UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — State support key for tribal welfare, says Social Justice Ministry report
Q1. On the repeal of the Criminal Tribes Act in 1952, approximately how many communities were formally 'denotified' in India?
- A. About 150
- B. About 425
- C. About 810
- D. About 1,200
Q2. In which year was the Development and Welfare Board for De-Notified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Communities (DWBDNC) constituted by the Government of India?
- A. 2017
- B. 2018
- C. 2019
- D. 2022
Q3. In the context of the DWBDNC's welfare framework, the term 'De-notified tribes' precisely refers to which of the following?
- A. Communities that had been listed as 'criminal tribes' under colonial law and were 'de-notified' after its repeal in 1952
- B. Communities that migrate seasonally with livestock and lack a fixed settlement
- C. Tribes that have been removed from the Scheduled Tribes list by a Presidential order
- D. Tribes notified for special assistance for the first time under a Central welfare board
Q4. With reference to the Scheme for Economic Empowerment of DNTs (SEED), consider the following:
1. Free coaching to prepare candidates for competitive examinations
2. Health insurance coverage for DNT families
3. Building and strengthening livelihood clusters of community institutions
4. Payment of a monthly old-age pension to DNT elders
Which of the above is/are correctly identified as components of the SEED Scheme?
- Free coaching to prepare candidates for competitive examinations
- Health insurance coverage for DNT families
- Building and strengthening livelihood clusters of community institutions
- Payment of a monthly old-age pension to DNT elders
- A. 1, 2 and 3
- B. 1 and 4 only
- C. 2, 3 and 4
- D. 1, 2, 3 and 4
Q5. Among the components of the SEED Scheme, which one is designed to cover the largest number of targeted beneficiaries over the five-year period?
- A. Competitive-examination coaching
- B. Health insurance
- C. Livelihood clusters
- D. Housing
Q6. With reference to the findings of the Union Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry's Annual Report 2025-26 on Denotified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Tribes, consider the following statements:
1. Only seven States currently issue DNT community certificates.
2. The Ministry's advisories to States on sharing DNT data go back to 2015.
3. States have already shared complete lists of DNT beneficiaries eligible for PMAY-G housing.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- Only seven States currently issue DNT community certificates.
- The Ministry's advisories to States on sharing DNT data go back to 2015.
- States have already shared complete lists of DNT beneficiaries eligible for PMAY-G housing.
- A. 1 only
- B. 1 and 2 only
- C. 2 and 3 only
- D. 1, 2 and 3
Q7. The Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India distributes legislative powers between the Union and the States through how many Lists?
- A. Two
- B. Three
- C. Four
- D. Five
Q8. In the scheme of the Seventh Schedule, the 'Concurrent List' is best described as the list of subjects on which—
- A. both Parliament and the State Legislatures may legislate, with Union law generally prevailing in case of conflict
- B. only Parliament may legislate to the exclusion of the States
- C. only the State Legislatures may legislate to the exclusion of Parliament
- D. neither Parliament nor the States may legislate without a Presidential proclamation
Q9. As per the data compiled by the National Commission (Idate Commission), how many communities in India are classified as Denotified Tribes?
- A. 27
- B. 425
- C. 810
- D. 1,235
Q10. The Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G), the housing route through which DNT beneficiaries are provided pucca houses, was launched in which year?
- A. 2014
- B. 2016
- C. 2019
- D. 2022