20 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) on Family and Child Welfare Programs

20 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) on Family and Child Welfare Programs

1. Which government scheme in India provides cash incentives to pregnant women for institutional delivery and postnatal care?

A) Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakram
B) Janani Suraksha Yojana
C) Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana
D) Beti Bachao Beti Padhao

Answer: B) Janani Suraksha Yojana

2. Which scheme aims to provide free healthcare to mothers and newborns in government hospitals?

A) Janani Suraksha Yojana
B) Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakram
C) Integrated Child Development Services
D) Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana

Answer: B) Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakram

3. What is the primary objective of the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) scheme?

A) Providing higher education to girls
B) Ensuring free vaccination for newborns
C) Providing nutrition, health, and preschool education to children under 6 years
D) Offering financial assistance to working mothers

Answer: C) Providing nutrition, health, and preschool education to children under 6 years

4. Which scheme provides conditional maternity benefit of ₹5,000 to pregnant and lactating mothers for the first live birth?

A) Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana
B) Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana
C) Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls
D) Mahila Shakti Kendra

Answer: B) Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana

5. The POSHAN Abhiyaan is primarily focused on addressing which issue?

A) Child labor
B) Malnutrition among women and children
C) Maternal mortality
D) Gender inequality

Answer: B) Malnutrition among women and children

6. Which initiative aims to empower adolescent girls by improving their nutritional and health status?

A) Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls (SABLA)
B) Beti Bachao Beti Padhao
C) Balika Samriddhi Yojana
D) Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana

Answer: A) Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls (SABLA)

7. Under which act is the Mid-Day Meal Scheme implemented to provide nutritious food to school children?

A) The National Food Security Act, 2013
B) The Juvenile Justice Act, 2015
C) The Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986
D) The Right to Education Act, 2009

Answer: A) The National Food Security Act, 2013

8. Which scheme promotes girl child education and aims to prevent female feticide in India?

A) Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana
B) Beti Bachao Beti Padhao
C) Balika Samriddhi Yojana
D) Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana

Answer: B) Beti Bachao Beti Padhao

9. What is the primary focus of the National Nutrition Mission (POSHAN Abhiyaan)?

A) Providing cash assistance to poor families
B) Reducing malnutrition and anemia among children and mothers
C) Providing scholarships to girl children
D) Ensuring primary education for all children

Answer: B) Reducing malnutrition and anemia among children and mothers

10. Which scheme is designed to support children in need of care and protection, including orphaned, abandoned, and surrendered children?

A) National Creche Scheme
B) Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS)
C) Balika Samriddhi Yojana
D) Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana

Answer: B) Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS)

11. What is the main objective of the National Creche Scheme?

A) Providing free education for orphaned children
B) Offering financial assistance to single mothers
C) Providing daycare facilities for working mothers’ children
D) Promoting adolescent nutrition programs

Answer: C) Providing daycare facilities for working mothers’ children

12. Under which scheme are cash benefits provided to girls from economically weaker sections to support their education?

A) Beti Bachao Beti Padhao
B) Balika Samriddhi Yojana
C) Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana
D) National Child Labour Project

Answer: B) Balika Samriddhi Yojana

13. Which program provides financial assistance to poor families for the marriage of their daughters?

A) Janani Suraksha Yojana
B) Rashtriya Mahila Kosh
C) Mukhya Mantri Kanya Vivah Yojana
D) Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana

Answer: C) Mukhya Mantri Kanya Vivah Yojana

14. What is the main goal of Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana?

A) Providing free higher education for girls
B) Encouraging parents to save for their daughters’ future education and marriage
C) Offering free health services to adolescent girls
D) Preventing child marriage

Answer: B) Encouraging parents to save for their daughters’ future education and marriage

15. Which initiative provides free education, skill training, and healthcare to children affected by child labor?

A) National Child Labour Project (NCLP)
B) Beti Bachao Beti Padhao
C) Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana
D) Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana

Answer: A) National Child Labour Project (NCLP)

16. The Rashtriya Mahila Kosh provides which of the following?

A) Microfinance to women for self-employment
B) Cash incentives for child nutrition
C) Scholarships for girls in rural areas
D) Monthly pensions for widowed women

Answer: A) Microfinance to women for self-employment

17. What is the objective of the Childline 1098 service?

A) Providing healthcare to malnourished children
B) Offering emergency assistance to children in distress
C) Ensuring primary education for all children
D) Protecting children from labor exploitation

Answer: B) Offering emergency assistance to children in distress

18. Which scheme aims at improving the survival, protection, and education of girls?

A) Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana
B) Beti Bachao Beti Padhao
C) National Child Labour Project
D) Integrated Child Development Services

Answer: B) Beti Bachao Beti Padhao

19. What does the Kishori Shakti Yojana primarily focus on?

A) Skill development and nutrition for adolescent girls
B) Providing microfinance to women
C) Establishing free healthcare centers for children
D) Encouraging institutional deliveries

Answer: A) Skill development and nutrition for adolescent girls

20. What is the key objective of the Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK)?

A) Providing free health check-ups and treatment for children
B) Offering financial assistance to pregnant women
C) Providing scholarships for rural children
D) Ensuring gender equality in primary education

Answer: A) Providing free health check-ups and treatment for children

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