Q. 81
Question: What are the main objectives of the Assam Millets Mission?
(i) Raise nutrition quotient
(ii) Increase farmer’s income
(iii) Contribute to crop diversification
(iv) Employment generation
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
(A) (i) and (iii) only
(B) (i), (ii) and (iii) only
(C) (i) and (iv) only
(D) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)
Answer: (D) Explanation: Assam Millets Mission aims at nutrition, income, diversification, and rural jobs.
82. Which of the following is not a dimension of Social Progress Index?
(A) Basic human need
(B) Foundation of well-being
(C) Opportunity
(D) Per capita income
83. In which year were the Assam Plantation Labour Rules established?
(A) 1951
(B) 1971
(C) 1953
(D) 1956
84. Which one of the following is the purpose of ‘UDAY’?
(A) Providing technical and financial assistance to start-up entrepreneurs in the field of renewable sources of energy
(B) Providing electricity to every household in the country
(C) Replacing the coal-based power plants with natural gas, nuclear, solar, wind and tidal power plants over a period of time
(D) Providing for financial turn-around and revival of power distribution companies
85. Economists Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson won the Nobel Prize in 2024 in Economics. They were honoured for their work on
(A) environment
(B) Banks and financial crises
(C) Institution
(D) Labour market