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upsc-p1-economy-poverty-unemployment MCQ - Practice Questions with Answers
Solve 3 upsc-p1-economy-poverty-unemployment questions for RAS/RPSC preparation.
Practice questions
Q1Consider the following statements concerning the constitutional framework of inequality and welfare: 1. Article 38 directs the State to minimise inequalities in income, status, facilities and opportunities. 2. Article 41 creates a directly enforceable Fundamental Right to work, irrespective of the State's economic capacity. 3. Articles 39(b) and 39(c) concern distribution of material resources for the common good and prevention of concentration of wealth to the common detriment. Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Statements 1 and 3 are correct. Article 38 addresses inequalities, while Articles 39(b) and 39(c) guide resource distribution and prevention of harmful wealth concentration. Article 41 is a Directive Principle concerning work, education and public assistance within the State's economic capacity; it is not a directly enforceable Fundamental Right.
Q2With reference to the National Food Security Act, 2013, consider the following statements: 1. Under the Targeted Public Distribution System, its statutory coverage extends up to 75% of the rural population and 50% of the urban population. 2. It is a method for estimating the national poverty ratio and automatically covers every citizen. Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Statement 1 is correct and Statement 2 is incorrect. The Act creates food-security entitlements within statutory rural and urban coverage ceilings and includes special entitlements for specified groups. It is not a poverty-estimation methodology, and its coverage is not an automatic universal entitlement for every citizen.
Q3Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below. List I (Case) A. Randhir Singh v. Union of India B. Sanjit Roy v. State of Rajasthan C. Olga Tellis v. Bombay Municipal Corporation D. State of Karnataka v. Uma Devi List II (Principle) 1. Livelihood linked to Article 21, without an absolute right to occupy public land 2. Caution against regularising irregular public employment outside constitutional recruitment 3. Equal pay for equal work treated as a constitutional goal 4. Payment below minimum wage for famine-relief work held inconsistent with Article 23
Randhir Singh concerns equal pay for equal work as a constitutional goal; Sanjit Roy concerns minimum wages in famine-relief work under Article 23; Olga Tellis links livelihood with Article 21 but does not create an absolute right to occupy public land; and Uma Devi cautions against regularisation outside constitutional recruitment. The matching is A-3, B-4, C-1 and D-2.
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