Child Rights and Legislation — Quiz

Q1. section 83 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), 1860, considers the maximum age of a child with mental disability to be

• A. Six years
• B. Seven years
• C. Twelve years
• D. Fourteen years

Q2. Under the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986, a 'child' is a person who has not completed the age of

• A. 12 years
• B. 14 years
• C. 16 years
• D. 18 years

Q3. The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 defines a child as a person who has not completed

• A. 14 years of age
• B. 16 years of age
• C. 18 years of age
• D. 21 years of age

Q4. A Class 7 teacher in Rampur invites adolescent students to vote in the class monitor election and asks each student to share an opinion at the morning circle. Which basic right of the child is being honoured?

• A. Right to Survival
• B. Right to Development
• C. Right to Participation
• D. Right to Protection

Q5. A child works 15 hours a day at Rs 500 a month in an Agra bangle-manufacturing unit, malnourished and burned by chemicals. The four basic rights MOST DIRECTLY violated are

• A. Survival and Participation only
• B. Survival, Development and Protection
• C. Development and Participation only
• D. Participation alone

Q6. Provisions for the survival, development and protection of children are included in BOTH

• A. Part I and Part II of the Constitution
• B. Part III (Fundamental Rights) and Part IV (Directive Principles of State Policy)
• C. Concurrent List and Union List only
• D. Preamble and the Seventh Schedule

Q7. After which Constitutional Amendments did the Panchayati Raj institutions get administrative and financial powers to undertake activities for child welfare?

• A. 42nd and 44th Amendments
• B. 73rd and 74th Amendments
• C. 86th and 93rd Amendments
• D. 61st and 71st Amendments

Q8. An 11-year-old girl in rural Bihar who has never been to school comes to a government Upper Primary School for admission. Under the RTE Act, 2009 'age-appropriate admission' provision, the school must

• A. Refuse admission as she is too old for Class 1
• B. Admit her in a class where she would normally be if she had joined school from Class 1 at six years of age
• C. Admit her in Class 1 along with six-year-olds
• D. Send her back to complete adult literacy first

Q9. Which of the following is NOT a 'Main Feature' of the RTE Act, 2009?

• A. No detention up to elementary level
• B. Age-appropriate admission
• C. Compulsory donation fee at the time of admission
• D. No denial of admission for not producing age proof

Q10. Article 32 of the UNCRC obliges State Parties to take positive actions on a minimum age for employment, working hours and conditions of work. This Article protects a child specifically from

• A. Sexual exploitation
• B. Economic exploitation and hazardous work
• C. Drug abuse
• D. Abduction, sale and trafficking

Q11. Under Rule 6 of the POCSO Rules, 2012, the duty to monitor the implementation of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act has been given to which body?

• A. National Human Rights Commission (NHRC)
• B. World Health Organization (WHO)
• C. UNICEF
• D. National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR)

Q12. Article 28 of the UNCRC states: 'All children have the right to a primary education, which should be ____.'

• A. Compulsory until age 18
• B. Religiously segregated
• C. Free
• D. Vocational only

Q13. The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) was formed by the UN General Assembly in

• A. 1944, before World War II ended
• B. 1946, after World War II
• C. 1953, when it became a permanent division
• D. 1989, alongside the UNCRC

Q14. A Class 8 student in a Rampur school is mentally harassed by a teacher. The complaint is reported to the NCPCR cell for school children. The cell will inform the taluk/district legal services within

• A. 24 hours
• B. 48 hours
• C. 7 days
• D. 30 days

Q15. Among the roles of an upper-primary teacher in protecting child rights, the very first listed role is to

• A. Act as a second parent of the child
• B. Report every violation to the police within 24 hours
• C. File a writ petition in the High Court
• D. Conduct annual parent-teacher meeting only