Government Schemes and Policies Questions and Answers

Answer: A

The correct match is a-ii, b-iii, c-iv, d-i.

• Atal Pension Yojana: Ministry of Finance, run through the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority.
• Startup India: Ministry of Commerce and Industry, through the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade.
• Eco-Niwas (the Energy Conservation Building Code for homes): Ministry of Power, through the Bureau of Energy Efficiency.
• BharatNet: Ministry of Communications, through the Department of Telecommunications, to take broadband to every gram panchayat.

All four options agree that a is (ii). Among them, only option A gives Eco-Niwas to Power and BharatNet to Communications.

Answer: A

The correct match is a-ii, b-iii, c-i, d-iv.

• PM-KISAN: launched in February 2019, giving Rs 6,000 a year to farmer families.
• Ayushman Bharat (PM-JAY): launched in September 2018.
• Startup India: launched in January 2016.
• PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan: launched in October 2021.

The other options assign 2016 to PM-KISAN or Gati Shakti, or 2021 to PM-KISAN, which do not fit.

Answer: D

PM Gati Shakti's objective is best described as Transform India's Logistics.

PM Gati Shakti, the National Master Plan for multi-modal connectivity launched in October 2021, brings 16 ministries including railways, roads, ports and civil aviation onto one digital platform to plan infrastructure together. Its aim is to cut logistics costs and delays by integrating transport networks.

Aviation, freight corridors and border roads are individual parts of the infrastructure it coordinates, so each of those options is too narrow.

Answer: D

The key's answer is 1, 2, 3 and 4.

The Jharkhand Export Policy of 2015 aims to promote exports from the state: building infrastructure for export (statement 1) and offering quality goods at competitive prices in the global market (statement 2) are natural aims of such a policy. Statement 3 sets a target share of 2 percent of all-India exports; one unofficial copy of the policy gives the target year as 2019 and the key takes 2020. Statement 4 names a Jharkhand Export Promotion Board, and no source found confirms that body, as against a State Export Promotion Committee.

The official policy text could not be read, so statements 3 and 4 could not be checked, and the answer rests on the key. Of the options, 'All four' is the only one that the key accepts.

Answer: C

Statements 1 and 2 are correct, so the answer is 1 and 2.

The PVTG Dakiya Yojana was launched in 2017 (1) and is meant only for the Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups, the primitive tribes such as the Asur, Birhor and Sauria Paharia (2).

Statement 3 is wrong because each family receives 35 kg of foodgrains free, not 25 kg. Statement 4 is wrong because the grain is delivered in sealed bags to the beneficiary's doorstep; that is the point of the scheme's name, since these families often live far from a ration shop. Options containing 3 are therefore ruled out.

Answer: C

The PVTG Dakiya Yojana was started in 2017.

The scheme was launched by the Jharkhand government in 2017. Each family of the Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups receives 35 kg of rice free every month in a sealed bag delivered to its door, so that families in remote hamlets do not have to walk to a ration shop.

2001 is the year after the state was formed, 2014 predates the scheme, and 2021 is after it had been running for several years.

Answer: B

JOHAR is funded by the World Bank.

The Jharkhand Opportunities for Harnessing Rural Growth project is implemented by the Jharkhand State Livelihood Promotion Society with a loan from the World Bank (through the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development). It supports producer groups in high-value agriculture, livestock, fisheries and non-timber forest produce.

The IMF lends to governments for balance-of-payments support rather than rural projects, and the Asian Development Bank and the BRICS (New Development) Bank are not its financiers.

Answer: B

The key's answer is Under this scheme, only one unit can be planted in one village.

The question asks for the statement that is not true. Options A, C and D describe the scheme as the key reads it: it runs under MGNREGA, a unit is about 100 saplings, and roadsides are used for linear plantation. A similar Jharkhand plantation scheme, the Birsa Harit Gram Yojana of 2020, also runs through MGNREGA and uses linear plantation, which is consistent with A and D. Option B, a limit of one unit per village, is the one the key calls untrue.

The official guidelines for the Mukhyamantri Harit Gram Yojana could not be read, so the unit size of about 100 saplings in option C and the one-unit limit could not be checked. The answer rests on the key.

Answer: D

The key's answer is Only one rupee is charged for consultations in these hospitals.

The question describes Meso hospitals as rural hospitals giving primary health services (A and B), one of them run by the Rinchi Trust, an NGO, at Jonha in Ranchi (C). Public listings do show a Meso hospital in Jamtara and one in Pakur, which fits the rural, government-linked picture.

No source found confirms the consultation fee or the Rinchi Trust link, so option D could not be checked, and the answer rests on the key. The key takes C as true and the one-rupee fee as the untrue statement.

Answer: B

Jharkhand was ranked 2nd.

In Swachh Survekshan 2019, the national cleanliness survey of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Chhattisgarh was named the best performing (cleanest) state, Jharkhand came second, and Maharashtra third.

So 1st belongs to Chhattisgarh and 3rd to Maharashtra, and 4th is not Jharkhand's place in that year's state ranking.