1. The informal sector loans incorporate

2. The District Rural Development Agency is visualized as a …………………….agency.

3. Which of the following states in India is at the top in the list of those who availed credit through Self Help Groups (SHGs) ?

4. ………………..are instrumental in providing a more “human” face to the aspect of rural development.

5. Which among the following statement best describes NGO-DARPAN:

6. India’s tryst with rural planning is visible in 5 year plans prepared by …………….

7. Who among the following has pointed out the contradictory nature of the terms “self-help” and “support”?

8. ……………………..falls under the overall control of the CEO.

9. With regard to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), consider the following statements: 1.Its main objective is to promote policies that will improve the economic and social well-being of people around the world. 2.Its members include both most developed and emerging nations.

10. Service orientation deal with aspects related to provision of healthcare, family palnning or education services and people are expected to participate in its implementation as well as in receiving services.

11. Methods to rural planning include………….

12. Planning deals with ……………………

13. With reference to the District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee (DDCMC) or Disha, consider the following statements: 1.It aims to coordinate with Central and State and local Panchayat Governments, for successful and timely implementation of the schemes. 2.The Chairperson of the committee will be nominated by the Prime Minister Office. Which of the statements given above are correct?

14. The role of ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, will therefore be distinct from all the other agencies including Zilla Parishad.

15. Community based organization arise out of …………………….

16. ………………….is the principal organ at the district level to manage and oversee the implementation of different anti poverty programmes of the Ministry of Rural Development

17. NGO’s with Charitable Orientation focus on …………

18. Which of the following banks are part of the famous SHG-Bank linkage programme for microfinance in India ? 1. Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) 2. Cooperative banks 3. Commercial banks Select the correct option from the codes given below:

19. One of the delivery channel for Micro Finance is SHG model. SHG means?

20. ……………is defined as a self governed, peer controlled information group of people with similar socio economic background and having desire to collectively perform common purpose.

21. NGO’s with Services Orientation focus on ………….

22. Which of the following are the roles of Self Help Groups?

23. Union Budget as well as state budgets lay down their rural development plans along with ………………

24. NGO’s with Service Orientation focus on …………

25. In the self-help group, the loan and saving decisions are taken by