UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Historic Commencement of Viksit Bharat – G RAM G Act Across Rural India from July 1st 2026

Q1. Which one of the following is the nodal Union Ministry for the implementation of the Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act, 2025?

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

Q2. The acronym 'VB–G RAM G', used for the new statute that replaces MGNREGA from 1 July 2026, stands for which one of the following?

  • A. Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin)
  • B. Viksit Bharat – Gramin Rural Ajeevika Mission Guarantee
  • C. Vikas Bharat – Guaranteed Rural Ajeevika and MGNREGA Gramin
  • D. Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rural Agriculture and Manual Labour (Gramin)

Q3. With reference to the Viksit Bharat – G RAM G Act, 2025, which one of the following correctly describes the statutory employment guarantee provided under the Act?

  • A. 125 days of unskilled manual wage employment per rural household per financial year
  • B. 125 days of unskilled manual wage employment per adult rural individual per financial year
  • C. 100 days of unskilled manual wage employment per rural household, extendable to 125 days in drought-notified areas
  • D. 150 days of unskilled manual wage employment per rural household per financial year, of which 25 days are skilled work

Q4. The implementation of the Viksit Bharat – G RAM G Act, 2025, which repeals MGNREGA, 2005 with effect from 1 July 2026, is entirely steered at the Union level by which one of the following?

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

Q5. At the Union level, which one of the following is the nodal ministry responsible for the implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005?

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

Q6. With reference to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005, consider the following statements regarding its original provisions: 1. The parent Act, the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, was enacted by Parliament in 2005 and renamed the Mahatma Gandhi NREGA in 2009. 2. The statutory guarantee is of at least 100 days of wage employment in a financial year to every rural household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work. 3. In notified drought-affected or natural-calamity areas, an additional 50 days of wage employment over and above the statutory guarantee is provided on the recommendation of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. 4. The beneficiary unit under the Act is the individual adult worker rather than the rural household. Which of the statements given above are correct?

  1. The parent Act, the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, was enacted by Parliament in 2005 and renamed the Mahatma Gandhi NREGA in 2009.
  2. The statutory guarantee is of at least 100 days of wage employment in a financial year to every rural household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work.
  3. In notified drought-affected or natural-calamity areas, an additional 50 days of wage employment over and above the statutory guarantee is provided on the recommendation of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
  4. The beneficiary unit under the Act is the individual adult worker rather than the rural household.
  • A. 1, 2 and 3 only
  • B. 2 and 4 only
  • C. 1, 3 and 4 only
  • D. 1, 2, 3 and 4

Q7. Among Articles 21, 39, 41 and 43 of the Constitution of India, how many fall within Part IV (Directive Principles of State Policy)?

  • A. Only one
  • B. Only two
  • C. Only three
  • D. All four