Right to Information Act MCQ — 2 Practice Questions with Answers

Explanation

Under the Right to Information framework, the State Information Commission prepares an annual report on implementation and forwards it to the State Government. The State Government then causes the report to be laid before the State Legislature. The Governor is not the direct statutory recipient of this report. The state's High Court does not receive the Commission's annual report in this administrative process. State Legislature is involved at the later laying stage, but the Commission submits the report to the State Government.

Explanation

The Right to Information Act, 2005 was enacted to make public authorities more transparent and accountable, so the first statement is correct. Aruna Roy, through the wider right-to-information movement associated with the Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan in Rajasthan, played a major role in building public pressure for such a law, so the second statement is also correct. The choices that accept only one statement ignore the truth of the other, and the choice rejecting both statements is plainly inconsistent with the Act’s purpose and movement history.