2023
1)
Consider the following statements:
1. The
Self-Help Group (SHG) programme was originally initiated by the State Bank of
India by providing microcredit to the financially deprived.
2. In an
SHG, all members of a group take responsibility for a loan that an individual
member takes.
3. The
Regional Rural Banks and Scheduled Commercial Banks support SHGs.
How
many of the above statements are correct?
a. Only
one
b. Only
two
c. All
three
d. None
Ans: b
2)
Consider the following:
1. Demographic
performance
2. Forest
and ecology
3. Governance
reforms
4. Stable
government
5. Tax
and fiscal efforts
For the horizontal tax devolution, the Fifteenth Finance
Commission used how many of the above as criteria other than population area
and income distance?
a. Only
two
b. Only
three
c. Only
four
d. All
'five
Ans: b