The Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017 raised paid maternity leave for the first two children to how many weeks?
- A.12 weeks
- B.18 weeks
- C.26 weeks
- D.32 weeks
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Explanation
The correct answer is C, twenty-six weeks. The Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 originally allowed twelve weeks of paid leave. The Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017 raised it to twenty-six weeks for the first two children, of which not more than eight weeks may be taken before the expected date of delivery; for a third child the entitlement remains twelve weeks. The same amendment gave twelve weeks to a commissioning mother and to a mother adopting a child below three months, and made a creche compulsory in an establishment with fifty or more employees. A is wrong because twelve weeks is the position before 2017 and still the rule from the third child onwards. B and D are figures that appear in no provision of the Act and are included only as distractors.
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Practice Questions
View allWhich of the following statements regarding the National Food Security Act is incorrect?
- A.Act was applicable to the whole of India
- B.This act is also known as Right to Food Act.
- 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.
- D.This act was implemented in the year 2015
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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.
Read the full explanation →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
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
- A.1 - d, 2 - b, 3 - a, 4 - c
- B.1 - b, 2 - a, 3 - d, 4 - c
- C.1 - c, 2 - d, 3 - a, 4 - b
- D.1 - c, 2 - a, 3 - d, 4 - b
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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).
Read the full explanation →Which of the following chapters of the Right to Education Act, 2009 provides for the responsibilities of schools and teachers?
- A.IV
- B.V
- C.III
- D.II
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The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 is arranged in seven chapters, and Chapter IV is titled 'Responsibilities of Schools and Teachers'.
Read the full explanation →According to the Right to Education Act, admission of children to a particular class has been proposed to be on the basis of
- A.The ability of the child
- B.Age of the child
- C.Socio-economic status of the child
- D.Education of the parents
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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…
Read the full explanation →Which Constitutional Amendment introduced the compulsory education to children between the age group of 6 to 14?
- A.82nd
- B.85th
- C.83rd
- D.86th
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The Constitution (Eighty-sixth Amendment) Act, 2002 inserted Article 21A, making free and compulsory education for every child of six to fourteen years a fundamental right.
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