1.

What is the minimum amount to deposit under Mahila

Samman Savings Certificate?

a) 1000 Rs b) 100 Rs

c) 1500 Rs d) 2000 Rs

e) 2500 Rs

2. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA)

has approved a unique package of innovative schemes

for farmers with a total outlay of how much amount?

a) 3.70 lakh crore b) 2.49 lakh crore

c) 5.90 lakh crore d) 4.50 lakh crore

e) None of these

3. To ensure the conservation of the existing Ramsar sites

through public participation, a new scheme was

announced by Government. What is the name of the

scheme?

a) MISHTI b) PM PRANAM

c) Amrit Dharohar d) Mission Ganga

e) None of these

4. The Government has launched the Electronics Repair

Services Outsourcing (ERSO) Pilot initiative. Who is

a) Ministry of Commerce

b) Ministry of Electronics and IT

c) Ministry of Finance

d) Ministry of MSME

e) None of these

5. “Cabinet approves City Investments to Innovate,

Integrate and Sustain 2.0 (CITIIS 2.0) 31st May 2023.

What is the duration of the scheme?

a) 1 year b) 2 years

c) 3 years d) 4 years e) 5 years

6. PM SHRI Schools (PM Schools for Rising India).

Under the scheme, how many schools across India’s

states and Union Territories will be redeveloped to

reflect the key features of the NEP, 2020?

a) 10000 b) 12000

c) 14000 d) 14500 e) 15000

7. _______ Yojana is an umbrella scheme that has been

developed to roll out authentic classical Ayush

interventions for promoting community health care.

c) Aushman d) Ayurveda

e) None of these

8. Centrally Sponsored Scheme ‘Pradhan Mantri Poshan

Shakti Nirman (PM POSHAN)’ for providing one hot

cooked meal in Government and Government-aided

Schools from 2021-22 to when?

a) 2022-23 b) 2023-24

c) 2024-25 d) 2025-26

e) None of these

9. The Department of Higher Education, Ministry of

Education launched YUVA 2.0-Prime Minister’s

Scheme for Mentoring Young Authors. What is the age

limit.

a) 25 yrs b) 28 yrs

c) 30 yrs d) 32 yrs e) 35 yrs

10. The government has introduced paperless entry at select

airports to make air travel hasslefree. Under this

initiative, airports will use a facial recognition software

called _______ for entry.

c) Digiyatra d) Digidost

e) None of these

11. Project Unnati is a skilling project designed to improve

the livelihoods of MGNREGA beneficiaries by

allowing them to transition from part-time to full-time

employment. It is intended to provide training for one

adult member of a household in what age group?

a) 18-40 b) 18-45

c) 18-50 d) 18-70 e) None of these

12. Government implements which Scheme for

procurement of agricultural and horticultural

commodities which are perishable in nature and are not

covered under the Price Support Scheme (PSS).

a) Essential Commodity

b) Market Intervention Scheme

c) PMGKY

d) PMKISAN

e) None of these

13. Which of the following is a central sector scheme under

(MoSJE) that provides financial assistance to students

from Scheduled Castes (SC) and other communities for

pursuing education.

a) SAKSHAM b) SHREYAS

c) UNNATI d) UDGAM

e) None of these

14. Which ministry has launched the Scheme for Economic

Empowerment of DNTs (SEED).

a) Ministry of Social Justice

b) Ministry of women and child development

c) Ministry of health and family welfare

d) Ministry of Skill and Development

e) None of these

15. Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment (MoSJE)

has formulated a scheme “National Action for

Mechanized Sanitation Ecosystem” (NAMASTE) for

cleaning sewers, and septic tanks for how many years?

a) 1 b) 2 c) 4 d) 6

e) None of these
16. Government has modified the earlier scheme of

‘Special Central Assistance to Tribal SubScheme(SCA

to TSS) with which name?

a) Pradhan Mantri Shehri Awas Yojana

b) Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana

c) Pradhan Mantri Adi Adarsh Gram Yojana

d) Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana

e) None of these

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17. Seekho Aur Kamao is a skill development scheme for

youth of which age group?

a) 14-20 b) 14-30

c) 14-35 d) 14-40 e) None of these

18. Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA), a scheme for

improving the governance capabilities of panchayati raj

institutions, till which year?

a) 2024 b) 2025

c) 2026 d) 2027 e) None of these

19. Consider the following statement regarding “PM

I. There is a provision for Basic Training of 5-7 days

and Advanced Training of 15 days or more, with a

stipend of Rs.500 per day.

II. A toolkit incentive of up to Rs.15,000 in the form

of e-vouchers at the beginning of Basic Skill Training

will be provided.

III. Collateral-free ‘Enterprise Development Loans’ of

up to Rs.30 lakh in two tranches of Rs.10 lakh and

Rs.20 lakh with tenures of 18 months and 30 months,

respectively will be provided.

a) 1 only b) I and II only c) I and III only

d) II and III only e) All of the above

20. What is the targeted solar power capacity addition by

31.3.2026 under PM-KUSUM?

a) 10 GW b) 20 GW c) 30.8 GW

d) 40 GW e) 50 GW

21. Consider the following statement regarding “Sukanya

Samiriddhi Yojana”;

I. It was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on

Padhao campaign.

