Government Schemes and Policies Questions and Answers

Answer: C

Net metering concerns a billing mechanism for solar energy by consumers for the electricity they add to the grid.

Under net metering, a household or business with rooftop solar panels is connected to the grid through a bidirectional meter. Surplus electricity it exports to the grid is offset against the electricity it draws, and it pays only for the net amount used. Indian states use net metering to promote rooftop solar.

It has nothing to do with CNG kits, water meters or piped natural gas, which are other subjects of metering or fuel policy.

Answer: A

The answer is Grade 6.

The National Education Policy 2020 says every child will learn at least one vocation and be exposed to several more, starting from Grade 6, including a ten-day bagless period with internships with local vocational experts such as carpenters, gardeners and potters, between Grades 6 and 8. The aim is that at least half of all learners have exposure to vocational education by 2025.

Grades 8, 10 and 12 are later than the starting point the policy sets.

Answer: B

The incorrect statements are 1 and 3.

SVAMITVA (Survey of Villages and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas) is a Central Sector Scheme of the Ministry of Panchayati Raj, not the Ministry of Mines (1). CORS stands for Continuously Operating Reference Stations, a network of fixed GNSS stations that gives precise positions, not Cross-Origin Resource Sharing, which is a web-browser security term (3).

Statements 2 and 4 are correct: the scheme uses the CORS network for accuracy of about 5 cm, and it maps rural inhabited (abadi) land parcels with drones to give owners clear property cards.

Answer: A

The key initiative is to learn Indian languages at elementary level.

Under Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat, each state is paired with another, and in schools children learn simple sentences and expressions in the language of the paired state, along with its culture, songs and food. The emphasis is on basic, elementary-level familiarity with other Indian languages.

The programme does not aim to translate all literature, share only common phonetics, or teach speaking skills in every language.

Answer: B

The NAMASTE scheme (National Action for Mechanised Sanitation Ecosystem) is run by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, along with the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. The scheme aims at zero fatalities in sanitation work and the mechanisation of sewer and septic tank cleaning. The Ministries of Education, Foreign Affairs, and Art and Culture have nothing to do with it, so they are wrong.

The scheme covers sewer and septic tank workers, a social justice concern, which is why the social justice ministry leads it.

Answer: A

The Ayushman Bhava programme belongs to the health sector. It was launched in September 2023 to take the benefits of health schemes, such as the Ayushman Bharat card, to people in every part of the country, and it is run by the health authorities. Old age pension, rural women's self-reliance and the education sector are served by other programmes, so they are wrong.

Answer: A

Tele-MANAS, the Tele Mental Health Assistance and Networking Across States initiative, was launched by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of the Government of India in 2022 to give free 24 hour mental health counselling over a toll free helpline. The Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Ministry of Sports are not the ministries that run the scheme. The answer is the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, option A.

Answer: C

The official key is option C, both statements I and II are correct. What was not confirmed: the details of the inauguration in October 2020 (the place and the minister) and the question of which ministry funds the ventures could not be checked against a source in this review. The key accepts statements I and II and rejects the claim in III that the ministry of education funds them, so option C is kept. Options A and B would accept only one of the first two statements, and option D adds the funding statement that the key rejects.

Answer: A

The helpline is KIRAN. The 24x7 toll-free mental health rehabilitation helpline KIRAN was launched by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment in September 2020 to give support and relief to people with mental illness, particularly during the stress of the pandemic. SURYA, ROSHNI and CHANDNI are not the names of this helpline. The answer follows the official key and the launch described in the question.

Answer: D

The Har Ghar Dastak campaign, launched in November 2021 by the Union Health Ministry, was a door-to-door drive to vaccinate people against COVID-19, particularly those who had missed their second dose. Health workers went from house to house to persuade people and to give the vaccine.

It was not about garbage collection, ration delivery or student dropouts. Those are other kinds of door-to-door work, but this campaign's name was tied to the vaccination drive.