Government Schemes and Policies Questions and Answers

Answer: B

The chairman was K. Kasturirangan.

The Ministry of Human Resource Development set up the Committee for Drafting the National Education Policy in 2017 under Dr K. Kasturirangan, the space scientist and former chairman of ISRO. Its draft, the Draft National Education Policy 2019, was the basis of the National Education Policy approved in 2020.

The other three names are also former chairmen of ISRO, which is what makes them plausible distractors: K. Radhakrishnan, A. S. Kiran Kumar and K. Sivan headed the space agency, but none of them chaired the drafting committee.

Answer: C

The main objective of Make in India is to encourage manufacturing in India.

Launched by the Government of India in September 2014, the initiative aims to make India a global manufacturing hub by attracting domestic and foreign investment, easing the conditions for doing business and building infrastructure, so as to create jobs and raise manufacturing's share of the economy.

Higher farm output, foreign trade and tourism may benefit indirectly, but none of them is the programme's central aim, which its name states: making goods in India.

Answer: A

The programme is the Skill India Mission.

Launched on 15 July 2015, World Youth Skills Day, the Skill India Mission aims to train young people in skills that make them employable, through schemes such as the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana.

The National Youth Policy is a policy framework, not a skill development programme. Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, launched in 2014, is a sanitation and cleanliness campaign. Since Skill India fits, 'None of these' is wrong.

Answer: D

Neither statement is correct, so the answer is Neither (1) nor (2).

The Aspirational Districts Programme was launched by NITI Aayog in January 2018, not 2015. It covers 112 of the most under-developed districts, not 100, and ranks them on progress in health and nutrition, education, agriculture, financial inclusion and basic infrastructure.

Since both the year and the number are wrong, every option that accepts either statement is wrong.

Answer: B

The answer is Pashmina Shawl.

House of Himalayas is the brand the Uttarakhand Gramya Vikas Samiti launched in December 2023 for products of self-help groups and farmers. Published lists of its range name pure honey, grains such as mandua and jhangora, pulses such as rajma and gahath, Himalayan red rice, oils, tea, personal care items and woollen garments. Wild forest honey, Pahadi rajma and Himalayan red rice are therefore covered.

Pashmina shawls are not named in any list that could be found, which makes this option the odd one out by elimination. The brand's woollen-garment category might include shawls, so the answer rests on the products named, not on an official statement that pashmina is excluded.

Answer: B

The beneficiaries are the Buksa and Raji Tribe.

PM JANMAN (Pradhan Mantri Janjati Adivasi Nyaya Maha Abhiyan, 2023) is meant for Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups. In Uttarakhand the two PVTGs are the Buksa and the Raji, so they are the scheme's beneficiaries in the state.

The Bhotia, Tharu and Jaunsari are Scheduled Tribes but not PVTGs, so they are not covered by this mission.

Answer: B

The programme was the Vibrant Villages Programme-II (VVP-II).

In April 2025 the Union Cabinet approved VVP-II, a centrally sponsored scheme to develop villages along India's international land borders, beyond those covered by the first Vibrant Villages Programme on the northern border, with better roads, livelihood and amenities.

Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (2014), PMGSY (2000) and DDU-GKY (2014) are older schemes not specific to border villages.

Answer: B

The objective was To improve nutrition across India, especially for women and children.

Poshan Pakhwada is a fortnight of nutrition awareness under the Poshan Abhiyaan of the Ministry of Women and Child Development, held each year in March-April. The 2025 edition focused on the first 1,000 days of life, beneficiary access and childhood obesity.

It is not a fitness, hospital-building or vaccination campaign.

Answer: C

The focus is on Welfare and development schemes.

The Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra, launched in November 2023, sent IEC vans to villages and urban areas to spread awareness of central welfare schemes (such as PM Awas, Ujjwala, Ayushman Bharat and PM-Kisan), enrol eligible beneficiaries who had been left out, and record citizens' experiences.

It was not a campaign about space exploration, environmental conservation or traditional crafts.