Major Government Schemes and Missions

Attempt the quiz above first, then review every question with its correct answer and a short explanation below.

1. Q1.The Swachh Bharat Mission was launched on:

   • A.15 August 2014
   • B.26 January 2015
   • C.1 July 2015
   • D.2 October 2014✓ Correct Answer

   Explanation: It was launched on Gandhi Jayanti 2014 to make India open-defecation free and clean.

2. Q2.The Ujjwala Yojana provides:

   • A.LPG connections to women from poor households✓ Correct Answer
   • B.free electricity to farmers
   • C.housing loans to the middle class
   • D.free books to students

   Explanation: Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana, launched in 2016, replaces smoky cooking fuels with clean LPG.

3. Q3.The "Beti Bachao Beti Padhao" campaign aims to:

   • A.improve the child sex ratio and promote girls' education✓ Correct Answer
   • B.reduce fuel prices
   • C.build rural roads
   • D.provide crop insurance

   Explanation: It was launched in 2015 at Panipat, Haryana.

4. Q4.The Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana is a small savings scheme for:

   • A.senior citizens
   • B.farmers
   • C.soldiers
   • D.the girl child✓ Correct Answer

   Explanation: It helps parents save for the education and marriage expenses of a girl child.

5. Q5.The Skill India Mission was launched in:

   • A.2005
   • B.2010
   • C.2015✓ Correct Answer
   • D.2019

   Explanation: It was launched on 15 July 2015 (World Youth Skills Day) to train youth in employable skills.

6. Q6.Digital India, aimed at transforming India into a digitally empowered society, was launched in:

   • A.2015✓ Correct Answer
   • B.2008
   • C.2012
   • D.2018

   Explanation: Digital India was launched on 1 July 2015.

7. Q7.The Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) aims at:

   • A.housing for all✓ Correct Answer
   • B.free electricity for all
   • C.a bank account for all
   • D.free education for all

   Explanation: PMAY supports construction of pucca houses for eligible urban and rural poor.

8. Q8.Under the Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana, loans are categorised as:

   • A.Gold, Silver and Bronze
   • B.Small, Medium and Large
   • C.Rural, Urban and Metro
   • D.Shishu, Kishore and Tarun✓ Correct Answer

   Explanation: The categories reflect the stage of growth of the borrower's business.

9. Q9.The Stand-Up India scheme promotes entrepreneurship among:

   • A.only large industrialists
   • B.Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and women✓ Correct Answer
   • C.only farmers
   • D.only government employees

   Explanation: It facilitates bank loans for setting up a greenfield enterprise.

10. Q10.The Atal Pension Yojana is mainly meant for workers in the:

    • A.armed forces
    • B.central government service
    • C.corporate boards
    • D.unorganised sector✓ Correct Answer

    Explanation: It gives a guaranteed minimum pension after age 60 for contributors in the unorganised sector.

11. Q11.The Smart Cities Mission, launched in 2015, initially selected how many cities?

    • A.25
    • B.100✓ Correct Answer
    • C.50
    • D.200

    Explanation: The mission aimed to develop 100 smart cities using technology and good urban planning.

12. Q12.AMRUT (Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation) focuses mainly on:

    • A.rural roads
    • B.agricultural credit
    • C.water supply, sewerage and urban infrastructure✓ Correct Answer
    • D.defence procurement

    Explanation: AMRUT, launched in 2015, targets basic services in cities.

13. Q13.The Saubhagya scheme (2017) aimed to provide:

    • A.LPG cylinders to all households
    • B.tap water to every home
    • C.electricity connections to all willing un-electrified households✓ Correct Answer
    • D.free mobile phones

    Explanation: Saubhagya targeted last-mile household electrification.

14. Q14.The Jal Jeevan Mission, launched in 2019, aims to provide:

    • A.tap water connections to rural households✓ Correct Answer
    • B.LPG connections to rural women
    • C.electricity to rural schools
    • D.internet to all villages

    Explanation: It aims at functional household tap connections in every rural home.

15. Q15.The National Food Security Act, 2013 provides subsidised foodgrains to:

    • A.only Below Poverty Line families
    • B.up to 75 per cent of the rural and 50 per cent of the urban population✓ Correct Answer
    • C.only government employees
    • D.only children below five

    Explanation: The Act makes the right to food a legal entitlement for eligible households.

16. Q16.The Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) scheme was launched in:

    • A.1951
    • B.1991
    • C.2005
    • D.1975✓ Correct Answer

    Explanation: ICDS began on 2 October 1975 to provide nutrition, health and pre-school education to young children and mothers.

17. Q17.The Antyodaya Anna Yojana, launched in 2000, targets:

    • A.all government employees
    • B.the poorest of the poor families✓ Correct Answer
    • C.large landowners
    • D.urban middle-class families

    Explanation: AAY provides highly subsidised foodgrains to the poorest households under the PDS.

18. Q18.The National Programme of Nutritional Support to Primary Education (the Mid-Day Meal scheme) began nationwide in:

    • A.1975
    • B.1985
    • C.1995✓ Correct Answer
    • D.2005

    Explanation: It started on 15 August 1995 and was later made a legal entitlement under the NFSA.

19. Q19.The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act came into force in:

    • A.2002
    • B.2010✓ Correct Answer
    • C.2005
    • D.2013

    Explanation: The RTE Act, 2009 came into force on 1 April 2010 after the 86th Amendment inserted Article 21A.

20. Q20.The Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, the flagship programme for universal elementary education, was launched in:

    • A.1986
    • B.1995
    • C.2001✓ Correct Answer
    • D.2009

    Explanation: SSA was launched in 2001-02 to achieve universal elementary education.