Indian Society Mixed Practice — MCQs with Answers (Set 11)

Students and professors of the University of Rajasthan founded TBS in 1975; Singh joined later and became chairman only in 1985, redirecting it toward water conservation.

He was a graduate in Ayurvedic medicine and surgery, and worked in government adult-education programmes, before resigning in 1984 to move to rural Rajasthan.

The correct answer is Stockholm Water Prize. Pathak won the Stockholm Water Prize in 2009. The Stockholm International Water Institute lists him as the 2009 laureate.

The correct answer is Padma Vibhushan. He received the Padma Bhushan in 1991. President Droupadi Murmu conferred the Padma Vibhushan, India’s second highest civilian award, on 22 April 2024 in the field of social work. His wife received it.

The correct answer is Hoisted the national flag at Sulabh’s own complex. He took ill during the flag-hoisting on Independence Day at the Sulabh complex on Palam-Dabri Road, New Delhi. He died of cardiac arrest at the age of 80.

The correct answer is 1970. Pathak started the Sulabh movement in 1970. That year he founded the Sulabh International Social Service Organisation. He had joined the scavengers’ liberation cell in 1968, two years before.

The correct answer is Nelson Mandela. The Elders is a group of global leaders founded by Nelson Mandela. Ela Bhatt was a founding member from 2007.

The correct answer is To give small loans to poor, self-employed women. SEWA set up its own bank in 1974. It answered the burden of usurious loans. The bank rescued thousands of women from moneylenders and pawnbrokers.

The correct answer is The Textile Labour Association (TLA). The TLA was founded in 1920 by Anasuya Sarabhai and Mahatma Gandhi. It is described as India’s oldest and largest union of textile workers. Ela Bhatt later led its women’s section, and SEWA grew out of that work.

The correct answer is Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA). SEWA was registered as a trade union on 12 April 1972. It grew out of the women’s wing of the Textile Labour Association. The other unions named in the options were not founded by her.

She highlighted the SHe-Box portal’s growing role in ensuring transparency and time-bound resolution of complaints.

She released a Booklet on Inquiry Procedures for Internal and Local Committees, prepared by the NCW as a practical guide for fair, time-bound inquiries.

The National Commission for Women held the programme at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, with Union Minister Annpurna Devi as Chief Guest.

Cashback is ₹1 per digital transaction, capped at ₹100 a month, or ₹1,200 a year.

Chhattisgarh has the most functional EMRS schools of any state, with 75, ahead of Madhya Pradesh (63), Jharkhand (51), and Odisha (47).

The National Education Society for Tribal Students (NESTS) took over EMRS school management after the 2018 revamp.

Since 2018, one EMRS is envisaged for every block with over 50% ST population and at least 20,000 tribal persons.

EMRS was launched in 1997-98, under Article 275(1) of the Constitution, for residential ST education.

Exclusive breastfeeding means breast milk alone for six months, without water, honey, ghutti, glucose, or formula milk.

The 1-7 August dates commemorate the 1990 Innocenti Declaration, adopted in Florence, urging governments to support breastfeeding.

Colostrum is often called the infant’s first vaccine, since it’s rich in antibodies that give newborns early immune protection.

The correct answer is They built four organised kingdoms with their own ruling dynasties. NCERT says large Gond kingdoms came to dominate smaller chiefs, and Garha Katanga had a tiered administration. The other options are wrong: the Gond had a political order and their own language. Memory hook: organised kingdoms, not loose villages.

The correct answer is Asaf Khan. Akbar sent forces led by Asaf Khan I to take Garha in 1564. The Indian Express names the fight the Battle of Narrai. Memory hook: Asaf Khan, Akbar’s general.

The correct answer is Garha-Mandla. The sources call her kingdom Garha, or Garha Katanga. She was regent for her son from 1550 until 1564. Memory hook: Durgavati, Garha.

The correct answer is Dravidian. Gondi sits in the Gondi-Manda subgroup of the South Central branch of the Dravidian family. Memory hook: Gondi is Dravidian, not Indo-Aryan.