UPSC Social Justice – Chapter 3: Scheduled Castes – Protection, Institutions and Welfare (22 MCQs)
UPSC Social Justice – Chapter 3: Scheduled Castes – Protection, Institutions and Welfare (22 MCQs) – 22 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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Under Article 341, the castes deemed to be Scheduled Castes in a State are specified by the:
Correct Answer: A [President]
Explanation:
after consulting the Governor.
Buddhists were included in the Scheduled Caste lists in:
Correct Answer: B [1990]
Explanation:
The Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order was amended in 1990 to include Buddhists, after Sikhs had been added in 1956.
Under Rule 7 of the SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Rules, 1995, an offence under the Atrocities Act must be investigated by a police officer not below the rank of:
Correct Answer: C [Deputy Superintendent of Police]
Explanation:
Rule 7(1) requires investigation by a police officer not below the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police.
Section 18A of the SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act was added in:
Correct Answer: D [2018]
Explanation:
The SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act, 2018 inserted Section 18A to undo the Mahajan judgment.
Which State has the highest share of Scheduled Castes in its population (Census 2011)?
Correct Answer: D [Punjab]
Explanation:
about 32 per cent.
The law that extended the ban on manual scavenging to sewers and septic tanks is the:
Correct Answer: C [Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013]
Explanation:
The 2013 Act widened the definition of manual scavenging to cover sewers and septic tanks and added rehabilitation.
In Dr. Balram Singh v. Union of India (2023), the compensation for a sewer death was raised to:
Correct Answer: C [₹30 lakh]
Explanation:
In Dr. Balram Singh (2023) the Supreme Court raised compensation for each sewer death from ₹10 lakh to ₹30 lakh.
The Special Component Plan for Scheduled Castes began in:
Correct Answer: D [1979]
Explanation:
The Special Component Plan for SCs began in 1979; it later became the SCSP and, from 2017–18, the DAPSC.
Under Stand-Up India, refinance is provided through:
Correct Answer: A [SIDBI]
Explanation:
SIDBI provides the refinance window for bank loans given under Stand-Up India.
Consider the following statements:
1. Sikhs were included in the Scheduled Caste lists in 1956.
2. Only Parliament can add a caste to the Scheduled Caste list of a State.
3. Scheduled Tribe status, like SC status, depends on the religion of the person.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Correct Answer: B [1 and 2 only]
Explanation:
Sikhs were added in 1956 and Article 341(2) lets only Parliament alter the list; ST status has no religious condition.
Assertion (A): Parliament inserted Section 18A in the Atrocities Act in 2018.
Reason (R): The Supreme Court's 2018 judgment in Subhash Kashinath Mahajan had allowed a preliminary inquiry and anticipatory bail in some cases.
Correct Answer: A [Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A]
Explanation:
Both are true, and Parliament inserted Section 18A precisely to reverse the Mahajan judgment's preliminary inquiry and anticipatory bail.
NAMASTE is a scheme related to:
Correct Answer: A [mechanised sanitation and safety of sanitation workers]
Explanation:
NAMASTE (National Action for Mechanised Sanitation Ecosystem) aims at zero deaths through mechanisation and safety of sanitation workers.
PM-AJAY does NOT include which of the following components?
Correct Answer: D [Post-matric scholarships]
Explanation:
a separate scheme.
The Supreme Court upheld the 2018 amendment to the Atrocities Act in:
Correct Answer: D [Prathvi Raj Chauhan]
Explanation:
In Prathvi Raj Chauhan v. Union of India (2020) the Supreme Court upheld the 2018 amendment inserting Section 18A.
The National Commission for Safai Karamcharis was first set up in:
Correct Answer: B [1994]
Explanation:
The NCSK was first constituted on 12 August 1994 under the National Commission for Safai Karamcharis Act, 1993.
Arrange the following in chronological order:
1. SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act
2. Renaming as the Protection of Civil Rights Act
3. Untouchability (Offences) Act
4. Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Correct Answer: C [3-2-1-4]
Explanation:
1955, 1976, 1989, 2013.
According to Census 2011, Scheduled Castes formed about what share of India's population?
Correct Answer: A [16.6 per cent]
Explanation:
Census 2011 counted about 20.1 crore Scheduled Castes, 16.6 per cent of India's population.
Stand-Up India provides bank loans for a greenfield enterprise in the range of:
Correct Answer: B [₹10 lakh to ₹1 crore]
Explanation:
Stand-Up India gives bank loans between ₹10 lakh and ₹1 crore for a greenfield enterprise.
The Guruvayur Satyagraha for temple entry took place in:
Correct Answer: B [1931–32]
Explanation:
the Guruvayur Satyagraha of 1931–32 led the temple-entry movement.
The Vaikom Satyagraha (1924–25), an early struggle against untouchability, took place in:
Correct Answer: C [Travancore]
Explanation:
Vaikom, 1924–25.
Rashtriya Garima Abhiyaan is a national campaign to:
Correct Answer: C [eradicate the practice of manual scavenging and rehabilitate the manual scavengers.]
Explanation:
the campaign works to end manual scavenging and rehabilitate those freed from it.
With reference to 'Stand Up India Scheme' which of the following statements is/are correct?
1. Its purpose is to promote entrepreneurship among SC/ST and women entrepreneurs.
2. It provides for refinancing through SIDBI.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Correct Answer: C [Both 1 and 2]
Explanation:
the scheme supports SC, ST and women entrepreneurs, and SIDBI provides refinance.
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