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1. According to the passage, which of the following are the objectives of most Rural Development Programmes ?
A. To promote urbanisation.
B. Provide training to youth.
C. Reducing uneployment.
Codes
(a) A and C                                         
(b) Only C                                           
(c) B and C
(d) All of these                                 
(e) Only A                                             
Ans (c)
2. As per the passage, the basic objectives of Rural Development Programmes have been alleviation of poverty and ……. through creation of basic social and economic infrastructure.
(a) dissemination                            
(b) unemployment                        
(c) attention
(d) infrastructure                            
(e) None of these                                         
Ans (b)
3. According to the passage, experiences of many countries suggest that technological development fuelled by demand has a higher ....... rate.
(a) dissemination                            
(b) promulgation                             
(c) promotion
(d) circulation                                   
(e) attenuation                                                
Ans (a)
4. Which of the fallowing is most opposite in meaning of the word given in the bold as used in the passage ?
Propagation
(a) Dissemination                            
(b) Promulgation                             
(c) Promotion
(d) Circulation                                   
(e) None of these                                             
Ans (e)
5.  Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. Urbanisation has resulted in a majority of Indian population living in urban areas.
B. The economic growth of the 10th Five Year Plan did not translate into proportionate rural development.
C. The efforts of the Government of India for poverty alleviation have been met with complete failure.
Codes
(a) A and B                                         
(b) Only C                                           
(c) A and C
(d) only B                                            
(e) All of these                                                  
Ans (c)
6. Which of the following is most nearly the same in meaning as the word given in the bold used in the passage ?
Touchstone
(a) Yardstick                                      
(b) Periphery                                    
(c) Sensitivity
(d) Weakness                                   
(e) Hurdle                                                      
Ans (a)
7.  According to the passage, what ails the process of technology aided development in rural areas?
A. Creation of demand for technology aided development in rural areas is missing.
B. There is lack of participation of rural people in the process of technology aided development.
C. There is a dearth of appropriate linkages needed for bringing about technology aided development.
Codes
(a) Only C                                           
(b) B and C                                         
(c) Only A
(d) A and B                                         
(e) All of these                                        
Ans (c)
8.  Which of the following can be the most suitable title for the passage?
(a) Technology in Rural India
(b) The Rural Indian Communities
(c) Rural Development—The Participative Way
(d) Rural India—lgnored by All the Stakeholders
(e) Rural Development—An Impossible Dream         
Ans (c)
9.  Which of the following is most nearly the same in meaning as the word given in the bold as used in the passage ?
Alleviation
(a) Reduction                                    
(b) Attenuation                                               
(c) Damp
(d) Diminish                                       
(e) Assuage                                       
Ans (a)
10. Which of the following is most opposite in meaning of the word given in bold as used in the passage ?
Equitable
(a) Troubled                                      
(b) Unfair                                           
(c) Separated
(d) Futuristic                                     
(e) Just                  
Ans (b)
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