Insights Secure Prelims-2014: UPSC Practice Questions from Current Events, June 16

Consider the following statements

1. Under Indian Penal Code, all the hospitals, public or private, have been mandated to provide free medical treatment to all victims of acid attack and rape.
2. Under the Legal Service Authority Act 1987, all women are entitled to free legal aid.

Which of the above statements is/are incorrect?

Consider the following statements

1. Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS) is a Centrally sponsored scheme under which financial assistance is provided to the State Governments/UT Administrations for setting up and maintenance of various types of Child Care Centres
2. ‘Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls (RGSEAG) – Sabla – aims at all-round development of adolescent girls of 11-18 years by making them self reliant.
3. Iron and Folic Acid (IFA) supplementation is provided for adolescent girls under the Sabla scheme

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

With reference to the National Nutrition Mission (NNM), consider the following statements

1. One of its key objectives is to reduce incidence of anaemia among young children, adolescent girls and women
2. According to UNICEF, Forty three per cent of Indian children under five years are underweight and 48 per cent (i.e. 61 million children) are stunted due to chronic undernutrition, India accounts for more than 3 out of every 10 stunted children in the world.

Which of the above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements

1. To maintain the secrecy of Budget, there is a “lock-in” of the officials involved in making the Budget.
2. Officers and staff of Budget Press (north Block) gain touch with their near and dear ones only after the Budget is presented by the Union Finance Minister in Parliament.
3. The Constitution of India makes it mandatory to maintain secrecy of the Budget till it’s unveiled in the Parliament

Which of the above statements is/are incorrect?

With reference to agro-forestry, consider the following statements

1. Agroforestry is defined as forestry outside the conventional forests which primarily aim at providing continuous flow of goods and services for the benefit of people.
2. One of the objectives of National Agroforestry Policy-2014 is to meet the raw material requirements of wood based industries and reduce import of wood and wood products to save foreign exchange.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?