Multiple choice

Who was appointed as chairperson of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) in 2010?

  1. Madhu Purnima Kishwar

  2. Nandini Sahai

  3. Shantha Sinha

  4. Sanjay Ghose
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Explanation

The Union government on May 11, 2010 decided to appoint Shantha Sinha as chairperson of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) for the second term. Sinha, a renowned child rights activist, was appointed as the chairperson of the child rights panel in 2007. An academic with the Central University Hyderabad, Sinha is the winner of prestigious Magsaysay Award for 2003. She was presented the Padma Shree Award in 1999 for her work on child rights.

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