UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Viksit Bharat-G RAM G aligned with the Vision of Viksit Bharat@2047 – Dr. Sukanta Majumdar

Q1. The statutory replacement of the rights-based rural wage-employment framework of MGNREGA, 2005 with a scheme guaranteeing 125 days of wage employment per rural household per financial year was effected under which one of the following?

  • A. Viksit Bharat–Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act, 2025
  • B. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee (Amendment) Act, 2025
  • C. National Rural Livelihoods Guarantee Act, 2025
  • D. Deen Dayal Antyodaya Gramin Rozgar Act, 2025

Q2. With respect to the design of the VB–G RAM G Act, 2025 (as compared with MGNREGA), consider the following: 1. The general Centre–State cost-sharing ratio is fixed at 60:40. 2. For North-Eastern and Himalayan States the cost-sharing ratio is 90:10. 3. The Act is structured around four pillars — Empowerment, Growth, Convergence and Saturation. 4. The Gram Sabha is required to conduct a social audit at least once every five years. Which of the above is/are correctly identified?

  1. The general Centre–State cost-sharing ratio is fixed at 60:40.
  2. For North-Eastern and Himalayan States the cost-sharing ratio is 90:10.
  3. The Act is structured around four pillars — Empowerment, Growth, Convergence and Saturation.
  4. The Gram Sabha is required to conduct a social audit at least once every five years.
  • A. 1, 2 and 3
  • B. 1 and 4
  • C. 2, 3 and 4
  • D. 1, 2, 3 and 4

Q3. The VB–G RAM G Act, 2025 is administered as its nodal legislation by which one of the following Union Ministries?

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

Q4. Consider the following statements comparing the legislative timeline of the VB–G RAM G Act, 2025 with that of MGNREGA: 1. The VB–G RAM G Bill received Presidential assent in December 2025, whereas MGNREGA was enacted in 2005. 2. The VB–G RAM G Act commences on 1 July 2026, the very date from which MGNREGA, 2005 stands repealed. 3. Every rural-development law of this kind must, before enactment, be compulsorily referred to a Joint Parliamentary Committee, which was done in this case. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. The VB–G RAM G Bill received Presidential assent in December 2025, whereas MGNREGA was enacted in 2005.
  2. The VB–G RAM G Act commences on 1 July 2026, the very date from which MGNREGA, 2005 stands repealed.
  3. Every rural-development law of this kind must, before enactment, be compulsorily referred to a Joint Parliamentary Committee, which was done in this case.
  • A. 1 only
  • B. 1 and 2 only
  • C. 2 and 3 only
  • D. 1, 2 and 3

Q5. Under the VB–G RAM G Act, 2025, the responsibility to notify the schemes through which the wage-employment guarantee is actually operationalised — within six months of the Act's commencement — rests primarily with which one of the following?

  • A. The State Governments
  • B. The Union Ministry of Rural Development
  • C. The Gram Sabhas
  • D. The District Rural Development Agencies

Q6. With reference to the VB–G RAM G Act, 2025, the provision of an aggregated '60-day period' is best described as a window that:

  • A. allows works to be suspended so as to safeguard the availability of agricultural labour during peak sowing and harvesting seasons
  • B. imposes a single continuous 60-day closure of all works across every State simultaneously each year
  • C. caps the total wage employment available to any household at 60 days during drought-declared years
  • D. reserves 60 days of guaranteed work exclusively for landless agricultural labourers

Q7. Under the VB–G RAM G Act, 2025, a Viksit Gram Panchayat Plan (VGPP) is prepared by the Gram Panchayat but must be approved by which one of the following before it is uploaded and implemented?

  • A. The Gram Sabha
  • B. The Zila Parishad
  • C. The District Collector
  • D. The State Rural Development Department

Q8. Among the four thematic work domains prescribed under the VB–G RAM G Act, 2025, which one is placed first as the lead thematic focus of permissible works?

  • A. Water Security
  • B. Core Rural Infrastructure
  • C. Rural Livelihoods
  • D. Mitigation of extreme weather events

Q9. The convergence of schemes across the four thematic work domains of the VB–G RAM G Act — following the 'Single Plan – Multi Funding' approach — is anchored by which one of the following?

  • A. Department of Rural Development, Ministry of Rural Development
  • B. NITI Aayog, which exclusively administers all inter-ministerial convergence programmes
  • C. Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation
  • D. Department of Land Resources

Q10. Consider the following statements regarding the ministerial context of the VB–G RAM G Act, 2025: 1. Dr. Sukanta Majumdar, who framed the Act as a milestone aligned with the vision of Viksit Bharat@2047, holds the portfolio of Minister of State for Education and for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER). 2. He described the Act as vesting planning power with the Gram Sabha and Gram Panchayats. 3. As the Union Minister who introduced the VB–G RAM G Bill in Parliament, Dr. Majumdar holds independent charge of the Ministry of Rural Development. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. Dr. Sukanta Majumdar, who framed the Act as a milestone aligned with the vision of Viksit Bharat@2047, holds the portfolio of Minister of State for Education and for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER).
  2. He described the Act as vesting planning power with the Gram Sabha and Gram Panchayats.
  3. As the Union Minister who introduced the VB–G RAM G Bill in Parliament, Dr. Majumdar holds independent charge of the Ministry of Rural Development.
  • A. 1 only
  • B. 1 and 2 only
  • C. 2 and 3 only
  • D. 1, 2 and 3

Q11. Consider the following statements about the sponsorship and administration of the VB–G RAM G Act, 2025: 1. The Bill was introduced in Parliament by Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan, the Union Minister for Rural Development. 2. Unlike MGNREGA, which carried Mahatma Gandhi's name, the successor law is titled around the vision of Viksit Bharat. 3. The Bill was moved in Parliament by the Minister of State for Panchayati Raj. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. The Bill was introduced in Parliament by Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan, the Union Minister for Rural Development.
  2. Unlike MGNREGA, which carried Mahatma Gandhi's name, the successor law is titled around the vision of Viksit Bharat.
  3. The Bill was moved in Parliament by the Minister of State for Panchayati Raj.
  • A. 1 and 2 only
  • B. 1 and 3 only
  • C. 2 and 3 only
  • D. 1, 2 and 3