UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Viksit Bharat- G RAM G

Q1. With reference to the right to work under the Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act, 2025, consider the following statements: Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. If an applicant is not provided work within the prescribed period, the State government must pay an unemployment allowance.
  2. A household's legal entitlement to work under the Act lapses for the year once the State has exhausted its normative allocation.
  3. Raising the statutory ceiling from 100 to 125 days necessarily raises the Union's financial liability under the scheme by one-fourth.
  • A. 1 and 2 only
  • B. 1 only
  • C. 1, 2 and 3
  • D. 2 and 3 only

Q2. Consider the following statements: Which of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

  1. Under VB-G RAM G, a sharp rise in demand for work in a general-category State during a drought year can push that State's share of total scheme expenditure above 40%.
  2. Under VB-G RAM G, expenditure in excess of the State-wise normative allocation fixed by the Centre is borne by the State government.
  • 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

Q3. Over the last decade under MGNREGA, participating rural households received on average about 48 days of work a year, and fewer than 10% of them completed the 100 days guaranteed by law. The successor law raises the guaranteed ceiling to 125 days. Which of the following inferences can validly be drawn from the above?

  1. For most participating households, the 100-day ceiling was not the binding constraint on the work they received.
  2. Raising the ceiling to 125 days will, by itself, substantially raise the average days of work received per household.
  3. Fewer than one in ten participating households ever wanted more than 100 days of work in a year.
  4. The low average is consistent with either low demand for work or the rationing of work that was demanded.
  • A. 1, 2 and 4 only
  • B. 1, 3 and 4 only
  • C. 1 and 4 only
  • D. 2 and 3 only

Q4. 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. A Central Sector Scheme is funded entirely by the Union and does not require a matching contribution from State budgets.
  2. Reclassifying a scheme from Central Sector to Centrally Sponsored typically increases the Union's direct role in implementing it.
  3. In a Centrally Sponsored Scheme, expenditure is shared between the Union and the States in a predefined ratio, and the States implement it.
  • A. 1 and 3 only
  • B. 1, 2 and 3
  • C. 1 only
  • D. 2 and 3 only

Q5. Under MGNREGA, the Union bore the entire wage cost and 75% of the material cost, while wages made up about 70% of total expenditure. Under VB-G RAM G, expenditure in general-category States is shared 60:40 between the Union and the States. Consider the following as likely consequences of this change: Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. For a general-category State, the rise in its share will be larger for material costs than for wage costs.
  2. The Union's share of total scheme expenditure in general-category States will fall below the roughly 90% it bore under MGNREGA.
  3. States with high demand for rural work and weak own revenues will face greater budgetary pressure than they did under MGNREGA.
  • A. 1 and 2 only
  • B. 1, 2 and 3
  • C. 1 only
  • D. 2 and 3 only

Q6. Parliament repeals one rural employment guarantee law and enacts another that raises the guaranteed days of work. In this context, consider the following statements: Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. Article 41 requires the State to make effective provision for securing the right to work only within the limits of its economic capacity and development.
  2. Article 41 by itself does not enable a court to compel the State to provide employment to a particular person.
  3. A household's entitlement under such a statute can be enforced as a legal right even though the Directive Principle that inspires it is not enforceable by any court.
  • A. 1 and 2 only
  • B. 1 and 3 only
  • C. 1, 2 and 3
  • D. 2 and 3 only

Q7. With reference to the constitutional basis of village-level planning in India, consider the following statements: Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. Article 243G itself vests in every Panchayat the power to prepare plans for economic development and social justice, independently of any State law.
  2. Under Article 243G, the schemes that Panchayats may be entrusted to implement are confined to matters listed in the Eleventh Schedule.
  3. Requiring Gram Sabha approval for village works plans brings the village's registered voters as a whole, and not only its elected representatives, into the planning of works.
  • A. 1, 2 and 3
  • B. 3 only
  • C. 2 and 3 only
  • D. 1 and 2 only

Q8. Consider the following statements: Which of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

  1. Under VB-G RAM G, works are taken up from Viksit Gram Panchayat Plans that require the recommendation and approval of the Gram Sabha.
  2. Article 243A of the Constitution directly confers on the Gram Sabha the power to approve all development plans of the village Panchayat.
  • 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