Question

Arrange these rural development programmes chronologically starting from the latest to the earliest:
(A) IADP (Intensive Agricultural District Programme)
(B) IRDP (Integrated Rural Development Programme)
(C) PMGSY (Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana)
(D) SFDA (Small Farmers Development Agency)

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

• A. (C), (D), (B), (A).
• B. (C), (B), (D), (A).
• C. (C), (A), (D), (B).
• D. (C), (A), (B), (D).

Hint:

Rural programmes timeline: PMGSY (2000) $\to$ IRDP (1978–79) $\to$ SFDA (1971) $\to$ IADP (1960).

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

Step 1: PMGSY, 2000, is the most recent, fixing the first position as (C).
Step 2: IADP, 1960, is the oldest, fixing the last position as (A), this rules out options (1) and (3).
Step 3: IRDP, 1978-79, is more recent than SFDA, 1971, so IRDP comes before SFDA.
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