UPSC Social Justice – Chapter 12: Public Health Programmes – Mothers, Children and Disease Control (24 MCQs)

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UPSC Social Justice – Chapter 12: Public Health Programmes – Mothers, Children and Disease Control (24 MCQs) – 24 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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1.  

Maternal Mortality Ratio is measured as maternal deaths per:

Correct Answer: A [1,00,000 live births]

Explanation:

The Maternal Mortality Ratio counts maternal deaths per 1,00,000 live births; India's SRS figure for 2022–24 is 87.

2.  

Free antenatal check-up on the 9th of every month is provided under:

Correct Answer: D [Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan]

Explanation:

2016.

3.  

Free delivery, including caesarean section, with free drugs, diet and transport in public facilities is provided under:

Correct Answer: D [Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakram]

Explanation:

2011.

4.  

LaQshya is a programme to improve:

Correct Answer: C [the quality of labour rooms and maternity operation theatres]

Explanation:

2017.

5.  

The Universal Immunisation Programme began in:

Correct Answer: A [1985]

Explanation:

The Universal Immunisation Programme was launched in 1985, building on the Expanded Programme on Immunisation of 1978.

6.  

The "4 Ds" screened under Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram are:

Correct Answer: D [defects at birth, deficiencies, diseases, developmental delays]

Explanation:

RBSK screens children from birth to 18 years for defects at birth, deficiencies, diseases and developmental delays including disabilities.

7.  

Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram covers persons in the age group of:

Correct Answer: C [10–19 years]

Explanation:

RKSK, launched in 2014, is the adolescent health programme and covers boys and girls aged 10 to 19 years.

8.  

The Revised National TB Control Programme was renamed the National TB Elimination Programme in:

Correct Answer: D [2020]

Explanation:

The Revised National TB Control Programme was renamed the National TB Elimination Programme in 2020 to match the goal of ending TB.

9.  

India was certified polio-free, along with the WHO South-East Asia Region, in:

Correct Answer: A [2014]

Explanation:

March 2014.

10.  

Consider the following statements:
1. Ni-kshay Poshan Yojana gives nutrition support to TB patients.
2. The National Framework for Malaria Elimination aims to eliminate malaria by 2030.
3. The National AIDS Control Programme began in 2005.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Correct Answer: B [1 and 2 only]

Explanation:

Ni-kshay Poshan Yojana supports TB patients' nutrition and the malaria framework targets 2030, but NACP began in 1992, not 2005.

11.  

Assertion (A): Institutional deliveries rose sharply after 2005.
Reason (R): Janani Suraksha Yojana gives cash assistance to poor pregnant women for delivering in a health facility.

Correct Answer: A [Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A]

Explanation:

JSY's cash assistance for facility births is the main reason institutional deliveries rose sharply after its launch in 2005.

12.  

Which of the following was declared by WHO as eliminated from India in 2016?

Correct Answer: B [Yaws]

Explanation:

WHO declared India free of yaws in 2016, making it the first country officially recognised as yaws-free.

13.  

The HIV and AIDS (Prevention and Control) Act was passed in:

Correct Answer: D [2017]

Explanation:

The HIV and AIDS (Prevention and Control) Act was passed in 2017 and bars discrimination against people living with HIV.

14.  

The 14-digit health ID created under the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission is called the:

Correct Answer: D [ABHA number]

Explanation:

The Ayushman Bharat Health Account (ABHA) number is the voluntary 14-digit health ID created under ABDM.

15.  

The National Population Policy, 2000 aimed at a replacement-level total fertility rate of:

Correct Answer: C [2.1]

Explanation:

The National Population Policy, 2000 aimed at a replacement-level TFR of 2.1 and population stabilisation by 2045.

16.  

India launched a national family planning programme, the first in the world, in:

Correct Answer: B [1952]

Explanation:

In 1952 India became the first country to launch a national family planning programme.

17.  

Arrange the following in chronological order:
1. Janani Suraksha Yojana
2. Polio-free certification of India
3. Universal Immunisation Programme
4. National AIDS Control Programme
Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Correct Answer: C [3-4-1-2]

Explanation:

1985, 1992, 2005, 2014.

18.  

Tele-MANAS is a national helpline for:

Correct Answer: A [mental health]

Explanation:

2022.

19.  

Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission is implemented by the:

Correct Answer: A [National Health Authority]

Explanation:

The National Health Authority, which also runs PM-JAY, is the implementing agency of the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission.

20.  

Mission Indradhanush was launched in:

Correct Answer: B [December 2014]

Explanation:

Mission Indradhanush was launched on 25 December 2014 to immunise children up to two years and pregnant women left out.

21.  
UPSC Prelims 2016

'Mission Indradhanush' launched by the Government of India pertains to:

Correct Answer: A [Immunisation of children and pregnant women]

Explanation:

launched in December 2014 to immunise children up to two years and pregnant women.

22.  
UPSC Prelims 2023

Consider the following statements in relation to Janani Suraksha Yojana:
1. It is a safe motherhood intervention of the State Health Departments.
2. Its objective is to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality among poor pregnant women.
3. It aims to promote institutional delivery among poor pregnant women.
4. Its objective includes providing public health facilities to sick infants up to one year of age.
How many of the statements given above are correct?

Correct Answer: B [Only two]

Explanation:

2 and 3 are correct.

23.  
UPSC Prelims 2022

With reference to Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission, consider the following statements:
1. Private and public hospitals must adopt it.
2. As it aims to achieve universal health coverage, every citizen of India should be part of it ultimately.
3. It has seamless portability across the country.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Correct Answer: B [3 only]

Explanation:

records are portable across the country.

24.  
UPSC Prelims 2024

With reference to the 'Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan', consider the following statements:
1. This scheme guarantees a minimum package of antenatal care services to women in their second and third trimesters of pregnancy and six months post-delivery health care service in any government health facility.
2. Under this scheme, private sector health care providers of certain specialities can volunteer to provide services at nearby government health facilities.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Correct Answer: B [2 only]

Explanation:

private specialists volunteer on the 9th of every month at government facilities.

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