Consider the following statements regarding the social welfare measures taken by the Congress government during its twenty-eight months of rule:
1. No court or public authority was to recognize any custom or usage, which imposed any civil disability on the Harijans.
2. Prison reforms were taken up.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
1 only
2 only
Both 1 and 2
Neither 1 nor 2
The Congress government undertook certain other measures of social reform and welfare, such as:
1. Prohibition was introduced in selected areas in different states.
2. Measures for the advancement of untouchables or Harijans (children of God), as Gandhiji called them, including the passing of laws enabled Harijans to enter temples and to get free access to public offices, public sources of water, such as wells and ponds, roads, means of transport, hospitals, educational and other similar institutions, maintained out of public funds, and restaurants and hotels.
3. Moreover, no court or public authority was to recognize any custom or usage, which imposed any civil disability on the Harijans.
4. The number of scholarships and freeships for Harijan students was increased. Efforts were made to increase the number of Harijans in police and other government services.
5. The Congress Ministries paid a lot of attention to primary, technical and higher education, and public health and sanitation. Education for girls and Harijans was expanded. In particular, the Ministries introduced basic education with an emphasis on manual and productive work. Mass literacy campaigns among adults were organized.
6. Support and subsidies were given to khadi, spinning and village industries.
7. Schemes of prison reforms were taken up.
8. The Congress Governments removed impediments in the path of indigenous industrial expansion and, in fact, actively attempted to promote several modern industrial ventures, such as automobile manufacture. The Congress Government also joined the effort to develop planning through the National Planning Committee, appointed in 1938, by the Congress President Subhas Bose.
A spherical balloon of radius r subtends angle 60° at the eye of an observer. If the angle of elevation of its centre is 60° and h is the height of the centre of the balloon, then which one of the following is correct?
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The main source of energy in Sun is :
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Match the underlined word in each of the sentences with the correct parts of speech and indicate your response on the answer sheet accordingly. Oh no! I am getting late for the function.
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The first and sixth sentences are given as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been jumbled up and labelled as P, Q, R and S. You are required to find the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly S1: Our Constitution makers were fully conscious of the fact that the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes had been oppressed and underprivileged sections of our society over the centuries and they deserved a special dispensation so that their condition may be vastly improved. P: Similarly, they were also sensitive of the difficulties and problems which were likely to be faced by the persons belonging to the Anglo-Indian community in the country. Q: One such provision related to the reservation of seats for these communities in the Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies. R: This provision found place in Article 330 and Article 332 of the Constitution. S: For this purpose, several special provisions were incorporated in our Constitution. S6: Consequently, adequate safeguards were provided for these communities in our Constitution. The correct sequence should be:
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