राज्यसेवा मुख्य परीक्षा २०१५ GS-3

What are the prohibitions imposed by Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act 1986 ?

(a) Work between 7 pm to 8 am

(b) Over time working

(c) Work for more than 3 hours

(d) One hour interval for rest

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Which of the following statements is/are correct?

(a) Objective of an integrated programme for older persons implemented since 1992 is to improve the quality of life of senior citizens by providing them with basic amenities.

(b) New National Old Age Pension Scheme for all persons above 65 years of age, irrespective of their economic status is being implemented since 2007

(c) UN defines a country as an 'Ageing Nation' when the proportion of elderly
population over 60 years of age reaches 7% of the total population,

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Programme for the rehabilitation of the handicapped includes:

(a) Scholarship to pursue education

(b) Reservation in the Govt./public sector to the extent of 3.5%.

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Which of the following statements need correction ?
(a) The vow given by Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar to his followers, forbade them from stealing, telling lies and committing carnal sins.
(b) Dalits are segregated in all spheres of social life: places of worship, education, housing, land ownership, though not officially.
(c) National Policy on Education1986 aimed at universalenrolment of 75% dalit children in the age group of 6-11 and enrolment of all the children in the 11-14 age groups.
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What is not correct about Helpage India (HAI) ?

(a) HAI was established in 1978.

(b) It was born out of the initiative taken by the British charity.

(c) It attends to the elderly people and also undertakes funding.

(d) The aged include destitutes, the aged blind, the aged leprosy patients, the aged cancer patients and the aged patients in the geriatric hospitals.

(e) It helps individuals and also provides funds to the organisations working for the elderly people.

(f) Its head office is at New Delhi

(g) Its branch offices are at Bombay, Bangalore, Calcutta, Delhi, Hyderabad and Madras.
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Prominent Organisations working for the scheduled tribes are :

(a) Bharatiya Adimjati Sevak Sangh, New Delhi

(b) The Nilgiris Adivasi Welfare Association, Kotagiri (Tamil Nadu)

(c) Sarmatol Foundation, Mumbai

(d) Banasthali Vidyapith (Rajasthan)

(e) Ramakrishna Mission, Shillong

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What is the aim of Rehabilitation as defined by Persons with Disabilities Act 1995 ?
(a) Enabling persons with disabilities to reach and maintain their optimal organisational, structural and functional levels
(b) Providing financial assistance to NGOs, working in the field of rehabilitation of the disabled persons.
(c) Enabling persons with disabilities to reach and maintain their optimal physical, sensory, intellectual, psychiatric or social functional levels.
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Which of the following legislations contain rights of the disabled persons and which provide safe guards to the disabled persons ?
(a) Persons with Disabilities Act 1994
(b) Legal Service Authorities Act 1987
(c) Mental Health Act 1987
(d) Rehabilitation Council of India Act 1992

Which of the following statements is/are true ?

(a) It is obligatory for all the Public Sector Units to register their vacancies with
employment exchanges.

(b) Entire Private Sector is also expected to register their vacancies with employment exchanges.

(c) Industrial Sector Private Units are expected to register their vacancies with employment exchanges.

(d) Those non-agricultural Units in Private Sectors having more than 25 workers are expected to register their vacancies with employment exchanges.

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What is not correct about the scheme of Development of Women and Children in Rural Areas (DWCRA) ? 

Centrally sponsored schemes for Scheduled Tribes include:

(a) Girls Hostels 

(b) Research and Training

(c) Aid to Voluntary Organizations

(d) Technical Education

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Which of the following Central Unions are involved in various activities such as organising unskilled workers, lobbying for legislations to improve their working conditions, wages and social security ?

(a) BMS and INTUC - are involved in lobbying for legislations to improve their working conditions

(b) CITU and AITUC - are involved in organising unskilled workers

(c) HMS and BMS - are involved in work related with wages and social security 

(d) all the above central unions are involved in the above cited various activities. 

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Which of the following are ensured and are under the purview of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act 2007 ?

(a) Need based maintenance for Parents and senior citizens and their welfare.

(b) Protection of the property of senior citizens

(c) Keeping senior citizens in the old age homes

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Which of the following statements is not correct ?

(a) Proposed Equal Opportunity Commission was supposed to address grievances of the deprived groups.

(b) Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (Education for all) 2000, focusses on marginalised children's education.

(c) Indian Forest Act 1927 and Forest Conservation Act 1980 contain rights and safe guards for scheduled tribes.

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Which one of the following two statements is correct?

(a) The 15 point programme for the welfare of the minorities was formulated as a Prime Minister by Mr. V.P. Singh.

(b) The 15 point programme advised giving special consideration to the minorities in the recruitment.
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(a) Mental Health Act was in application prior to the enactment of the Persons with Disabilities Act.

(b) Leprosy cured' are also covered under the Persons with Disabilities Act.

(c) Incomplete development of mind of a person which is specially characterised by subnormality of intelligence, means mental illness.

Which of the above statements are correct?

______have together caused serious problems for the aged.

(a) The disintegration system of joint families.

(b) Rapid industrialisation and Urbanisation.

(c) Changing social values.

(d) Increasing proportion of women going out of home for work.

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(i) Accidental deaths by unnatural causes among the persons aged 60 years and above is a cause of concern in India.

(ii) Abuse of old persons is grossly under reported in India as it is often regarded as public affair not to be discussed with others.

Which words in the above statements need to be replaced in order to correct them?

(a) Correction in statement (i) = unnatural to be replaced with natural.

(b) Correction in statement (ii) = public affair to be replaced by private affair,

(c) Correction in statement (ii) = grossly under reported to be replaced with correctly reported

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Match the following: 

Which of the following facilities are provided to the senior citizens ?

(a) Senior Citizens Saving Scheme Account in Indian Post offices

(b) Income tax rebate upto rs3 lakh p.a.

(c) 50% concession in all mail/express trains

(d) Reserved seats in state transport buses

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