nineties?
Q: The Employment Assurance Scheme envisages financial assistance to rural areas for guaranteeing employment to at least
Q: Which one of the following is the objective of National Renewal Fund?
Q: Human Poverty Index was introduced in the Human Development Report of the year
Q: The number of economically active women (excluding students and those doing domestic duties in their homes) as a percentage of all women of working age (generally those aged 15-64 years) was the highest in 1996 in
Q: Human Development Index comprises literacy rates, life expectancy at birth and
Q: Match List I with List II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the lists: List I I. Rashtriya Mahila Kosh II. Mahila Samriddhi Yojana III. Indira Mahila Yojana IV. Mahila Samakhya Programme List II A) Empowerment of women B) Education for Women’s Equality C) Promotion of savings among rural women D) Meeting credit needs of the poor women Codes:
Q: Schemes of (i) Urban Micro Enterprises, (ii) Urban Wage Employment, and (iii) Housing and Shelter Upgradation are parts of
Q: Which one of the following is true regarding the Jawahar Rozgar Yojana (JRY)?
Q: One of the reasons for India’s occupational structure remaining more or less the same over the years has been that
UPSC has asked 63 questions on Human Development, Poverty & Employment Schemes in GS Paper 1 Prelims between 1995 and 2024. This sub-topic falls under Indian Economy.
Questions on Human Development, Poverty & Employment Schemes have appeared in UPSC Prelims in the following years: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2009, 2008, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1995. The topic has appeared in 24 out of 31 years.
Among 63 questions on Human Development, Poverty & Employment Schemes: 18 are easy, 44 are moderate, and 1 are difficult. Most questions test conceptual understanding of the topic.
