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Indian Governance and Policy

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Indian Governance and Policy covers the implementation of government schemes, public finance, and bilateral relations. It evaluates the impact of administrative and constitutional bodies in India. This subject is a mainstay in civil services and state examination prelims.

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Indian Governance and Policy Questions

Multiple choice

Which of the following statements is correct as per the Union Budget 2011-2012?

  1. Approval being given to set up 25 more Mega Food Parks during 2011-12.

  2. Rs. 5,000 crore to be provided to SIDBI for refinancing incremental lending by banks to these enterprises.

  3. “Women's SHG's Development Fund” to be created with a corpus of Rs. 100 crore.

  4. Allocation for education increased by 30 per cent over the current year.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Rs. 5,000 crore to be provided to SIDBI for refinancing incremental lending by banks to these enterprises.

Multiple choice

Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct as per the Union Budget 2011-2012?

i. Eligibility for pension under Indira Gandhi National Old Age Pension Scheme for BPL beneficiaries reduced from 65 years of age to 60 years. ii. Servcie tax on hotel accomodation above Rs 1,500 per day. iii. AC hospitals with more than 25 beds under service tax. iv. Propose to raise service tax on air travel.

  1. i, ii

  2. i, ii, iii

  3. i, ii, iii, iv

  4. ii, iii, iv
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

 AC hospitals with more than 25 beds under service tax.

Multiple choice

Kejriwal studied for a degree in

Directions: Read the passage below and answer the question given underneath. 

Arvin Kejriwal is a politician from India and a former civil servant. He also served as the 7th Chief Minister of Delhi and is also the leader of the Aam Aadmi Party.
Kejriwal graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur and then went on to work for the Indian Revenue Service as a Joint Commissioner in the Income Tax Department. He was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Emergent Leadership in 2006, which recognised his involvement in a grass-roots movement which made use of the Right to Information Act in a campaign against corruption. He then went on to resign from the Indian Revenue Service and donated all the award money to fund and found the Public Cause Research Foundation which is a non-governmental organisation.
Starting in 2012, he launched the Aam Aadmi Party. In the 2013, he ousted incumbent Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit in the Delhi Legislative Assembly election of that year. He took office as Delhi’s Chief Minister on December 28, 2013, but resigned 49 days later on February 14, 2014. He states that he resigned because of his government’s inability to pass the anti-corruption legislation he had proposed. This was due to the lack of support from other political parties, chiefly Congress and Bhartiya Janata Pary (BJP).
He was born on August 6, 1968 in Siwani, Bhiwani district in the state of Haryana to a middle class family. He was the first of three children by parents Gobind Ram Kejriwal and Gita Devi. His father was an electrical engineer by trade who graduated from the Birla Institute of Technology in Mesra. Because of his father’s job, the family moved many times throughout Kejriwal’s childhood. Much of his childhood was spent in North India, specifically in the towns of Sonipat, Ghaziabad and Hisar. He was educated at Campus School, located in Hisar and then went to a Christian missionary school in Sonipat. He attended and graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur. Afterwards, he was employed by Tata Steel in 1989 and worked in Jamshedpur. In 1992, he resigned from his position and took time to study for the Civil Services Examination. He then spent time in Kolkata studying at the Ramakrishna Mission as well as the Nehru Yuva Kendra.

  1. electrical engineering

  2. mechanical engineering

  3. civil service

  4. accounting
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation
  1. Incorrect – He did not study electrical engineering, but mechanical engineering. His father studied electrical engineering.
    2. Correct – He earned a degree in mechanical engineering.
    3. Incorrect – He studied for the Civil Service Exam, but he did not earn a degree in Civil Service, but in mechanical engineering.
    1. Incorrect – He did not earn a degree in accounting, but in mechanical engineering.
Multiple choice

Why did Kejriwal resign from his post in Tata Steel?

Directions: Read the passage below and answer the question given underneath. 

