UPSC Social Justice – Chapter 19: Delivering Welfare – Targeting, DBT and Performance of Schemes (20 MCQs)
UPSC Social Justice – Chapter 19: Delivering Welfare – Targeting, DBT and Performance of Schemes (20 MCQs) – 20 questions, subject: Social Justice. Every question has the correct answer with a one-line explanation; tap "Show Answer". Free practice for TNPSC, UPSC, SSC, Bank and RRB exams – Shanmugam IAS Academy, Coimbatore.
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When a non-poor household receives benefits meant for the poor, it is called:
Correct Answer: B [inclusion error]
Explanation:
An inclusion error occurs when ineligible, non-poor households are wrongly included among the beneficiaries of a targeted scheme.
Which scheme is the clearest example of self-targeting?
Correct Answer: C [The rural employment guarantee]
Explanation:
only those willing to do manual work apply.
The Socio-Economic and Caste Census 2011 identified the deprived using:
Correct Answer: D [automatic exclusion and inclusion criteria and deprivation indicators]
Explanation:
SECC 2011 used no poverty line; it combined automatic exclusion, automatic inclusion and deprivation indicators to rank households.
Direct Benefit Transfer was launched on:
Correct Answer: D [1 January 2013]
Explanation:
According to the DBT Mission, Cabinet Secretariat, Direct Benefit Transfer was started on 1 January 2013.
Section 7 of the Aadhaar Act, 2016 deals with:
Correct Answer: B [Aadhaar authentication for subsidies and benefits paid from the Consolidated Fund of India]
Explanation:
Section 7 lets governments require Aadhaar authentication for subsidies, benefits or services funded from the Consolidated Fund, with alternatives if Aadhaar is absent.
In the Puttaswamy (Aadhaar) case of 2018, the Supreme Court:
Correct Answer: D [upheld Section 7 but struck down compulsory linking for bank accounts and mobiles]
Explanation:
The majority upheld Section 7 for welfare benefits but struck down mandatory Aadhaar linking of bank accounts and mobile numbers.
The JAM trinity consists of:
Correct Answer: C [Jan Dhan, Aadhaar, Mobile]
Explanation:
JAM stands for Jan Dhan bank accounts, Aadhaar identity and Mobile phones, which together let DBT pay verified beneficiaries directly.
The committee that in 2015 found large leakages in the PDS and suggested a gradual move to cash transfers was chaired by:
Correct Answer: D [Shanta Kumar]
Explanation:
The Shanta Kumar High Level Committee on restructuring FCI (January 2015) found 40–50% PDS leakage and suggested gradual cash transfers.
A Universal Basic Income was discussed in detail in the:
Correct Answer: A [Economic Survey 2016–17]
Explanation:
Chapter 9 of the Economic Survey 2016–17 discussed Universal Basic Income in detail as an alternative to many small schemes.
Consider the following statements:
1. PM-KISAN pays ₹6,000 a year to eligible farmers in three instalments.
2. The Development Monitoring and Evaluation Office is attached to NITI Aayog.
3. The Outcome Budget was first introduced in 2015.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Correct Answer: B [1 and 2 only]
Explanation:
PM-KISAN pays ₹6,000 a year in three instalments and DMEO is attached to NITI Aayog; the Outcome Budget began in 2005.
Assertion (A): Direct Benefit Transfer can reduce leakages in welfare schemes.
Reason (R): DBT credits benefits straight into the bank accounts of verified beneficiaries, cutting out middlemen.
Correct Answer: A [Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A]
Explanation:
Both are true, and paying verified accounts directly removes middlemen and fake beneficiaries, which is exactly why leakages fall.
In S. Subramaniam Balaji v. State of Tamil Nadu (2013), the Supreme Court held that promises of free goods in election manifestos:
Correct Answer: B [are not a corrupt practice, and asked the Election Commission to frame guidelines]
Explanation:
The 2013 judgment held such promises are not corrupt practices under Section 123 of the RP Act and directed the Election Commission to frame guidelines.
The Public Financial Management System (PFMS) is used for:
Correct Answer: C [tracking and releasing scheme funds, including DBT payments]
Explanation:
PFMS is the Government's system for releasing and tracking scheme funds, and DBT payments into beneficiaries' accounts flow through it.
Which body evaluates centrally sponsored schemes on behalf of NITI Aayog?
Correct Answer: A [Development Monitoring and Evaluation Office]
Explanation:
DMEO, set up in 2015 as an attached office of NITI Aayog, monitors and evaluates centrally sponsored schemes.
Old-age and disability pensions given to everyone in a category are examples of:
Correct Answer: D [categorical targeting]
Explanation:
Giving a benefit to everyone in a defined group, such as an age or disability category, is categorical targeting.
The first BPL census of rural households was conducted in:
Correct Answer: B [1992]
Explanation:
The Ministry of Rural Development held the first BPL census of rural households in 1992, using an income-based approach.
Arrange the following in chronological order:
1. Aadhaar Act
2. Direct Benefit Transfer
3. Puttaswamy (Aadhaar) judgment
4. Outcome Budget
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Correct Answer: C [4-2-1-3]
Explanation:
2005, 2013, 2016, 2018.
Which of the following is an argument for giving food in kind rather than cash?
Correct Answer: C [It protects households against food price inflation]
Explanation:
Grain in kind keeps its value when food prices rise, whereas a fixed cash transfer buys less during inflation.
SECC 2011 data are used to select beneficiaries for:
Correct Answer: A [PMAY-Gramin and PM-JAY]
Explanation:
PMAY-Gramin and PM-JAY identify their beneficiaries from SECC 2011 deprivation and automatic-inclusion data.
The Public Distribution System was converted into the Targeted PDS in:
Correct Answer: C [1997]
Explanation:
June 1997.
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