UPSC Social Justice – Chapter 2: The Welfare State and Social Sector Spending (20 MCQs)
UPSC Social Justice – Chapter 2: The Welfare State and Social Sector Spending (20 MCQs) – 20 questions, subject: Social Justice. Every question has the correct answer with a one-line explanation; tap "Show Answer". Free practice for TNPSC, UPSC, SSC, Bank and RRB exams – Shanmugam IAS Academy, Coimbatore.
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The Beveridge Report, which named the "five giants", was published in:
Correct Answer: A [1942]
Explanation:
William Beveridge's report appeared in 1942, during the Second World War, and named the five giants including Want and Disease.
Which of the following was NOT one of Beveridge's five giants?
Correct Answer: B [Inequality]
Explanation:
Beveridge's five giants were Want, Disease, Ignorance, Squalor and Idleness; inequality was not one of them.
The Community Development Programme was launched in:
Correct Answer: C [1952]
Explanation:
2 October 1952.
The term "JAM trinity" was used in the Economic Survey of:
Correct Answer: D [2014–15]
Explanation:
The Economic Survey 2014–15 coined the 'JAM trinity' – Jan Dhan accounts, Aadhaar and mobile phones – for targeted transfers.
Direct Benefit Transfer began on:
Correct Answer: A [1 January 2013]
Explanation:
Direct Benefit Transfer was launched on 1 January 2013 to send benefits straight into beneficiaries' bank accounts.
Under the 2016 rationalisation, MGNREGA was placed among the:
Correct Answer: D [core of the core schemes]
Explanation:
The 2016 rationalisation put MGNREGA among the six core-of-the-core schemes, alongside NSAP and the umbrella schemes for SCs, STs and minorities.
The usual Centre:State funding ratio for core centrally sponsored schemes in north-eastern States is:
Correct Answer: C [90:10]
Explanation:
Since 2016, core centrally sponsored schemes in the eight north-eastern and three Himalayan States are shared 90:10 between Centre and State.
The National Health Policy 2017 set a target for public health spending of:
Correct Answer: D [2.5 per cent of GDP]
Explanation:
National Health Policy 2017 set a target of raising public health spending to 2.5 per cent of GDP by 2025.
The target of 6 per cent of GDP for public spending on education was first recommended by the:
Correct Answer: A [Kothari Commission]
Explanation:
1966.
Consider the following statements:
1. The National Food Security Act covers up to 75 per cent of the rural population.
2. The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act was passed in 2009.
3. The Forest Rights Act was passed before MGNREGA.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Correct Answer: B [1 and 2 only]
Explanation:
NFSA covers up to 75 per cent of rural people and RTE dates from 2009; FRA (2006) came after MGNREGA (2005).
Assertion (A): MGNREGA (2005) was described as a rights-based law.
Reason (R): It gave every rural household a legal entitlement to wage work and an unemployment allowance if work is not provided.
Correct Answer: A [Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A]
Explanation:
MGNREGA is called rights-based precisely because it made wage work a legal entitlement, backed by an unemployment allowance.
A scheme fully funded and implemented by the Union government is called a:
Correct Answer: B [central sector scheme]
Explanation:
for example PM-KISAN.
The Economic Survey that discussed universal basic income in a full chapter was:
Correct Answer: D [2016–17]
Explanation:
The Economic Survey 2016–17 devoted a full chapter to universal basic income as an alternative to many welfare schemes.
Compulsory social insurance for sickness and old age was first introduced in the 1880s by:
Correct Answer: D [Germany]
Explanation:
Bismarck.
The Supreme Court case on pre-poll welfare promises that arose from Tamil Nadu (2013) is:
Correct Answer: A [S. Subramaniam Balaji v. Government of Tamil Nadu]
Explanation:
S. Subramaniam Balaji (2013), arising from Tamil Nadu poll promises of free goods, held them not a corrupt practice and sought ECI guidelines.
Arrange the following in chronological order:
1. MGNREGA
2. National Food Security Act
3. Community Development Programme
4. Right to Education Act
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Correct Answer: C [3-1-4-2]
Explanation:
1952, 2005, 2009, 2013.
The right-to-food litigation in the Supreme Court that began in 2001 is known as:
Correct Answer: B [PUCL v. Union of India]
Explanation:
PUCL v. Union of India, filed in 2001, produced orders that turned mid-day meals and ration schemes into legal entitlements.
Which approach treats the citizen as a rights-holder who can claim a benefit in law?
Correct Answer: C [Rights-based approach]
Explanation:
The rights-based approach makes the citizen a rights-holder whose benefit is a legal entitlement with grievance redress.
The National Social Assistance Programme was launched in:
Correct Answer: B [1995]
Explanation:
15 August 1995.
The Directive Principle that the State shall promote the welfare of the people by securing a social order based on social, economic and political justice is in:
Correct Answer: A [Article 38]
Explanation:
Article 38 asks the State to secure a social order in which social, economic and political justice informs all national institutions.
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