UPSC 2000 › Indian Economy › Human Development, Poverty & Employment Schemes
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UPSC 2000 · Q13 · Indian Economy › Human Development, Poverty & Employment Schemes · Save
Indian Human Development Report does not give for each sample village
(a) Infrastructure and Amenities Index
(b) Education Related Index
(c) Health Related Index
(d) Unemployment Related Index
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Answer: (d) Unemployment Related Index
UPSC 2000 · Q26 · Indian Economy › Human Development, Poverty & Employment Schemes · Save
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
(a) Nehru Rozgar Yojana
(b) Urban Basic Services Programme
(c) Prime Minister’s Integrated Urban Poverty Eradication Programme
(d) Prime Minister’s Rozgar Yojana
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Answer: (d) Prime Minister’s Rozgar Yojana
UPSC 2000 · Q54 · Indian Economy › Human Development, Poverty & Employment Schemes · Save
The first Indian State to have its Human Development Report prepared and released by Amartya Kumar Sen in Delhi is
(a) West Bengal
(b) Kerala
(c) Madhya Pradesh
(d) Andhra Pradesh
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Answer: (c) Madhya Pradesh
UPSC 2000 · Q78 · Indian Economy › Human Development, Poverty & Employment Schemes · Save
Which one of the following statements is false?
(a) All countries other than India have over 80% literacy
(b) Malaysia and Korea have life expectancy higher than all other countries
(c) Higher the adult literacy lower is the infant mortality
(d) The life expectancy at birth in India is almost the same as that of Indonesia
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Answer: (c) Higher the adult literacy lower is the infant mortality
UPSC 2000 · Q79 · Indian Economy › Human Development, Poverty & Employment Schemes · Save
The best performance in terms of Human Development among the Asian countries is by
(a) China
(b) Malaysia
(c) Korea
(d) Philippines
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Answer: (c) Korea