Welfare State and Social Welfare

Q. India aims to be a welfare state. Justify this statement.

Q. When was the 'Ministry of Social Welfare' constituted?

1. 14th June 1964
2. 16th June 1967
3. 24th July 1970
4. 18th June 1962

Q. What is a family group consisting of parents and their children called?

1. Single Family
2. Joint Family
3. Conjoint Family
4. Nuclear Family

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How directive principles classified?

Q. Read the following statements and choose the correct option:

Statement 1: Globalisation altered the aspects of the family system in the country.

Statement 2: Indian society is riddled with large scale economic, social, educational and cultural inequalities.

1. Only statement 1 is correct.
2. Both statements 1 and 2 are correct.
3. Both statements 1 and 2 are incorrect.
4. Only statement 2 is correct.

Q. A is a governance model, in which the state plays a key role in the protection and promotion of the economic and social well-being of its citizens.

1. Secular State
2. Communal State
3. Diplomatic State
4. Welfare State

Q. Your friend Rakesh is reading about Welfare States. He comes to know that India is also a welfare state but is not aware of the reasons as to why India chose to become a welfare state.

Help him by choosing the correct reasons(s) which made India a welfare state.

1. The social and economic condition of India at the time of independence was miserable.
2. Large scale social inequalities existed between various social groups.
3. The vulnerable sections of the society such as women, dalits and children were deprived of basic means of living.
4. There was no disparity between the rich and the poor at the time of independence.

Q. For a welfare state to succeed, removal of any kind of discrimination is important.

1. True
2. False

Q. What is a Welfare State?

1. It is a form of government in which the state protects and promotes the social and economic well-being of the citizens.
2. It is a form of government in which the state interferes with the religious practices of the citizens.
3. It is a form of government in which the state does not protect the social and economic well-being of the citizens.
4. It is the form of government where state does not interfere in deciding the tax rates and income slots for which taxes are to be paid.

Q. Choose the correct statement(s) with regard to the Ministry of Social Welfare.

1. It was established in they year 1964 by the Government of India.
2. The ministry and its related departments don't promote nutrition and child development.
3. It was founded with an aim to promote governance based on the model of ‘welfare state’.
4. It is under this ministry that social welfare programmes and schemes are implemented internationally.