UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Equality of treatment for Persons with Disabilities
Q1. With reference to the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016, consider the following as specified disabilities recognised under the Act:
1. Sickle Cell Disease
2. Acid Attack Victims
3. Thalassemia
4. Colour Blindness
Which of the above is/are correctly identified?
- Sickle Cell Disease
- Acid Attack Victims
- Thalassemia
- Colour Blindness
- A. 1 and 2 only
- B. 1, 2 and 3 only
- C. 2, 3 and 4 only
- D. 1, 2, 3 and 4
Q2. Under which Section of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 is 4% reservation in government employment provided to persons with benchmark disabilities?
- A. Section 32
- B. Section 33
- C. Section 34
- D. Section 35
Q3. How many categories of 'specified disabilities' are recognised under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016?
Q4. In the context of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016, the expression 'person with benchmark disability' refers to:
- A. A person with not less than 40% of a specified disability, where such disability has not been defined in measurable terms, as certified by the certifying authority
- B. A person with any multiple disabilities, irrespective of the percentage of impairment
- C. A person below the poverty line certified as severely disabled by a State Medical Board
- D. A person aged 18 years or above with a permanent physical or mental impairment of any degree
Q5. Which one of the following is the nodal Department of the Government of India for the implementation of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016?
- A. Department of Social Justice and Empowerment, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
- B. Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan), Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
- C. Department of Rural Development, Ministry of Rural Development
- D. Department of Health and Family Welfare, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare