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Questions Related to equality

If the washroom of your school is not clean, ______________.

  1. You will get it cleaned by reporting to the concerned authorities

  2. You will not get it cleaned

  3. You would not mind interfering

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Hygiene and cleanliness are two amongst many good habits a person should adopt. Personal hygiene, as well as public hygiene, keeps the body in a healthy state. A person must keep clean his surroundings and personal self. Washrooms whether at homes or outside must be kept cleans to prevent entry of germs in the body. Public washrooms such as in schools should be reported to get cleaned at once if they are found uncleaned, this shows the awareness by individual and concern towards cleanliness.

If your friend damages the plants, __________________.

  1. You would stop him/her from doing so

  2. You would let him/her doing so

  3. You would not mind interfering

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

I would stop him/her from doing so because as a responsible citizen, it is my duty to protect and preserve the environment. Our Constitution consists of some fundamental duties which are moral obligations placed on the citizens. One of them is to protect and improve the natural environment including forests, lakes, rivers, wildlife and to have compassion for living creatures.

Which of the following is one of the government schemes?

  1. The mid-day meal scheme

  2. Army recruitment

  3. Police recruitment

  4. Soil testing laboratories


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The midday meal scheme is a government scheme which refers to the programme introduced in all government elementary schools to provide children with cooked lunch. This programme has had many positive effects. These include the fact that more poor children have begun enrolling and regularly attending school.

There are several laws in India that protect every person's right to be treated equally. In addition to laws, the government has also set up several schemes to improve the lives of ___________ who have been treated unequally for several centuries.

  1. Communities

  2. Individuals

  3. Both A and B

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The Republic of India is a welfare state, the state is required to take measures for overall development and welfare of people by any means necessary. The Government of India has initiated a number of social security scheme for promoting equality and socio-economic development. E.g. Beti Bachao Beti Padao, Pradhan Mantri Ujjwal Yojna, Maternity Benefit scheme, Sarv Shiksha yojna etc. for the empowerment of women and children.

The mid-day meal scheme was first implemented in the state of ___________.

  1. Kerala

  2. Tamil Nadu

  3. Maharashtra

  4. Madhya Pradesh


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The Midday Meal Scheme is a school meal programme of the Government of India designed to improve the nutritional status of school-age children nationwide. It is supported by the Centre and the states in the ratio of 60:40. It was first implemented in Tamil Nadu. The Midday Meal Scheme is covered by the National Food Security Act, 2013.