Question : The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, now known as Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, was first enacted in the year______.
Option 1: 2000
Option 2: 2005
Option 3: 2009
Option 4: 2014
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Correct Answer: 2005
Solution : The correct option is 2005.
2005 saw the first enactment of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's UPA government put the act into effect in February 2006 after it was enacted on August 23, 2005, and the National Rural Employment Guarantee Bill, 2005, was subsequently introduced.
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Question : Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) is an employment scheme that was launched in 2005 to provide social security by guaranteeing a minimum of ________ days of paid work per year to all families whose adult members opt for unskilled labour-intensive work.
Option 1: 100
Option 2: 150
Option 3: 120
Option 4: 200
Question : Under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, how many minimum days of guaranteed wage employment in every financial year have to be provided to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work?
Option 1: 90
Option 2: 120
Option 3: 150
Option 4: 100
Question : In_______ the British government enacted legislation banning the use of printed cotton textiles - chintz - in England. Interestingly, this Act was known as the Calico Act.
Option 1: 1720
Option 2: 1700
Option 3: 1740
Option 4: 1730
Question : In which year was the Prevention of Terrorism Act(POTA) enacted?
Option 2: 2001
Option 3: 2002
Option 4: 2003
Question : Who was the founder of the Indian National Army?
Option 1: Jawahar Lal Nehru
Option 2: Subhas Chandra Bose
Option 3: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Option 4: Mahatma Gandhi
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