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Indian Polity Quiz: Important Social Laws: Acts for Women, Children and Weaker Sections

  • 12 questions
  • 12 minutes
  • Difficulty: Medium
Useful for:SSCSSC CGLSSC CHSLUPSC Civil ServicesRRB NTPCState ExamsCDSCTET
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This Indian Polity quiz on Important Social Laws: Acts for Women, Children and Weaker Sections puts 12 multiple-choice questions to you, the verified MCQs published with GK24's note on the topic, 5 of them asked in real previous-year papers. Every question carries a full explanation of why the correct option is right and why the other options are wrong, so you learn the fact behind the answer rather than the letter. Attempt it right after reading the note, keep to the timer, and use the explanations at the end to mark what needs another look. Sit it again before the exam as a quick revision of the topic.

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12 questions with answers and explanations

Q1.Indian PolityAsked in: Delhi · 23 Oct 2019, Shift 2Medium

Which of the following statements regarding the National Food Security Act is incorrect?

  1. A.Act was applicable to the whole of India
  2. B.This act is also known as Right to Food Act.
  3. C.The Act provided that the domestic woman of the age of 18 years or above shall be the head of the household for the purpose of issuing the ration card.
  4. D.This act was implemented in the year 2015
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Correct answer: D. This act was implemented in the year 2015

The National Food Security Act was passed by Parliament and notified in 2013, not 2015, so D is the incorrect statement and therefore the answer the question asks for.

Q2.Indian PolityAsked in: Rajasthan · Shift 3Hard

Match the following Acts in List I with their year of enactment in List II.
List I: 1. Employees State Insurance (Amendment) Act, 2. Equal Remuneration Act, 3. The Minimum Wages Act, 4. The Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act
List II: (a) 1948, (b) 1970, (c) 2010, (d) 1976

  1. A.1 - d, 2 - b, 3 - a, 4 - c
  2. B.1 - b, 2 - a, 3 - d, 4 - c
  3. C.1 - c, 2 - d, 3 - a, 4 - b
  4. D.1 - c, 2 - a, 3 - d, 4 - b
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Correct answer: C. 1 - c, 2 - d, 3 - a, 4 - b

The Employees State Insurance (Amendment) Act belongs to 2010, so 1 pairs with (c). The Equal Remuneration Act, which forbids unequal pay for men and women for the same work, was passed in 1976, so 2 pairs with (d).

Q4.Indian PolityAsked in: Delhi · DSSSB Special Educator 2014 (TGT)_Set AEasy

According to the Right to Education Act, admission of children to a particular class has been proposed to be on the basis of

  1. A.The ability of the child
  2. B.Age of the child
  3. C.Socio-economic status of the child
  4. D.Education of the parents
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Correct answer: B. Age of the child

The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 provides that a child above six years who has not been admitted to any school, or could not complete elementary education, shall be admitted to a class appropriate to his or her age, with special training to help the…

Q8.Indian PolityMedium

Under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, a child of which age group may be tried as an adult for a heinous offence after a preliminary assessment?

  1. A.14 to 16 years
  2. B.16 to 18 years
  3. C.12 to 14 years
  4. D.18 to 21 years
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Correct answer: B. 16 to 18 years

The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 allows the Juvenile Justice Board to conduct a preliminary assessment of a child who has completed sixteen years and is alleged to have committed a heinous offence, that is one punishable with imprisonment of seven years or more.

Q9.Indian PolityMedium

The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act, 2013 gave statutory form to the guidelines laid down by the Supreme Court in which case?

  1. A.Vishaka v. State of Rajasthan
  2. B.Maneka Gandhi v. Union of India
  3. C.Mohd. Ahmed Khan v. Shah Bano Begum
  4. D.Kesavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala
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Correct answer: A. Vishaka v. State of Rajasthan

In 1997 the Supreme Court, hearing this petition, framed the Vishaka guidelines, the first binding statement of an employer's duty to prevent and redress sexual harassment at the workplace.

Q11.Indian PolityMedium

The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act was passed in which year?

  1. A.1955
  2. B.1976
  3. C.1989
  4. D.1995
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Correct answer: C. 1989

The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 came into force on 30 January 1990. It defines a long list of specific atrocities, provides for Special Courts and Special Public Prosecutors, requires relief and rehabilitation for victims, and bars anticipatory bail for the offences it creates.

Q12.Indian PolityMedium

The Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 replaced which earlier law?

  1. A.The Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929
  2. B.The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955
  3. C.The Special Marriage Act, 1954
  4. D.The Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961
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Correct answer: A. The Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929

That law only restrained child marriage by punishing those who performed it; the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 goes further, making such a marriage voidable at the option of the contracting party who was a child, providing for Child Marriage Prohibition Officers and injunctions, and keeping the legal age…

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