Arvin Kejriwal is a politician from India and a former civil servant. He also served as the 7th Chief Minister of Delhi and is also the leader of the Aam Aadmi Party.
Kejriwal graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur and then went on to work for the Indian Revenue Service as a Joint Commissioner in the Income Tax Department. He was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Emergent Leadership in 2006, which recognised his involvement in a grass-roots movement which made use of the Right to Information Act in a campaign against corruption. He then went on to resign from the Indian Revenue Service and donated all the award money to fund and found the Public Cause Research Foundation which is a non-governmental organisation.
Starting in 2012, he launched the Aam Aadmi Party. In the 2013, he ousted incumbent Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit in the Delhi Legislative Assembly election of that year. He took office as Delhi’s Chief Minister on December 28, 2013, but resigned 49 days later on February 14, 2014. He states that he resigned because of his government’s inability to pass the anti-corruption legislation he had proposed. This was due to the lack of support from other political parties, chiefly Congress and Bhartiya Janata Pary (BJP).
He was born on August 6, 1968 in Siwani, Bhiwani district in the state of Haryana to a middle class family. He was the first of three children by parents Gobind Ram Kejriwal and Gita Devi. His father was an electrical engineer by trade who graduated from the Birla Institute of Technology in Mesra. Because of his father’s job, the family moved many times throughout Kejriwal’s childhood. Much of his childhood was spent in North India, specifically in the towns of Sonipat, Ghaziabad and Hisar. He was educated at Campus School, located in Hisar and then went to a Christian missionary school in Sonipat. He attended and graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur. Afterwards, he was employed by Tata Steel in 1989 and worked in Jamshedpur. In 1992, he resigned from his position and took time to study for the Civil Services Examination. He then spent time in Kolkata studying at the Ramakrishna Mission as well as the Nehru Yuva Kendra.

  1. He wanted to contest in the Delhi Chief Minister Elections

  2. He decided to study in Kolkata and at the Nehru Yuva Kendra

  3. He wanted time to study for the Civil Services Examinations

  4. He wanted to campaign against corruption
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation
  1. Incorrect – He left Tata Steel in 1992 and then ran in the Delhi elections in 2013. Hence, this is incorrect.
    2. Incorrect – He did spend time doing this after leaving his post, but he immediately studied for the Civil Services test after leaving.
    3. Correct – He took time to study for the Civil Services examination.
    1. Incorrect – He may have done this, but the passage doesn’t state it. It does state that he studied for the Civil Services Examinations.
Multiple choice

What school did Kejriwal earn his degree from?

Directions: Read the passage below and answer the question given underneath. 

Arvin Kejriwal is a politician from India and a former civil servant. He also served as the 7th Chief Minister of Delhi and is also the leader of the Aam Aadmi Party.
Kejriwal graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur and then went on to work for the Indian Revenue Service as a Joint Commissioner in the Income Tax Department. He was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Emergent Leadership in 2006, which recognised his involvement in a grass-roots movement which made use of the Right to Information Act in a campaign against corruption. He then went on to resign from the Indian Revenue Service and donated all the award money to fund and found the Public Cause Research Foundation which is a non-governmental organisation.
Starting in 2012, he launched the Aam Aadmi Party. In the 2013, he ousted incumbent Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit in the Delhi Legislative Assembly election of that year. He took office as Delhi’s Chief Minister on December 28, 2013, but resigned 49 days later on February 14, 2014. He states that he resigned because of his government’s inability to pass the anti-corruption legislation he had proposed. This was due to the lack of support from other political parties, chiefly Congress and Bhartiya Janata Pary (BJP).
He was born on August 6, 1968 in Siwani, Bhiwani district in the state of Haryana to a middle class family. He was the first of three children by parents Gobind Ram Kejriwal and Gita Devi. His father was an electrical engineer by trade who graduated from the Birla Institute of Technology in Mesra. Because of his father’s job, the family moved many times throughout Kejriwal’s childhood. Much of his childhood was spent in North India, specifically in the towns of Sonipat, Ghaziabad and Hisar. He was educated at Campus School, located in Hisar and then went to a Christian missionary school in Sonipat. He attended and graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur. Afterwards, he was employed by Tata Steel in 1989 and worked in Jamshedpur. In 1992, he resigned from his position and took time to study for the Civil Services Examination. He then spent time in Kolkata studying at the Ramakrishna Mission as well as the Nehru Yuva Kendra.

  1. Campus School in Sonipat

  2. Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

  3. Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra

  4. Nehru Yuva Kendra
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation
  1. Incorrect – He was educated at this school, but did not earn his degree. He earned his degree at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.
    2. Correct – This is the school in which he earned his degree from.
    3. Incorrect – This is the school where his father earned his degree from. Hence, this is incorrect.
    1. Incorrect – He studied here in 1992, but this is not where he earned his degree from. He earned his degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.
Multiple choice

What reason is given for Kejriwal's anti-corruption legislation not being passed?

Directions: Read the passage below and answer the question given underneath. 

Arvin Kejriwal is a politician from India and a former civil servant. He also served as the 7th Chief Minister of Delhi and is also the leader of the Aam Aadmi Party.
Kejriwal graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur and then went on to work for the Indian Revenue Service as a Joint Commissioner in the Income Tax Department. He was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Emergent Leadership in 2006, which recognised his involvement in a grass-roots movement which made use of the Right to Information Act in a campaign against corruption. He then went on to resign from the Indian Revenue Service and donated all the award money to fund and found the Public Cause Research Foundation which is a non-governmental organisation.
Starting in 2012, he launched the Aam Aadmi Party. In the 2013, he ousted incumbent Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit in the Delhi Legislative Assembly election of that year. He took office as Delhi’s Chief Minister on December 28, 2013, but resigned 49 days later on February 14, 2014. He states that he resigned because of his government’s inability to pass the anti-corruption legislation he had proposed. This was due to the lack of support from other political parties, chiefly Congress and Bhartiya Janata Pary (BJP).
He was born on August 6, 1968 in Siwani, Bhiwani district in the state of Haryana to a middle class family. He was the first of three children by parents Gobind Ram Kejriwal and Gita Devi. His father was an electrical engineer by trade who graduated from the Birla Institute of Technology in Mesra. Because of his father’s job, the family moved many times throughout Kejriwal’s childhood. Much of his childhood was spent in North India, specifically in the towns of Sonipat, Ghaziabad and Hisar. He was educated at Campus School, located in Hisar and then went to a Christian missionary school in Sonipat. He attended and graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur. Afterwards, he was employed by Tata Steel in 1989 and worked in Jamshedpur. In 1992, he resigned from his position and took time to study for the Civil Services Examination. He then spent time in Kolkata studying at the Ramakrishna Mission as well as the Nehru Yuva Kendra.

  1. Aam Aadmi Party did not support his proposal.

  2. His government would not agree to it.

  3. Both Congress and Bhartiya Janati Party wanted concessions from Kejriwal.

  4. Because other political parties did not support the legislation.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation
  1. Incorrect – This is not the reason. The reason is that other political parties did not support the legislation.
    2. Incorrect – This is not the reason. The reason is that other political parties did not support the legislation.
    3. Incorrect – This is not the reason. The reason is that other political parties did not support the legislation.
    1. Correct – This is the reason why his legislation did not get passed and which led to his resignation.
Multiple choice

Where did Kejriwal spend much of his childhood?

Directions: Read the passage below and answer the question given underneath. 

Arvin Kejriwal is a politician from India and a former civil servant. He also served as the 7th Chief Minister of Delhi and is also the leader of the Aam Aadmi Party.
Kejriwal graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur and then went on to work for the Indian Revenue Service as a Joint Commissioner in the Income Tax Department. He was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Emergent Leadership in 2006, which recognised his involvement in a grass-roots movement which made use of the Right to Information Act in a campaign against corruption. He then went on to resign from the Indian Revenue Service and donated all the award money to fund and found the Public Cause Research Foundation which is a non-governmental organisation.
Starting in 2012, he launched the Aam Aadmi Party. In the 2013, he ousted incumbent Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit in the Delhi Legislative Assembly election of that year. He took office as Delhi’s Chief Minister on December 28, 2013, but resigned 49 days later on February 14, 2014. He states that he resigned because of his government’s inability to pass the anti-corruption legislation he had proposed. This was due to the lack of support from other political parties, chiefly Congress and Bhartiya Janata Pary (BJP).
He was born on August 6, 1968 in Siwani, Bhiwani district in the state of Haryana to a middle class family. He was the first of three children by parents Gobind Ram Kejriwal and Gita Devi. His father was an electrical engineer by trade who graduated from the Birla Institute of Technology in Mesra. Because of his father’s job, the family moved many times throughout Kejriwal’s childhood. Much of his childhood was spent in North India, specifically in the towns of Sonipat, Ghaziabad and Hisar. He was educated at Campus School, located in Hisar and then went to a Christian missionary school in Sonipat. He attended and graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur. Afterwards, he was employed by Tata Steel in 1989 and worked in Jamshedpur. In 1992, he resigned from his position and took time to study for the Civil Services Examination. He then spent time in Kolkata studying at the Ramakrishna Mission as well as the Nehru Yuva Kendra.

  1. In the town of Sonipat

  2. In various different towns throughout North India

  3. In the town of Ghaziabad

  4. In Jamshedpur
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation
  1. Incorrect – This is true, but he also spent time in other towns such as Hisar and Ghaziabad.
    2. Correct – He spent his childhood in various towns in North India, specifically Hisar, Ghaziabad and Sonipat.
    3. Incorrect – He spent time here, but also in other towns in North India. Hence, this is incorrect.
    1. Incorrect – He worked for Tata Steel here, but did not spend his childhood in this town.
Multiple choice

Which organisation did Kejriwal form in 2006 using the funds he received as prize money?

Directions: Read the passage below and answer the question given underneath. 

Arvin Kejriwal is a politician from India and a former civil servant. He also served as the 7th Chief Minister of Delhi and is also the leader of the Aam Aadmi Party.
Kejriwal graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur and then went on to work for the Indian Revenue Service as a Joint Commissioner in the Income Tax Department. He was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Emergent Leadership in 2006, which recognised his involvement in a grass-roots movement which made use of the Right to Information Act in a campaign against corruption. He then went on to resign from the Indian Revenue Service and donated all the award money to fund and found the Public Cause Research Foundation which is a non-governmental organisation.
Starting in 2012, he launched the Aam Aadmi Party. In the 2013, he ousted incumbent Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit in the Delhi Legislative Assembly election of that year. He took office as Delhi’s Chief Minister on December 28, 2013, but resigned 49 days later on February 14, 2014. He states that he resigned because of his government’s inability to pass the anti-corruption legislation he had proposed. This was due to the lack of support from other political parties, chiefly Congress and Bhartiya Janata Pary (BJP).
He was born on August 6, 1968 in Siwani, Bhiwani district in the state of Haryana to a middle class family. He was the first of three children by parents Gobind Ram Kejriwal and Gita Devi. His father was an electrical engineer by trade who graduated from the Birla Institute of Technology in Mesra. Because of his father’s job, the family moved many times throughout Kejriwal’s childhood. Much of his childhood was spent in North India, specifically in the towns of Sonipat, Ghaziabad and Hisar. He was educated at Campus School, located in Hisar and then went to a Christian missionary school in Sonipat. He attended and graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur. Afterwards, he was employed by Tata Steel in 1989 and worked in Jamshedpur. In 1992, he resigned from his position and took time to study for the Civil Services Examination. He then spent time in Kolkata studying at the Ramakrishna Mission as well as the Nehru Yuva Kendra.

  1. Ramon Magsaysay

  2. Aam Aadmi Party

  3. Ramakrishna Mission

  4. Public Cause Research Foundation
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation
  1. Incorrect – This is the name of the award which he won and received prize money from. Using the prize money from this award, he founded the Public Cause Research Foundation.
    2. Incorrect – He did find the Aam Aadmi Party, but he did not use prize money to fund this. He used prize money to fund the Public Cause Research Foundation.
    3. Incorrect – He did not find this organisation, but studied here. Hence, this is incorrect.
    1. Correct – Using prize money for the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Emergent Leadership, he founded the Public Cause Research Foundation.
Multiple choice

Why was Kejriwal awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Emerging Leadership?

Directions: Read the passage below and answer the question given underneath. 

