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Border Area Development MCQ - Practice Questions with Answers
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Q1Which dated sequence correctly captures the Lok Sabha statement on VVP-I coverage in the Union Territory of Ladakh?
The correct dated sequence is 3 December 2024, VVP-I, Union Territory of Ladakh, and 35 villages. The sequences ending in 46 villages, 51 villages and 75 villages retain the date and programme frame but change the Ladakh coverage count, so they do not match the sourced fact.
Q2During 2020, the Ministry of Home Affairs got an evaluation study of the Border Area Development Programme done by which institution?
The cited PIB release says that, during 2020, the Ministry of Home Affairs got a BADP evaluation study done by the Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi. The National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj is a rural-development training institution, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration is the civil-service training academy, and the Institute of Secretariat Training and Management is a central training institute; none of these is named in the cited fact for this BADP evaluation study.
Q3For Rajasthan's BADP in financial year 2023-24, which sequence correctly arranges these figures from lowest to highest: amount utilised, allocation, total available funds, and works completed?
The cited Economic Review fact gives Rs. 13.21 crore utilised, Rs. 40.00 crore allocation, Rs. 60.90 crore total available funds, and 299 works completed. Arranged from lowest to highest, the correct sequence is utilised amount, allocation, total available funds, and completed works. Sequences that place allocation before utilisation, total available funds before allocation, or reverse the three financial figures break this numerical order.
Q4Assertion (A): The 2015 BADP modifications introduced an external quality-control layer for works under the programme. Reason (R): Third-party inspection and quality control were to be carried out by National Quality Monitors designated under the Ministry of Home Affairs. Choose the correct answer.
The Assertion is true because the 2015 changes added third-party inspection and quality control. The Reason is also true because this function was assigned to National Quality Monitors designated under the Ministry of Home Affairs, which directly explains the external quality-control layer. State public works departments, district vigilance bodies and finance-audit cells are plausible institutions, but they are not the designated third-party quality-control mechanism in this cited fact.
Q5Assertion: On 4 April 2025, the Union Cabinet approved Vibrant Villages Programme-II as a Central Sector Scheme. Reason: The approved scheme carries 100% Central funding. Choose the correct answer.
The Assertion is true because the Union Cabinet approval was on 4 April 2025 and the scheme approved was VVP-II as a Central Sector Scheme. The Reason is also true because the same fact states 100% Central funding. That funding feature directly supports the Central Sector Scheme description; denying either the date-scheme classification or the funding would contradict the cited PIB fact.
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6For applying the VVP-II coverage rule, which sequence is correct?
7According to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 302, what was the total Centre-share BADP allocation listed for financial year 2019-20, including the Reserve Fund and other charges?
8Match the Rajasthan BADP data points for 2019-20 with the figures stated in Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 302. List I 1. Centre-share allocation for Rajasthan 2. Villages covered in Rajasthan 3. Border-belt distance used for the village count List II P. Rs.38.53 crore Q. 1,213 villages R. 0-10 km S. Rs.990 crore Choose the correct code.
9Under the 2015 BADP modifications, State Governments were to monitor BADP schemes through which existing bodies?
10Match the entries with their correct VVP-II reference: List I 1. Rajasthan 2. Implementation setting List II P. One of the States listed for implementation Q. Select strategic villages along international land borders R. Only coastal settlements S. Villages outside border blocks Choose the correct code.
11Under the BADP Guidelines, 2020, after saturation of the 0-10 km villages, what is the correct outward sequence of habitation belts that States and UTs may take up from the International Boundary?
12As per the BADP Guidelines, 2020, match the programme coverage component with its correct figure.
13With reference to the October 2024 Rajasthan-Punjab border roads approval, consider the following statements. 1. It was expected to improve road and telecom connectivity. 2. It was expected to affect facilities for water supply, health and education. 3. It was announced as an irrigation-only package for canal command areas. Which of the statements are correct?
14On 9 October 2024, the Union Cabinet approved a road-construction package for border areas of Rajasthan and Punjab. Which combination of road length and investment was approved?
15For the BADP Guidelines, 2020, which sequence correctly captures the implementation chronology?