Question

Match List-I with List-II

List-I	List-II
(A) National Rural Employment Programme	(IV) Generate gainful employment and productive assets in rural areas
(B) Million Wells Scheme	(I) Provide open irrigation wells for small and marginal farmers
(C) Indira Awas Yojana	(III) Aimed at providing housing for the poor
(D) Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Programme	(II) Aim to create community assets for strengthening source infrastructure

• (A) - (I), (B) - (II), (C) - (III), (D) - (IV)
• (A) - (IV), (B) - (III), (C) - (II), (D) - (I)
• (A) - (II), (B) - (I), (C) - (III), (D) - (IV)
• (A) - (III), (B) - (I), (C) - (IV), (D) - (II)

Hint:

For questions on older government schemes, focus on the keywords in their names. "Awas" means housing, "Employment Guarantee" points to generating employment, and "Wells Scheme" points to irrigation. This helps in quick and accurate matching.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is C

Step 1: Analyzing and Matching Each Government Scheme:


(A) National Rural Employment Programme (NREP): Launched in 1980, this program aimed to generate employment in rural areas through the creation of durable community assets that would strengthen rural infrastructure. This matches with (II).
(B) Million Wells Scheme (MWS): Started in 1988-89, this was a specific scheme with the objective of constructing one million open irrigation wells for small and marginal farmers, free of cost, to boost agricultural productivity. This perfectly matches with (I).
(C) Indira Awas Yojana (IAY): Launched in 1985, this was a flagship rural housing scheme by the Government of India. Its primary objective was to provide financial assistance for the construction of houses for the poor in rural areas. This clearly matches with (III).
(D) Rural Landless Employment Guarantee Programme (RLEGP): Launched in 1983, this programme's objective was to guarantee employment for at least one member of every rural landless household for up to 100 days a year. It focused on generating gainful employment and creating productive assets in rural areas. This matches with (IV).

Step 2: Forming the Correct Combination:
The correct pairings are: A $\rightarrow$ II, B $\rightarrow$ I, C $\rightarrow$ III, D $\rightarrow$ IV.

Step 3: Final Answer:
Looking at the options, option (C) matches our derived sequence.