Arvin Kejriwal is a politician from India and a former civil servant. He also served as the 7th Chief Minister of Delhi and is also the leader of the Aam Aadmi Party.
Kejriwal graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur and then went on to work for the Indian Revenue Service as a Joint Commissioner in the Income Tax Department. He was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Emergent Leadership in 2006, which recognised his involvement in a grass-roots movement which made use of the Right to Information Act in a campaign against corruption. He then went on to resign from the Indian Revenue Service and donated all the award money to fund and found the Public Cause Research Foundation which is a non-governmental organisation.
Starting in 2012, he launched the Aam Aadmi Party. In the 2013, he ousted incumbent Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit in the Delhi Legislative Assembly election of that year. He took office as Delhi’s Chief Minister on December 28, 2013, but resigned 49 days later on February 14, 2014. He states that he resigned because of his government’s inability to pass the anti-corruption legislation he had proposed. This was due to the lack of support from other political parties, chiefly Congress and Bhartiya Janata Pary (BJP).
He was born on August 6, 1968 in Siwani, Bhiwani district in the state of Haryana to a middle class family. He was the first of three children by parents Gobind Ram Kejriwal and Gita Devi. His father was an electrical engineer by trade who graduated from the Birla Institute of Technology in Mesra. Because of his father’s job, the family moved many times throughout Kejriwal’s childhood. Much of his childhood was spent in North India, specifically in the towns of Sonipat, Ghaziabad and Hisar. He was educated at Campus School, located in Hisar and then went to a Christian missionary school in Sonipat. He attended and graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur. Afterwards, he was employed by Tata Steel in 1989 and worked in Jamshedpur. In 1992, he resigned from his position and took time to study for the Civil Services Examination. He then spent time in Kolkata studying at the Ramakrishna Mission as well as the Nehru Yuva Kendra.

  1. He was involved in a grass-roots movement which donated money to fight corruption.

  2. He founded the Public Cause Research Foundation which fights corruption using the Right to Information Act.

  3. He was part of a grass-roots movement that used the Right to Information Act in a campaign against corruption.

  4. He founded the Aam Aadmi Party to fight corruption and the betterment of the common man.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation
  1. Incorrect – This is not the reason. The reason is that he was part of a grass-roots movement that used the Right to Information Act in a campaign against corruption.
    2. Incorrect – This is not the reason. The reason is that he was part of a grass-roots movement that used the Right to Information Act in a campaign against corruption.
    3. Correct – This is the reason why he won this award.
    1. Incorrect – This is not the reason. The reason is that he was part of a grass-roots movement that used the Right to Information Act in a campaign against corruption.
Multiple choice

Which of the following cannot be marked false as per the passage?

Directions: Read the following passage and then answer the question that follows:

Centralisation of power and the structures and procedures flowing out of such an overbearing arrangement have proved to be not only damaging to any work culture that may exist in government departments but have also led to an oppressive network of sycophancy and nepotism. While the focus of decentralization so far has been on the development of local bodies and panchayati raj institutions, little attention has been paid to the need to devolve administrative authority from the national capital.

  1. Core identity helps to achieve maximum brand equity.

  2. The public perception about a brand is called brand image.

  3. Brand personality gets killed by too much association with celebrities.

  4. All of the above

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Multiple choice

When the writer says that India's Project Tiger established over 25 tiger reserves, he means that

Directions: Read the passage below and answer the questions given underneath.

India is home to the world's largest population of wild tigers but only 11% of the original Indian tiger habitat remains. From 1973, India's Project Tiger established over 25 tiger reserves, where human habitation was not allowed. The project was credited with tripling the number of wild Bengal tigers from some 1,200 in 1973 to over 3,500 in the 1990s, but a 2007 report showed that numbers had fallen down to about 1,400 tigers because of illegal hunting.

