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Child Rights and Legislation (RTE, POCSO, JJ Act) — Quiz

15 questions 15 min Apply concepts

Q1. The Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986 considers a person as a child up to the age of
- A. 14 years
- B. 12 years
- C. 16 years
- D. 18 years
Q2. The Universal Declaration of Child Rights defines a child as a person below the age of eighteen years 'unless, under the law applicable to the child, majority is attained earlier'. The italicised phrase means
- A. Each country must use 18 as the only cut-off
- B. Only India can set its own age limit
- C. The age of 18 applies only to girls
- D. Each country may set a lower age of majority in its own laws
Q3. The four basic rights of a child are listed in which order?
- A. Survival, Development, Participation, Protection
- B. Protection, Survival, Development, Participation
- C. Development, Participation, Survival, Protection
- D. Participation, Protection, Development, Survival
Q4. Ms. Sushma, a Class 4 teacher in a primary school, asks every child to vote on the classroom seating plan and to speak in the morning circle about issues in their neighbourhood. Which child right is she directly enabling?
- A. Right to Survival
- B. Right to Development
- C. Right to Participation
- D. Right to Protection
Q5. In a given case, 12-year-old Aswathy loses her mother and is forced to drop out of school and do child labour. Which two of the four basic child rights are MOST clearly denied to her?
- A. Right to Development and Right to Protection
- B. Right to Survival and Right to Participation
- C. Right to Survival and Right to Development only
- D. Right to Participation and Right to Protection only
Q6. Of the unit, the provisions relating to child survival, development and protection are found in which Parts of the Indian Constitution?
- A. Part III and Part IV
- B. Part I and Part II
- C. Part IV and Part V
- D. Part V and Part VI
Q7. After which two Constitutional Amendments did Panchayat Raj institutions get administrative and financial powers to undertake activities for the well-being of children?
- A. 42nd and 44th
- B. 86th and 93rd
- C. 97th and 101st
- D. 73rd and 74th
Q8. Which Five-Year Plan of India first emphasised child welfare by giving special attention to health, nutrition and education of children?
- A. First Five-Year Plan (1951)
- B. Third Five-Year Plan (1961)
- C. Sixth Five-Year Plan (1980)
- D. Ninth Five-Year Plan (1997)
Q9. On which date was the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act passed by the Indian Parliament?
- A. 4 August 2009
- B. 1 April 2009
- C. 1 April 2010
- D. 26 January 2010
Q10. Under the RTE Act, 2009, 'Free education' means that the school cannot demand from the parents the cost of
- A. Only the tuition fees
- B. Only mid-day meal contributions
- C. Only optional after-school coaching
- D. Tuition fees, uniforms, textbooks, mid-day meals and transportation
Q11. Aman, age 9, has never been to school. Under the 'age-appropriate admission' provision of the RTE Act, 2009, the school should admit him to
- A. The class where he would normally be if he had joined from Class 1 at age 6
- B. Class 1, since he has never studied
- C. Any nursery class chosen by the school
- D. No class — first he must clear an entrance test
Q12. Which Article of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989) accepts the right of the child to be protected from economic exploitation and hazardous work?
- A. Article 12
- B. Article 19
- C. Article 32
- D. Article 37
Q13. The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) was formed in
- A. March 2005
- B. December 2005
- C. March 2007
- D. October 1993
Q14. Mr. Ramesh, a primary teacher, keeps his Class 3 classroom open, well-lit and free of harsh language, and listens to every child's complaint patiently. This is the teacher's duty to
- A. Report every parent to higher authorities
- B. Strictly grade children as fast or slow learners
- C. Avoid all discussion of child rights with parents
- D. Create a safe learning environment in the classroom
Q15. Teachers are advised to 'avoid stereotyping the lives of children belonging to various contexts such as marginalised children, children with disability, children belonging to various caste, class, race, religion and colour.' This advice is grounded MAINLY in the child's right to
- A. Equal dignity and protection from discrimination
- B. Free school transport
- C. Compulsory religious instruction
- D. Streaming by ability group

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