UPSC Social Justice – Chapter 8: Persons with Disabilities (20 MCQs)
UPSC Social Justice – Chapter 8: Persons with Disabilities (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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India ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in:
Correct Answer: A [2007]
Explanation:
India ratified the UNCRPD on 1 October 2007, a year after the UN General Assembly adopted it in December 2006.
How many disabilities are specified under the RPwD Act, 2016?
Correct Answer: B [21]
Explanation:
The Schedule of the RPwD Act, 2016 lists 21 specified disabilities, up from 7 in the 1995 Act.
A "benchmark disability" under the RPwD Act means at least:
Correct Answer: C [40 per cent disability]
Explanation:
The RPwD Act defines benchmark disability as not less than 40 per cent of a specified disability, as certified.
Reservation for persons with benchmark disabilities in government jobs under the 2016 Act is:
Correct Answer: D [4 per cent]
Explanation:
Section 34 of the RPwD Act requires at least 4 per cent of vacancies to be reserved for persons with benchmark disabilities.
The National Trust Act, 1999 covers persons with:
Correct Answer: A [autism, cerebral palsy, intellectual disability and multiple disabilities]
Explanation:
The National Trust Act, 1999 covers only autism, cerebral palsy, intellectual disability and multiple disabilities.
The Accessible India Campaign was launched on:
Correct Answer: B [3 December 2015]
Explanation:
International Day of Persons with Disabilities.
"Relief of the disabled and unemployable" is listed in the:
Correct Answer: B [State List]
Explanation:
Entry 9.
Under the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017, a person who attempts suicide is:
Correct Answer: C [presumed to be under severe stress and not punished]
Explanation:
Section 115 of the Mental Healthcare Act presumes severe stress in a person attempting suicide, who shall not be tried or punished.
Reservation for persons with disabilities is described as:
Correct Answer: D [horizontal]
Explanation:
Disability reservation cuts across the vertical SC, ST, OBC, EWS and general categories, so it is horizontal.
Consider the following statements:
1. The RPwD Act provides at least 5 per cent reservation in higher educational institutions.
2. Acid attack victims are covered under the RPwD Act.
3. The PwD Act, 1995 was enacted after India ratified the UNCRPD.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Correct Answer: B [1 and 2 only]
Explanation:
The RPwD Act gives at least 5 per cent higher-education seats and covers acid attack victims; the 1995 Act preceded the UNCRPD.
Assertion (A): The RPwD Act, 2016 replaced the PwD Act, 1995.
Reason (R): India had to bring its law in line with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which it ratified in 2007.
Correct Answer: A [Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A]
Explanation:
The RPwD Act, 2016 repealed the 1995 Act to harmonise Indian law with the UNCRPD ratified in 2007, so R explains A.
Who hears complaints about violation of the rights of persons with disabilities at the national level?
Correct Answer: C [Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities]
Explanation:
Under the RPwD Act the Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities inquires into complaints of rights violations at the national level.
The Rehabilitation Council of India regulates:
Correct Answer: B [training of rehabilitation professionals]
Explanation:
The Rehabilitation Council of India Act, 1992 empowers the RCI to regulate and monitor training of rehabilitation professionals.
Persons with disabilities formed what share of India's population in Census 2011?
Correct Answer: D [2.21 per cent]
Explanation:
Census 2011 counted 2.68 crore persons with disabilities, 2.21 per cent of India's population.
In Vikash Kumar v. UPSC (2021), the Supreme Court dealt with:
Correct Answer: B [the right to a scribe for candidates with disabilities]
Explanation:
In Vikash Kumar (2021) the Court held that a candidate with writer's cramp is entitled to a scribe though not benchmark-disabled.
The UDID card is:
Correct Answer: C [a single national disability identity card]
Explanation:
The Unique Disability ID project issues one national disability card and online certificate valid across India.
Arrange the following in chronological order:
1. RPwD Act
2. PwD Act
3. Rehabilitation Council of India Act
4. India's ratification of the UNCRPD
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Correct Answer: C [3-2-4-1]
Explanation:
1992, 1995, 2007, 2016.
Under the RPwD Act, children with benchmark disabilities are entitled to free education between the ages of:
Correct Answer: D [6 and 18]
Explanation:
Section 31 of the RPwD Act gives every child with benchmark disability aged 6 to 18 the right to free education.
Jeeja Ghosh v. Union of India (2016) concerned:
Correct Answer: A [dignity and access of a person with disability in air travel]
Explanation:
In Jeeja Ghosh (2016) the Court awarded ₹10 lakh after an airline deplaned a woman with cerebral palsy, upholding dignity in air travel.
Which of the following was NOT among the seven disabilities in the PwD Act, 1995 but is covered in the 2016 Act?
Correct Answer: A [Acid attack victims]
Explanation:
The 1995 Act's seven disabilities did not include acid attack victims, who were added by the RPwD Act, 2016.
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