Astha Card Scheme MCQ - Practice Questions with Answers

Both statements are correct. The scheme is family-based, so one highly disabled individual alone does not establish this eligibility. There must be 2 or more specially-abled members in the family, and each relevant member must cross the stated threshold of 40% disability. Thus the member-count condition and the individual disability-percentage condition operate together.

The card targets a Rajasthan family with at least 2 specially-abled members, each having more than 40% disability, while annual family income must not exceed ₹1.20 lakh. Option A meets all three tests: residence, member-wise disability threshold, and income ceiling. The other options fail respectively on member count, the strict disability threshold, or income.

Option D is incorrect because the stipulated disability threshold is more than 40% for each relevant member, not exactly 40%. The other statements correctly describe the family as the eligibility unit, retain the annual family income ceiling of ₹1.20 lakh, and require at least 2 family members to satisfy the disability condition.

Statements 2, 3 and 4 are correct. The card enables an eligible family to obtain BPL-equivalent welfare access, the annual family income ceiling is ₹1.20 lakh, and the Jan Soochna Portal provides Astha Card status information. Statement 1 is false because eligibility is not universal: it requires a family with at least 2 members, each having more than 40% disability, along with the income condition.

Astha Card is an entitlement-facilitation mechanism: the eligible family is treated like a BPL family for access to benefits delivered through relevant government departments. It is therefore neither a separate pension nor a lump-sum grant. The key lies in distinguishing a status-enabling family card from an independent cash-transfer or employment-reservation programme.