Employment Growth Informalisation Other Issues — Economics STD 12 Humanities & Commerce — Question

In 1979, a body called the task force on projections of minimum needs and effective consumption demand' was formed. What is the reason for formation of this task force?

1. To determine poverty line.
2. To alleviate poverty.
3. To fulfill basic needs of poor households.
4. All of the above.

The process of privatisation is where:

1. A company is transferred to a non-profit organization.
2. Services that were previously supplied are outsourced.
3. A few public sector enterprises are sold to private sector.
4. A state industry merges with or takes over a private or publicly owned company.

Under human capital formation, people spent money to acquire information relating to:

1. Labour market.
2. Education institutions.
3. Health institutions.
4. All of these.

Which among the following schemes was started in the year 2000 for the indigent senior citizens?

1. PDS
2. NFWP
3. SGSY
4. NAPS

The main objective of RRB (Regional Rural Bank) is to provide credit to

1. weaker sections in rural areas.
2. weaker sections.
3. industrial areas.
4. agricultural areas.

What was the alternative name of First Five Year Plan in 1956 of Pakistan?

1. Long-term plan.
2. Medium-term plan.
3. Short-term plan.
4. None of these.

After India's independence and partition of a country, India imported huge amount of food grain from Pakistan due to which of the following reason(s)?

1. India's fertile land went to Pakistan during partition of India and Pakistan in 1947.
2. India's policies were inappropriate.
3. Due to famines there was food insecurity.
4. All of the above.

The Planning Commission was set up in:

1. 1948
2. 1950
3. 1951
4. 1956

A teacher's salary is higher than a rickshaw puller because of:

1. Education.
2. Health.
3. On-the-job training.
4. Migration.

Which of the following is/are the problem(s) faced in cooperative marketing by farmers?

1. Inadequate coverage of farmers
2. Lack of appropriate link between marketing and processing cooperatives
3. Inefficient financial management
4.  All of the above