Arrange the following schemes launched by Government of India in chronological order and choose the correct answer from the codes given below: I. Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana II. Atal Pension Yojana III. Make in India IV. Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana

The correct order is IV, III, I, II, which is option A. Launch dates: Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana was launched on 28 August 2014. Make in India followed on 25 September 2014. Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana was launched on 22 January 2015 under Beti Bachao Beti Padhao. Atal Pension Yojana was launched on 9 May 2015.

Why the other options fail:

• B places Sukanya Samriddhi (2015) before Jan-Dhan (2014), which is wrong.
• C places Atal Pension Yojana (May 2015) before Sukanya Samriddhi (January 2015), which is wrong.
• D places Make in India (September 2014) after schemes launched in 2015, which is wrong.

The core concept is simple date recall, but it is useful for Prelims because these schemes sit in the financial inclusion and social security syllabus. For Mains, Jan-Dhan, APY and SSY are good examples when discussing the pension gap in the unorganised sector and the link between direct benefit transfer and banking access.

Trap: Aspirants often confuse Atal Pension Yojana with its earlier version, Swavalamban Yojana (2010), and so place it too early. Remember that the APY name and launch date belong to 2015.