UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — SC comes to aid of elderly woman, son with disability
Q1. Which one of the following is the nodal Union Ministry for the implementation of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016?
- A. Ministry of Home Affairs
- B. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
- C. Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
- D. Ministry of Women and Child Development
Q2. In the context of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016, the term 'person with benchmark disability' refers to which one of the following?
- A. Any person certified to have at least 25 per cent of a specified disability
- B. A person with not less than 40 per cent of a specified disability, as certified by the competent authority
- C. A person with multiple disabilities aggregating to 100 per cent
- D. A person whose disability has been declared incurable and progressive by a medical board
Q3. With reference to the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016, consider the following statements:
1. It replaced the Persons with Disabilities Act, 1995.
2. It increased the number of recognised disabilities from 7 to 21.
3. It provides 10 per cent reservation in government jobs for persons with benchmark disabilities.
4. It gives effect to India's obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Which of the statements given above is/are NOT correct?
- It replaced the Persons with Disabilities Act, 1995.
- It increased the number of recognised disabilities from 7 to 21.
- It provides 10 per cent reservation in government jobs for persons with benchmark disabilities.
- It gives effect to India's obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
- A. 1 only
- B. 3 only
- C. 2 and 3
- D. 3 and 4
Q4. With reference to the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016, consider the following statements:
1. It came into force in 2017.
2. The Central Government is empowered to notify additional disabilities beyond those listed in the Act.
3. It mandates 5 per cent reservation in government and government-aided higher educational institutions for persons with benchmark disabilities.
4. It defines a 'person with benchmark disability' as one having not less than 50 per cent of a specified disability.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- It came into force in 2017.
- The Central Government is empowered to notify additional disabilities beyond those listed in the Act.
- It mandates 5 per cent reservation in government and government-aided higher educational institutions for persons with benchmark disabilities.
- It defines a 'person with benchmark disability' as one having not less than 50 per cent of a specified disability.
- A. 1, 2 and 3
- B. 2 and 4 only
- C. 1 and 3 only
- D. 1, 2, 3 and 4
Q5. How many categories of specified disabilities are recognised under the Schedule to the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (as originally enacted)?