UPSC Social Justice – Chapter 5: Backward Classes, Minorities and Denotified Tribes (20 MCQs)
UPSC Social Justice – Chapter 5: Backward Classes, Minorities and Denotified Tribes (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 Mandal Commission was appointed under:
Correct Answer: D [Article 340]
Explanation:
Article 340 empowers the President to appoint a commission on backward classes; the Mandal Commission (1979) was appointed under it.
The income ceiling for the OBC creamy layer for central purposes since 2017 is:
Correct Answer: B [₹8 lakh a year]
Explanation:
The Union raised the creamy-layer income ceiling from ₹6 lakh to ₹8 lakh a year in September 2017, and it has not been revised since.
The Rohini Commission examined:
Correct Answer: B [sub-categorisation of OBCs]
Explanation:
The Rohini Commission, set up in October 2017 under Article 340, examined sub-categorisation of OBCs and reported in 2023.
Which community was notified as a minority under the NCM Act in 2014?
Correct Answer: C [Jains]
Explanation:
Jains were notified as the sixth minority community under the NCM Act in 2014; the other five were notified in 1993.
In which case did the Supreme Court hold that minorities are to be determined State-wise?
Correct Answer: A [T. M. A. Pai Foundation]
Explanation:
2002.
The Special Officer for Linguistic Minorities is provided for in:
Correct Answer: D [Article 350B]
Explanation:
Article 350B provides for a Special Officer for Linguistic Minorities, appointed by the President, to investigate their safeguards.
The Sachar Committee report (2006) dealt with:
Correct Answer: A [the social, economic and educational status of Muslims]
Explanation:
The Sachar Committee (appointed 2005) reported in November 2006 on the social, economic and educational status of Muslims in India.
The Criminal Tribes Act was first enacted in:
Correct Answer: D [1871]
Explanation:
The colonial Criminal Tribes Act was first enacted in 1871, branding whole communities as born criminals.
Under the 105th Amendment (2021), States regained the power to:
Correct Answer: C [prepare their own lists of socially and educationally backward classes]
Explanation:
The 105th Amendment (2021) amended Article 342A so that States and UTs can again prepare their own lists of backward classes.
Consider the following statements:
1. The Constitution does not define the term "minority".
2. The National Commission for Minorities is a statutory body.
3. Article 30 gives only religious minorities the right to run educational institutions.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Correct Answer: B [1 and 2 only]
Explanation:
Statements 1 and 2 are correct: the Constitution does not define minority, and the NCM is statutory under the NCM Act, 1992.
Assertion (A): The Rohini Commission was set up to examine sub-categorisation of OBCs.
Reason (R): A small number of castes were found to take a large share of the benefits of OBC reservation.
Correct Answer: A [Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A]
Explanation:
Both are true, and the concentration of OBC benefits in a few castes is why sub-categorisation was referred to the Rohini Commission.
The National Commission for Backward Classes was first set up as a statutory body in:
Correct Answer: C [1993]
Explanation:
The NCBC was first set up as a statutory body under the National Commission for Backward Classes Act, 1993.
OBC reservation in central educational institutions was provided by the:
Correct Answer: B [Central Educational Institutions (Reservation in Admission) Act, 2006]
Explanation:
This 2006 Act, enacted under Article 15(5), gave 27 per cent OBC reservation in central educational institutions such as IITs and IIMs.
Which commission recommended SC status for Dalit converts to other religions?
Correct Answer: D [Ranganath Misra Commission]
Explanation:
The Ranganath Misra Commission (report 2007) recommended delinking SC status from religion, so that Dalit converts would get SC status.
SEED is a scheme for the economic empowerment of:
Correct Answer: B [denotified, nomadic and semi-nomadic tribes]
Explanation:
SEED, launched in 2022, gives coaching, health insurance, livelihood and housing support to denotified, nomadic and semi-nomadic tribes.
Arrange the following in chronological order:
1. Sachar Committee report
2. Mandal Commission report
3. Criminal Tribes Act
4. National Commission for Minorities Act
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Correct Answer: C [3-2-4-1]
Explanation:
1871, 1980, 1992, 2006.
According to Census 2011, Muslims formed about what share of India's population?
Correct Answer: D [14.2 per cent]
Explanation:
Census 2011 recorded Muslims at about 14.2 per cent of India's population, the largest religious minority.
The communities covered by the Criminal Tribes Act were denotified in:
Correct Answer: A [1952]
Explanation:
The Criminal Tribes Laws (Repeal) Act, 1952 came into force on 31 August 1952, and the communities were denotified.
In Indra Sawhney v. Union of India (1992), the Supreme Court:
Correct Answer: D [upheld 27 per cent OBC reservation, subject to exclusion of the creamy layer and a 50 per cent ceiling]
Explanation:
Indra Sawhney upheld 27 per cent OBC reservation but excluded the creamy layer and capped total reservation at 50 per cent.
The National Commission for Minorities became a statutory body under an Act of:
Correct Answer: B [1992]
Explanation:
the NCM Act, 1992.
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