Swachh Bharat Mission Grameen MCQ - Practice Questions with Answers

Swachh Bharat Mission Grameen was launched on 2 October 2014 by modifying and restructuring the erstwhile Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan. Its Phase I sought universal rural sanitation coverage, sustained toilet use and elimination of open defecation by 2 October 2019. Therefore, option B identifies the direct predecessor correctly.

The official parliamentary annexure lists Rajasthan with 43,463 mission villages. Its ODF Plus distribution was 281 Aspiring, 83 Rising and 42,417 Model villages, adding to 42,781 ODF Plus villages. Option C preserves every category and count; the other choices either swap categories or confuse the ODF Plus subtotal with all mission villages.

Statement 1 is correct because the Phase II norm provides ₹12,000 to each new eligible household for constructing an individual household latrine, including provision for water storage and hygiene. Statement 2 is also correct: in general states this amount is shared 60:40, yielding ₹7,200 from the Centre and ₹4,800 from the State. Thus both statements are correct.

All three rungs require continued ODF status. Aspiring adds an arrangement for either solid or liquid waste management; Rising requires both. Model retains both arrangements and additionally requires minimal litter and stagnant wastewater, no public plastic dump, and displayed ODF Plus messages. Hence option D alone states the complete ladder accurately.

Option B is incorrect. At district level the Zila Panchayat implements the mission, but if it is not functional, the District Water and Sanitation Mission may implement it; direct implementation only by the Union Ministry is not the stated arrangement. The other statements correctly describe the Eleventh Schedule link and the roles of Panchayat Samitis and Gram Panchayats.