UPSC Combined Section Officer

Match the following Lists:

List-I	List-II
P. Swamitva Yojana	1. Improving Centre-State linkages, partnership and accelerating MSME performance
Q. RAMP Scheme	2. ‘Records of Rights’ to village household owners with issuance of legal ownership
R. Samarth Yojana	3. To provide psychological support to school, college and university students for their mental health and well-being during the COVID outbreak and beyond
S. Manodarpan Scheme	4. To provide 5 lakhs certified and trained tyre mechanics by 2022

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

[amp_mcq option1=”P 2 Q 1 R 4 S 3″ option2=”P 2 Q 1 R 3 S 4″ option3=”P 3 Q 4 R 2 S 1″ option4=”P 3 Q 4 R 1 S 2″ correct=”option1″]

The correct match is P-2, Q-1, R-4, S-3.

– P. Swamitva Yojana: ‘Records of Rights’ to village household owners with issuance of legal ownership documents. This matches description 2.
– Q. RAMP Scheme: Raising and Accelerating MSME Performance (RAMP) is a World Bank-assisted Central Sector Scheme focusing on improving Centre-State linkages, partnership, and accelerating MSME performance. This matches description 1.
– S. Manodarpan Scheme: Launched by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (now Ministry of Education) as part of the Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan, it provides psychological support to students, teachers, and families for mental health and well-being. This matches description 3.
– R. Samarth Yojana: Scheme for Capacity Building in Textile Sector. Description 4 (“To provide 5 lakhs certified and trained tyre mechanics by 2022”) does not align with Samarth Yojana, which focuses on the textile industry. However, based on the correct matching of P, Q, and S in Option A, this option is the intended answer, suggesting a potential error in the description provided for R or the question itself.

Swamitva Scheme aims to provide an integrated property validation solution for rural India. RAMP aims to enhance the quality and delivery of MSME programmes. Manodarpan is crucial for addressing mental health challenges in the education sector, especially in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. Samarth Scheme aims to train approximately 10 lakh people, excluding spinning and weaving, in the organized and unorganized sectors of the textile industry.

The ‘Kisan Samman Nidhi’ scheme aims to provide direct income support to farmers who own cultivable land up to an extent of

[amp_mcq option1=”1 hectare” option2=”2 hectares” option3=”5 hectares” option4=”10 hectares” correct=”option2″]

The Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme was initially launched in February 2019 to provide income support to small and marginal farmer families across the country, defined as those having a combined landholding of up to 2 hectares. While the scheme was later universalized in June 2019 to cover all farmer families irrespective of land size (subject to certain exclusions), the initial and often referenced landholding limit for the targeted beneficiaries was 2 hectares.

PM-KISAN is a direct income support scheme for farmers.

The scheme provides a financial benefit of ₹6,000 per year, paid in three equal installments of ₹2,000 every four months. The universalization expanded the coverage significantly.

The ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan’ focuses on which of the following pillars?

• 1. Economy
• 2. Infrastructure
• 3. Demography
• 4. System
• 5. Demand

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

[amp_mcq option1=”1, 3 and 4 only” option2=”2, 4 and 5 only” option3=”1, 2, 3, 4 and 5″ option4=”3 and 5 only” correct=”option3″]

The ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan’ (Self-Reliant India Mission) announced by the Government of India is based on five key pillars. These five pillars are: 1. Economy (which envisages a quantitative jump, not incremental change), 2. Infrastructure (which must be modern), 3. System (which should be technology-driven), 4. Demography (which is vibrant), and 5. Demand (which must be utilized to its full potential). All five options listed in the question correspond to these official pillars.

The initiative aims at making India self-reliant across various sectors based on these five pillars.

The Abhiyan included economic stimulus packages and structural reforms across various sectors like agriculture, MSMEs, taxation, defense, space, etc.

The ‘Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY)’ provides insurance coverage to farmers against losses due to which of the following?

• 1. Earthquakes
• 2. Droughts
• 3. Floods
• 4. Cyclones

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

[amp_mcq option1=”1 only” option2=”2, 3 and 4 only” option3=”2 only” option4=”1, 2, 3 and 4″ correct=”option2″]

The Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) is a crop insurance scheme that provides comprehensive coverage against yield losses arising out of non-preventable risks. These risks include natural fire and lightning, storm, hailstorm, cyclone, typhoon, tempest, hurricane, tornado, flood, inundation, landslide, drought, dry spells, pests/disease. Therefore, Droughts (2), Floods (3), and Cyclones (4) are covered. Earthquakes (1) are typically not covered under this scheme.

PMFBY covers yield losses due to a wide range of natural calamities and risks.

The scheme also covers localized risks (like hailstorm, landslide, inundation) and post-harvest losses for certain crops due to specified perils.