UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Viksit Bharat- G RAM G

Q1. With reference to Central Sector Schemes and Centrally Sponsored Schemes in India, consider the following statements: Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. In a Central Sector Scheme the Union bears the entire cost, whereas in a Centrally Sponsored Scheme expenditure is shared between the Union and the States in a predefined ratio.
  2. Under the standard funding pattern for Centrally Sponsored Schemes, Union Territories without a legislature are funded in the same 90:10 ratio that applies to the North-Eastern and Himalayan States.
  3. When a rural employment guarantee is run as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme, it is notified and operationalised by the State Governments in line with the parent Act.
  • A. 1, 2 and 3
  • B. 1 and 3 only
  • C. 2 and 3 only
  • D. 1 only

Q2. Suppose that in a drought year a general-category State's demand for wage work under the VB-G RAM G Act, 2025 exceeds the normative allocation fixed for it. Consider the following statements: Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. Expenditure incurred beyond the normative allocation has to be borne by the State Government.
  2. Once the State's normative allocation is exhausted, rural households lose their statutory entitlement to wage work for the rest of that year.
  3. If work is not provided within the stipulated period after demand, the resulting unemployment allowance is paid out of the Union's share of the scheme.
  • A. 1 and 2 only
  • B. 1 and 3 only
  • C. 2 and 3 only
  • D. 1 only

Q3. Consider the following statements: Which of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

  1. Under MGNREGA, 2005, the Union's annual expenditure on the scheme was not capped at a pre-fixed State-wise amount.
  2. MGNREGA was demand-driven, with the Union bearing the full cost of unskilled wages for whatever work rural households legally demanded.
  • A. Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct and Statement-II explains Statement-I
  • B. Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct, but Statement-II does not explain Statement-I
  • C. Statement-I is correct, but Statement-II is incorrect
  • D. Statement-I is incorrect, but Statement-II is correct

Q4. With reference to geospatial tools used in planning rural works, consider the following statements: Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. Yuktdhara holds geotagged assets created under several rural development programmes, so planners can see earlier works before proposing new ones.
  2. Integrating Gram Panchayat plans with the PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan places local works on a common spatial layer with national infrastructure plans.
  3. Yuktdhara is a regional satellite navigation constellation that supplies the positioning signals used to geotag worksites.
  • A. 2 and 3 only
  • B. 1, 2 and 3
  • C. 1 and 2 only
  • D. 1 only

Q5. Consider the following assertion: The VB-G RAM G Act, 2025 keeps rural wage employment as a legally enforceable guarantee rather than a purely budget-limited scheme. Which of the statements given above support the assertion?

  1. The Union fixes a normative allocation for each State every year on the basis of objective parameters.
  2. Rural households whose adult members volunteer for unskilled manual work are entitled to up to 125 days of wage work in a financial year.
  3. A daily unemployment allowance becomes payable if work is not provided within the stipulated period after it is demanded.
  4. Workers are entitled to compensation when wage payments are delayed.
  • A. 2, 3 and 4 only
  • B. 1, 2, 3 and 4
  • C. 1, 3 and 4 only
  • D. 1 and 2 only