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  1. Which benefits did the law give persons with disabilities? 1. Free schooling up to 18 years in government schools 2. Preferential allotment of land for business 3. Ramps in public buildings (IAS 2011)
    1. 1 only
    2. 2 and 3
    3. 1 and 3
    4. 1, 2 and 3
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    Answer: (D) 1, 2 and 3

    All three were in the PwD Act 1995; the RPwD Act 2016 also gives free education to children with benchmark disabilities from 6 to 18.

  2. For OBC reservation under Article 16(4), which kinds of backwardness are the test?
    1. Social and economic
    2. Economic and cultural
    3. Economic and educational
    4. Social and educational
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    Answer: (D) Social and educational

    Indra Sawhney (1992): social and educational backwardness; economic criteria alone cannot decide.

  3. Under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which are human rights? 1. Education 2. Equal access to public service 3. Food (IAS 2011)
    1. 1 only
    2. 1 and 2
    3. 3 only
    4. 1, 2 and 3
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    Answer: (D) 1, 2 and 3

    UDHR Arts 26, 21(2) and 25 (adequate standard of living, including food).

  4. Which are correct? 1. Free and compulsory education for 6–14 was added by the 76th Amendment 2. Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan sought to bring computer education even to rural areas 3. The 42nd Amendment (1976) put education in the Concurrent List
    1. 1, 2 and 3
    2. 1 and 2
    3. 2 and 3
    4. 1 and 3
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    Answer: (C) 2 and 3

    Art 21A came with the 86th Amendment (2002), not the 76th.

  5. On consumer rights in India, which are correct? 1. Consumers may take samples for food testing 2. No fee is needed to file any complaint in a consumer forum 3. A dead consumer’s legal heir can file a complaint (IAS 2012)
    1. 1 only
    2. 2 and 3
    3. 1 and 3
    4. 1, 2 and 3
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    Answer: (C) 1 and 3

    Fees apply above a value limit, so statement 2 is wrong.

  6. Which of these does the UNCRC treat as rights of the child? 1. Development 2. Expression 3. Recreation
    1. 1 only
    2. 1 and 3
    3. 2 and 3
    4. 1, 2 and 3
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    Answer: (D) 1, 2 and 3

    The CRC covers survival, development, protection and participation — including expression and play.

  7. Sellers’ unfair practices left consumers dissatisfied. What grew out of this?
    1. Consumer awareness
    2. Consumer rights
    3. Consumer movement
    4. Consumer duties
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    Answer: (C) Consumer movement

    The consumer movement arose from that dissatisfaction.

  8. Who sit on the committee that selects the Chief Information Commissioner? 1. Prime Minister 2. Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha 3. A Union Cabinet Minister nominated by the PM
    1. 1 and 2
    2. 1 and 3
    3. None of these
    4. 1, 2 and 3
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    Answer: (D) 1, 2 and 3

    Section 12(3) of the RTI Act.

  9. The 93rd Amendment allows reservation for SCs, STs and backward classes in which institutions? 1. Government-aided 2. Minority (Art 30) 3. Unaided 4. Private
    1. 1 and 2
    2. 1 and 3
    3. 1, 3 and 4
    4. 1, 2 and 3
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    Answer: (C) 1, 3 and 4

    Art 15(5) excludes minority institutions.

  10. Article 15’s ban on discrimination does not stop special provisions for — 1. Women 2. Children 3. SCs/STs 4. Old persons
    1. 1, 2 and 3
    2. 3 only
    3. 1 and 2
    4. 1, 2, 3 and 4
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    Answer: (A) 1, 2 and 3

    Women and children under 15(3); SCs/STs under 15(4). Old age is not a ground in Art 15.

  1. For which can a person go straight to the Supreme Court and High Courts? 1. Denial of information under RTI 2. Denial of education under RTE 3. Denial of work under MGNREGA
    1. 1 only
    2. 2 only
    3. 2 and 3
    4. 1, 2 and 3
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    Answer: (B) 2 only

    Only education for 6–14 is a Fundamental Right (Art 21A); RTI and work were statutory rights with their own remedies.

  2. Which are correct? 1. Under the Forest Rights Act, bamboo is minor forest produce 2. The FRA gives forest dwellers ownership of minor forest produce 3. The 2017–18 amendment to the Indian Forest Act let forest dwellers fell bamboo grown in forest areas (IAS 2019)
    1. 1 and 3
    2. 1 and 2
    3. 2 only
    4. 1, 2 and 3
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    Answer: (B) 1 and 2

    The Indian Forest Act change exempted bamboo grown on non-forest areas.

  3. Under the Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act 2017, which is correct? (IAS 2019)
    1. Leave is three months before and three months after delivery
    2. Crèche visits at least six times a day
    3. Women with two children get reduced entitlement
    4. Applies only to government offices
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    Answer: (C) Women with two children get reduced entitlement

    26 weeks (up to 8 before delivery); 12 weeks only from the third child; four crèche visits a day.

  4. Since 1 July 2026 the rural employment guarantee is —
    1. 100 days under MGNREGA
    2. 125 days under the VB-G RAM G Act
    3. 150 days under MGNREGA
    4. 200 days under PM-KISAN
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    Answer: (B) 125 days under the VB-G RAM G Act

    The VB-G RAM G Act, 2025 repealed MGNREGA from 1 July 2026.

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