UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — VIKSIT BHARAT-GUARANTEE FOR ROZGAR AND AJEEVIKA MISSION (GRAMIN) (VB–G RAM G) ACT

Q1. Under the Viksit Bharat – G RAM G Act, 2025, the enhanced statutory guarantee of 125 days is best defined as a guarantee of:

  • A. 125 days of unskilled manual wage employment per rural household in every financial year
  • B. 125 days of wage employment per adult individual worker in every financial year
  • C. 125 days of skilled and semi-skilled employment per rural household in every financial year
  • D. 125 days of wage employment per rural household spread over a five-year plan period

Q2. Which Union Ministry is the implementing (nodal) ministry that operationalises the 125-day wage-employment guarantee under 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

Q3. In the context of the VB–G RAM G Act, 2025, its 'commencement' — the date from which it came into force across rural India and MGNREGA, 2005 stood repealed — is:

  • A. 1 July 2026
  • B. 16 December 2025
  • C. 18 December 2025
  • D. 21 December 2025

Q4. With reference to the enactment of the VB–G RAM G Act, 2025, consider the following statements: 1. The Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha on 16 December 2025. 2. It was passed by Parliament in December 2025. 3. The Act came into force across rural areas with effect from 1 July 2026. 4. The Act was brought into force without repealing the MGNREGA, 2005. Which of the above is/are NOT correct?

  1. The Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha on 16 December 2025.
  2. It was passed by Parliament in December 2025.
  3. The Act came into force across rural areas with effect from 1 July 2026.
  4. The Act was brought into force without repealing the MGNREGA, 2005.
  • A. 1 and 2
  • B. 3 only
  • C. 4 only
  • D. 2 and 4

Q5. Consider the following statements comparing the rural employment guarantee laws: 1. The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 was renamed the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act in 2009. 2. The VB–G RAM G Act, 2025 raises the guarantee from 100 days to 125 days per financial year. 3. Like MGNREGA, the VB–G RAM G Act retains near-full central funding of scheme costs in all States. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 was renamed the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act in 2009.
  2. The VB–G RAM G Act, 2025 raises the guarantee from 100 days to 125 days per financial year.
  3. Like MGNREGA, the VB–G RAM G Act retains near-full central funding of scheme costs in all States.
  • A. 1 and 2 only
  • B. 2 and 3 only
  • C. 1 and 3 only
  • D. 1, 2 and 3

Q6. Under the erstwhile MGNREGA, 2005 — the statute that the VB–G RAM G Act, 2025 replaces — the guarantee of wage employment per rural household in a financial year was how many days?

  • A. 100 days
  • B. 90 days
  • C. 120 days
  • D. 125 days

Q7. The VB–G RAM G Act, 2025 is implemented as a 'Centrally Sponsored Scheme'. In this context, the term is best understood to mean that:

  • A. Scheme costs are shared between the Centre and States in a prescribed ratio (60:40 generally; 90:10 for North-Eastern and Himalayan States/UTs), with the Centre providing normative allocations
  • B. The scheme is funded entirely by the Central Government in all States
  • C. The scheme is wholly funded and executed by the State Governments
  • D. The scheme is financed by an autonomous statutory corporation independent of both Centre and States

Q8. Within the governance architecture of the VB–G RAM G Act, 2025, which body sits at the apex for strategic direction, and for recommending on normative allocations and convergence?

  • A. The National Level Steering Committee
  • B. The State Level Steering Committee
  • C. The Gram Panchayat
  • D. The District Programme Coordinator

Q9. The statutory right to wage employment under the VB–G RAM G Act, 2025 — and the consequent liability to pay an unemployment allowance when work is not provided — is generally traced to which Directive Principles of State Policy?

  • A. Articles 39(a) and 41
  • B. Articles 40 and 43
  • C. Articles 44 and 45
  • D. Articles 48A and 51A

Q10. Under the VB–G RAM G Act, 2025, an unemployment allowance becomes payable if work is not provided within how many days of the demand for work?

  • A. 15 days
  • B. 7 days
  • C. 30 days
  • D. 45 days

Q11. Works under the VB–G RAM G Act, 2025 that are aggregated into the Viksit Bharat National Rural Infrastructure Stack are prioritised across how many thematic focus domains?

  • A. Four
  • B. Three
  • C. Five
  • D. Six

Q12. Under the VB–G RAM G Act, 2025, what is the maximum number of days in a year for which States may notify a suspension of works during the sowing/harvesting (agricultural) season?

  • A. 60 days
  • B. 30 days
  • C. 45 days
  • D. 90 days