UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — VB-G RAM G Act, 2025 Empowers Rural Women with Inclusive Support

Q1. In the short title of the VB–G RAM G Act, 2025 that replaced MGNREGA, the segment 'G RAM G' stands for which one of the following?

  • A. Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin)
  • B. Gramin Rozgar and Ajeevika Management Guarantee
  • C. Guaranteed Rural Assured Minimum Gramin (wages)
  • D. Gram Rozgar Awas Mission (Gramin)

Q2. The VB–G RAM G Act, 2025 is administered by which one of the following Union Ministries?

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

Q3. Under the VB–G RAM G Act, 2025, the enhanced statutory wage-employment guarantee is most precisely defined as at least:

  • A. 125 days of wage employment per rural household in a financial year
  • B. 125 days of wage employment per rural adult individual in a financial year
  • C. 120 days of wage employment per rural household in a financial year
  • D. 150 days of wage employment per rural household in a financial year

Q4. The new guarantee of 125 days replaced the earlier ceiling of 100 days of guaranteed wage employment that had been provided under which one of the following?

  • A. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005
  • B. National Food Security Act, 2013
  • C. Unorganised Workers' Social Security Act, 2008
  • D. National Rural Livelihoods Mission framework, 2011

Q5. With reference to the works permitted under the VB–G RAM G Act, 2025 as compared with MGNREGA, consider the following statements: 1. Water security through water-related works is one of the Act's four thematic verticals of works. 2. Core rural infrastructure and livelihood-related infrastructure are counted as two distinct verticals among the four. 3. Urban slum redevelopment is included as the fourth thematic vertical of works under the Act. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. Water security through water-related works is one of the Act's four thematic verticals of works.
  2. Core rural infrastructure and livelihood-related infrastructure are counted as two distinct verticals among the four.
  3. Urban slum redevelopment is included as the fourth thematic vertical of works under the Act.
  • A. 1 only
  • B. 1 and 2 only
  • C. 2 and 3 only
  • D. 1, 2 and 3

Q6. As highlighted in official releases in 2026, the share of women in total person-days generated under MGNREGS/VB–G RAM G reached its highest recorded level of approximately:

  • A. 58 per cent
  • B. 48 per cent
  • C. 33 per cent
  • D. 25 per cent

Q7. Carrying forward a mandate from the earlier statutory regime, the rural employment guarantee framework requires that women constitute at least what minimum share of beneficiaries?

  • A. One-third
  • B. One-half
  • C. One-fourth
  • D. Two-thirds

Q8. Consider the following statements on the legislative evolution culminating in the VB–G RAM G Act, 2025: 1. NREGA was enacted in 2005. 2. NREGA was renamed as MGNREGA in 2009. 3. The VB–G RAM G Bill was passed by Parliament in December 2025. 4. The VB–G RAM G Act came into force in January 2026. Which of the above is/are NOT correct?

  1. NREGA was enacted in 2005.
  2. NREGA was renamed as MGNREGA in 2009.
  3. The VB–G RAM G Bill was passed by Parliament in December 2025.
  4. The VB–G RAM G Act came into force in January 2026.
  • A. 1 and 2
  • B. 4 only
  • C. 3 and 4
  • D. 2 only

Q9. The VB–G RAM G Bill, 2025 became an Act upon receiving, in December 2025, the assent of which one of the following?

  • A. The President of India
  • B. The Union Cabinet
  • C. The Prime Minister of India
  • D. The Governors of the concerned States