MCQs - 2026-05

NHM primarily focuses on strengthening health systems, reducing IMR and MMR, and providing universal access to healthcare. Promoting medical tourism is not a primary objective.

The National Health Mission (NHM) was launched in 2013 by subsuming the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) and the National Urban Health Mission (NUHM).

The PM-KISAN scheme is implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Government of India.

Under the PM-KISAN scheme, eligible farmer families receive ₹6,000 per year, paid in three equal installments of ₹2,000 each.

The PM-KISAN scheme was officially launched on February 24, 2019, by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, though it was announced in the interim budget of February 2019.

The ILO was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1969 on its 50th anniversary for improving fraternity among nations and seeking social justice for workers.

SDG 8 aims to promote sustained, inclusive, and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment, and decent work for all.

The International Labour Organization (ILO) is a UN agency whose mandate is to advance social and economic justice through setting international labour standards.

The first Labour Day in India was organized by the Labour Kisan Party of Hindustan in Madras (now Chennai) on May 1, 1923.

International Labour Day commemorates the 1886 Haymarket Affair in Chicago, where workers protested for an eight-hour workday.