UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE UNDER VB-G-RAM-G

Q1. Under the VB–G RAM G Act, 2025, the guarantee of 125 days of wage employment is reckoned per which of the following units?

  • A. Per rural household per financial year
  • B. Per adult worker per financial year
  • C. Per rural household per calendar year
  • D. Per Gram Panchayat per financial year

Q2. Under the VB–G RAM G Act, 2025, the aggregated pause period of up to sixty days during peak sowing and harvesting operations is to be notified by which authority?

  • A. The concerned State Government
  • B. The Ministry of Rural Development
  • C. The District Programme Coordinator
  • D. The Gram Panchayat

Q3. Under the VB–G RAM G Act, 2025, the core objectives and permissible categories of works are listed under which of the following?

  • A. Schedule I
  • B. Schedule II
  • C. Schedule III
  • D. Schedule IV

Q4. Which one of the following is the nodal Ministry for administering the VB–G RAM G Act, 2025?

  • A. Ministry of Rural Development
  • B. Ministry of Panchayati Raj
  • C. Ministry of Labour and Employment
  • D. Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

Q5. The Central share of ₹95,692.31 crore provided for the VB–G RAM G Act in FY 2026-27 is most accurately characterised as which one of the following?

  • A. The highest-ever allocation at the Budget Estimate stage for a rural employment programme
  • B. The highest allocation only at the Revised Estimate stage
  • C. A figure equal to MGNREGA's final allocation in its last year
  • D. The total programme outlay including the State share

Q6. Unlike MGNREGA, 2005 which centred on wage employment alone, the VB–G RAM G Act aggregates all durable assets it creates into which of the following frameworks?

  • A. The Viksit Bharat National Rural Infrastructure Stack
  • B. The National Infrastructure Pipeline
  • C. The PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan
  • D. The Viksit Gram Panchayat Plan