  1. 25 tigers were given new home

  2. Humans do not allow tigers to live

  3. 25 tigers were caught

  4. 25 new areas were developed for tigers to live
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

‘India's Project Tiger established (developed) over 25 tiger reserves’

Multiple choice

The ARC Committee gave four reports. Match the following ||||| |---|---|---|---| | A.| First Report|1.| Right to Information: Master Key to ood Governance,June 2006| | B.| Second Report|2| Unlocking Human Capital: Entitlements and a case Study, July 006| | C.| Third Report|3.| Crisis Management: From Despair to Hope, September 2006| | D.| Fourth Report|4.| Ethics in Governance, 12 Feburary 2007|

  1. A-1, B-3, C-4, D-2

  2. A-2, B-1, C-4, D-3

  3. A-3, B-4, C-2, D-1

  4. A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The ARC reports are: 1st Report (Right to Information), 2nd Report (Unlocking Human Capital), 3rd Report (Crisis Management), and 4th Report (Ethics in Governance). Matching these correctly leads to A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4.

Multiple choice

Which of the following was/were the points of debate that followed the celebration of International day for Elimination of Violence against Women?

(A) Propriety of setting up separate courts for dealing with matters related to atrocities against women (B) Whether there should be a seprate women police cell (C) Whether there should be a separate set of laws devised exclusively to deal with problems related to women

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the given question:

In the debates following in the international day for the elimination of violence against women observed a few days ago, some critical issues have come to the fore. is it time to advocate for a completely separate apparatus of courts, law enforcement mechanisms and laws for women> what are the strengths and limits of such a proposal?
The issue of separate courts for women or family disputes has been a subject of debate for many years. A number of states have already set up special courts for women, including Maharashtra, with proposals pending in Karnataka and Delhi. These courts have taken on different incarnations at the state level with the Maharashtra courts designated as family courts to deal with family disputes and matrimonial matters; the Delhi courts are intended to deal exclusively with rapes cases. However the idea behind the special courts is to deal speedily with atrocities against women.
In 2006, a bill to set up special courts for women was introduced in the Lok Sabha. The courts are intended to deal primarily with offences of rape, criminal assault, mental injury and sexual harassment against women. The courts are to be presided over by a chief judge, with additional judges appointed depending on the requirement in specific cases and at least half of the judge’s posts are to be reserved for women
The idea behind these special courts is that they will provide speedy justice to women and to be women friendly as well. These courts are also intended to provide a more private space for women, especially to rape victims who are frequently traumatized by the trial process that currently exists.
The idea of separate women police cells has also been mooted from time to time. The centre has been advising state governments regarding the steps that need to be taken, especially at the level of law enforcement, to afford greater protection to women and in particular  to prevent crimes against them. These advisories include gender sensitization of police, adopting appropriate measures for swift and effective punishment to public servants found guilty of custodial violence against women, minimizing delays In investigations of murder, rape and torture of women and setting up “crimes against women cells’ in districts where they do not exist.
The national commission for women has also undertaken visits to various states to review the status of women and conduct its own investigations in certain cases of serious incidents of crime against women. The commission’s finding indicate that’s the level of sensitivity and care with which crimes against women are handled is woefully inadequate. It has also observed that the filing of FIRs even in acutely abusive or violent cases continues to be a problem. The setting up of women police cells is one of the ways in which to alleviate these problems.
While proposals for separate courts, police cells and specific laws for women are demands that women themselves are making, there is a need to be attentive to the ways in which such initiatives might actually boomerang. Addressing women’s issues of violence in a separate courts structure could sequester women’s issues into a dark corner, where reports of violence and abuse become muted. The role of media in bringing the spotlight to bear on issues of violence has been crucial.

  1. A and B only

  2. B and C only

  3. A and C only

  4. All of these

  5. None of these

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The passage mentions debates regarding separate courts, separate police cells, and separate laws for women as critical issues that came to the fore.

Multiple choice

The Union Minister Mr. Mani Shankar Aiyer recently called a delegation from Thailand to visit Agartal, Guwahati and few other places in North-East to explore the possiblities of Thai Investment there. Why was Mr. Mnai Shankar involved in a meeting like this?

  1. He is the minister for North-Easter Region

  2. He is the Union Minister for Commerce and Industry

  3. He is the next chief minister of Assam as a caretaker Government is functioning there till general election in January 2008.

  4. Aiyer was asked to mediate the talks between Thai delegation and Minstry of Commerce and Industry as a deadlock was developed between the two

  5. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Mani Shankar Aiyer served as the Minister for the Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) during this period, which explains his involvement in promoting investment in that specific region.