UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — DNT leaders move SC seeking separate count during Census

Question 1

With reference to the Scheme for Economic Empowerment of DNTs (SEED), consider the following:
1. Free coaching for DNT candidates appearing in competitive examinations
2. Housing assistance to DNT families in rural areas not covered under PMAY
3. Health insurance coverage for DNT/NT/SNT communities
4. Dr. Ambedkar Pre-Matric and Post-Matric Scholarship for DNT students
Which of the above is/are correctly identified as components of the SEED scheme?

Accepted Answer

1, 2 and 3 only

Answer

2 and 4 only

Answer

1, 3 and 4 only

Answer

1, 2, 3 and 4

Question 2

In the context of the recent Supreme Court petition seeking a separate count of DNTs in the 2027 Census, the term 'Denotified Tribes' refers to which one of the following?

Accepted Answer

Communities that were notified as 'born criminals' under the Criminal Tribes Act, 1871, and 'denotified' upon repeal of that Act in 1952

Answer

Tribal communities dropped from the Scheduled Tribes list of a State after the 2002 amendment to the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order

Answer

Nomadic communities never enumerated in any decadal Census and therefore left outside the Central OBC list

Answer

Communities removed from the Central List of Other Backward Classes by the National Commission for Backward Classes

Question 3

At the Union level, which of the following is the principal standing institutional body specifically mandated to design and implement welfare and development programmes for Denotified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Communities?

Accepted Answer

Development and Welfare Board for De-notified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Communities (DWBDNC)

Answer

National Commission for Denotified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Tribes (Renke Commission)

Answer

Commission for Denotified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Tribes headed by Bhiku Ramji Idate (2014–2018)

Answer

National Commission for Backward Classes

Question 4

The Development and Welfare Board for De-notified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Communities (DWBDNC), which would be the nodal agency for any targeted Census enumeration of DNTs, functions under which one of the following Union Ministries?

Accepted Answer

Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

Answer

Ministry of Tribal Affairs

Answer

Ministry of Minority Affairs

Answer

Ministry of Rural Development

Question 5

As per the report (2018) of the Commission constituted in 2014 under Bhiku Ramji Idate, how many communities in India were identified as Denotified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic?

Accepted Answer

1,262

Answer

198

Answer

698

Answer

2,500

UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — DNT leaders move SC seeking separate count during Census

Q2. In the context of the recent Supreme Court petition seeking a separate count of DNTs in the 2027 Census, the term 'Denotified Tribes' refers to which one of the following?

Q3. At the Union level, which of the following is the principal standing institutional body specifically mandated to design and implement welfare and development programmes for Denotified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Communities?

Q4. The Development and Welfare Board for De-notified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Communities (DWBDNC), which would be the nodal agency for any targeted Census enumeration of DNTs, functions under which one of the following Union Ministries?

Q5. As per the report (2018) of the Commission constituted in 2014 under Bhiku Ramji Idate, how many communities in India were identified as Denotified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic?