Right To Information

Q.

Which Community in Sri Lanka Enjoys the Majority?

Q. The person incharge of responding to questions related to RTI in government offices is known as the .

1. Rights Officer
2. Information Manager
3. Rights Informant
4. Information Officer

Q. The Right to Information Act (RTI) was passed by the Parliament in _____.

1. 2000
2. 2001
3. 2009
4. 2005

Q. Right to information Act (RTI) is a result of ________.

1. struggle of women
2. people's movement
3. political movement
4. students demand

Q. Programmes which are undertaken to benefit the poor and remove poverty often ______ the needy.

1. reach
2. don't reach
3. looted before they reach
4. lost before they reach

Q. Before _________ there was no legal provision to take details of information.

1. independence
2. the implementation of 'right to education act'
3. the implementation of 'right to information act' (RTI)
4. implementation of 'food security act'

Q. Through ______ we can get information about a road construction contract in our city.

1. public meeting
2. RTE
3. RTI
4. public protest

Q. Lack of _______ is one of the major reasons for corruption.

1. information
2. dignity
3. money
4. discipline

Q. Information about the functioning of the government in the public domain makes officials more _______ in their functioning.

1. corrupt
2. accountable
3. motivated
4. committed

Q. Under RTI, a person who is asking for the information belongs to the ________ category, then he or she need not pay any amount.

1. rich
2. above poverty line
3. below poverty line
4. poor

Q. Information officer should provide information ______.

1. within one year
2. immediately
3. whenever he/she wants
4. within a specific time

Q. Under the RTI Act, it is compulsory for every_______ to declare certain information in public even without being asked by the people.

1. citizen
2. minister
3. ministry
4. government office

Q. A citizen seeks information from an office under the Right To Information Act. In case the information is not provided in the prescribed time, the person can complain to the __________.

1. police
2. State or Central Information Commissions
3. prime minister
4. minister of information

Q. An individual can get access to documents like government orders and reports through which of the following rights?

1. Right to Education
2. Right against Exploitation
3. Right to Freedom of Religion
4. Right to Information

Q. A government officer whose sole job is to respond to the questions of the public is called ______.

1. an RTI officer
2. the public officer
3. the officer for information
4. the information officer

Q. At the state and central government level there should be independent __________ .

1. ministry for information
2. information commissions
3. committee
4. minister of information

Q. In the movement for right to information, people evaluated government documents in ________.

1. public meetings
2. rally
3. panchayat
4. legislature

Q. Right To Information Act (RTI) prescribes that in every _________, there will be an officer incharge of responding to the questions of people.

1. village
2. government office
3. city
4. ministry

Q. After Rajasthan, ______ states adopted law for providing information.

1. none of the
2. many
3. all
4. very few

Q. In a democracy, people _____ the right to know where their money is being used.

1. don't have
2. have
3. occasionally
4. never have

Q. A major reason for diversion of funds meant for the poor is_________.

1. indiscipline
2. political gain
3. misconduct
4. corruption

Q. Before _________ there was no legal provision to take details of information.

1. independence
2. the implementation of 'right to education act'
3. the implementation of 'right to information act' (RTI)
4. implementation of 'food security act'

Q. "Mass participation in public movements" was the objective of _______.

1. Indian Association
2. All of the above
3. East India Association
4. Indian National Congress

Q. Choose the option which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
OBEISANCE

1. Insult
2. Obedience
3. Indifference
4. Disrespect

Q. Right to Information is recognised within the constitution as a part of _____ fundamental rights.

1. two
2. three
3. one
4. four

Q. Information about the functioning of the government in the public domain makes officials more _______ in their functioning.

1. corrupt
2. accountable
3. motivated
4. committed