II. The account can be opened with a minimum initital

deposit of two hundred and fifty rupees.

III. An account can be opened in the name of a girl

child till she attains the age of 18 years.

a) Only I b) Only II c) Only III

c) II and III only e) All of the above

22. What is the fixed rate at which investors are

compensated under the Sovereign Gold Bonds Scheme?

a) 1.00 percent per annum b) 2.00 percent per annum

c) 2.50 percent per annum d) 3.00 percent per annum

e) 5.00 percent per annum

23. When was the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna

Yojana (PMGKAY) launched, and which ministry

oversees it?

a) 2018, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

b) 2020, Ministry of Finance

c) 2016, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

d) 2015 Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

Public Distribution

24. When was the Ujjwala Yojana launched, and which

ministry oversees it?

a) May 2014, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

b) May 2016, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas

c) June 2018, Ministry of Women and Child

Development

d) April 2015, Ministry of Rural Development

e) September 2017, Ministry of Finance

25. What is the primary objective of Pradhan Matri

Anusuchit Jati Abhuyday Yojana (PM-AJAY)

a) Promoting digital literacy among SC communities

b) Enhancing healthcare facilities in rural areas

c) Reducing poverty of the Scheduled Caste

communities

d) Providing skill development training to SC & ST

youth

e) Encouraging entrepreneurship among SC & ST

entrepreneurs
26. Which international financial institution approved a

$400-million loan for the urban infrastructure project

under AMRUT 2.0?

a) International Monetary Fund (IMF)

b) World Bank (WB)

c) International Finance Corporation (IFC)

d) Asian Development Bank (ADB)

e) New Development Bank (NDB)

27. In December 2023, the Government of Punjab launched

“Bhagwant Mann Sarkar Tuhade Dwaar”, a state

government scheme to ______

a) Provide awareness about crops to farmers

b) offer financial assistance for Startups

c) provide electricity facilities to un-electrified rural

areas

d) deliver 43 citizen-centric services at people’s

doorstep

e) provide financial health coverage Government

employees, pensioners

28. In December 2023, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)

(PIDF) scheme and extended the deadline until ______.

a) 31st January 2025 b) 30th April 2024

c) 31st December 2024 d) 30th April 2025

e) 31st December 2025

29. In December 2023, the Department of Economic

Affairs, Ministry of Finance, increased the interest rate

on on the Sukanya Samriddhi Account Scheme (SSAS)

to ______ from 8% for the 4th quarter (January-March

2024) of 2023-2024 (Q4FY24).

a) 8.1% b) 8.4% c) 8.2%

d) 8.3% e) 8.5%

30. The Union Cabinet has approved a central sector

scheme for providing drones to the Women’s Self Help

Groups (SHGs). Under the Scheme, drones will be

provided to 15,000 selected SHGs from 2023-24 to

2025-26 for providing rental services to farmers for

agricultural application. What is the name of the

Scheme?

a) NAMO drone Didi b) Kisan Drone Scheme

e) Drone Rules 2021

31. To enhance socio-economic conditions of PVTGs

(Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups) in India, the

Union cabinet has approved the PM-JANMAN scheme

with a total outlay of Rs. 24,104 crore. As of now how

many tribal communities identified as PVTGs?

a) 65 b) 75 c) 50 d) 80 e) 55

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32. According to Hindu News paper December 2023,

Government of India announced that a total of Rs 9,970

crore worth loans have been disbursed to beneficiaries

of the PM Street Vendor’s AtmaNirbhar Nidhi (PM

SVANidhi) Scheme. This Scheme was launched

in______

a) June 1st, 2021 b) June 1st, 2022

c) June 1st, 2018 d) June 1st, 2019

e) June 1st, 2020

33. In December 2023, Government announced that under

students were enrolled in private schools. This

SHRESHTA scheme is launched by which ministry?

a)Ministry of Education

b) Ministry of Tribal Affairs

c) Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

d) Ministry of Women and Child Development

e) Ministry of Rural Affairs

34. Consider the following statements regarding ‘PRITHVI

VIGYAN’.

I. It is an initiative of the Ministry of Earth Sciences to

enhance the understanding of the Earth and its vital

signals.

II. Union Cabinet has allocated Rs. 5,797 crore to

implement ‘PRITHVI’ scheme for the period of 2021-

26.

III. The Prithvi scheme integrates 5 existing subschemes

of Ministry of Earth sciences.

Choose the correct statements from given options?

a) Only II is correct
b) Both I & III are correct

c) Both II & III are correct

d) All I, II & III are correct

e) Both I & II are correct

35. In December 2023, Ministry of Micro, Small and

Medium Enterprises (MSME) under existing RAMP

Program has launched 3 sub-schemes. What is the full

form of RAMP?

a) Raising and Accelerating Marginal Productivity

b) Raising and Advancing MSME Productivity

c) Raising and Advancing Market Productivity

d) Raising and Accelerating MSME Productivity

e) None of these