Fields of Social Work Practice I Questions and Answers

Q: Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship for ST Students targets to :

The fellowship is for regular full-time research students in M.Phil. and Ph.D. courses.The Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship for Scheduled Tribe students, funded by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs and administered with the UGC, gives fellowships to ST students pursuing M.Phil. and Ph.D. degrees as regular, full-time students in recognised universities and institutions in India.Part-time students, distance mode students and those studying abroad are outside the scheme; separate schemes such as the National Overseas Scholarship cover study abroad.

Q: What is the full form of ICDS ?

ICDS stands for Integrated Child Development Services.Launched on 2 October 1975, ICDS provides a package of six services through anganwadi centres: supplementary nutrition, pre-school non-formal education, nutrition and health education, immunisation, health check-ups and referral services, for children under six and for pregnant and lactating mothers.The other expansions change 'Services' to 'Scheme' or 'Sector', or 'Integrated' to 'Indian'.

Q: As per the ICDS, how much calories of food is fixed for nutritional norm for severely malnourished children.

The norm for severely malnourished children is 800 calories.Under the revised supplementary nutrition norms of ICDS (2009), children aged 6 months to 6 years receive about 500 kcal and 12-15 g of protein a day, while severely underweight (malnourished) children are given about 800 kcal and 20-25 g of protein. Pregnant and lactating women receive about 600 kcal and 18-20 g of protein.900, 1100 and 1200 calories are not ICDS norms for any beneficiary group.

Q: Help Age International Network was established in the year :

HelpAge International was established in 1983.HelpAge International was founded in 1983 as a global network of organisations working for the rights and well-being of older people, bringing together national organisations working with older people in several countries. HelpAge India itself dates from 1978.1953, 1963 and 1973 are earlier than the founding of the network.

Q: Every child with disability shall have the rights to free education till the age of .................. years.

Free education is a right till the age of 18 years.Section 31 of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 provides that every child with benchmark disability between the ages of six and eighteen years shall have the right to free education in a neighbourhood school or a special school of his choice. This extends the general Right to Education, which covers children only up to fourteen.12, 15 and 16 are all below the upper age the Act sets.

Q: The addition of .................. as a new disability under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act allowed a girl with this disorder to get admission to medical course.

The new disability is thalassemia.The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 widened the list of disabilities from seven to twenty-one and added blood disorders: thalassemia, haemophilia and sickle cell disease. In August 2017 the Supreme Court directed that a young woman with thalassaemia (Sruchi Rathore, in Chhattisgarh) be admitted to an MBBS course after counselling, on her claim as a person with benchmark disability under the 2016 Act. News reports of the order describe this case.Mental illness was already in the 1995 Act's list, so it was not a new addition. Depression is not named among the disabilities. Speech and language disability was also added in 2016, but the admission case reported is the thalassaemia one. I could not trace a case for speech disorder, and the reports do not say whether she finally joined.

Q: Access audit with reference to disability refers to :

An access audit means making buildings, campus and other public facilities accessible to persons with disability.An access audit examines a building or public space against accessibility standards (ramps, lifts, accessible toilets, signage, tactile paths) to identify barriers for persons with disabilities and recommend changes. Under the Accessible India Campaign, government buildings were audited in this way.It is not a financial audit (C), it does not limit access (D), and option A describes a survey of service use, not an audit of the physical environment.

Q: Who are the beneficiaries of the ICDS in India ?

The beneficiaries are children under 6 years of age and their mothers.The Integrated Child Development Services scheme, launched in 1975, serves children from birth to six years together with pregnant women and nursing mothers, through anganwadis providing supplementary nutrition, immunisation, health check-ups, referral services, pre-school education and nutrition and health education.The age limit is six, not five, and the scheme covers mothers, not siblings, so the other three options are wrong.

Q: Social skills that enrich human development do not include :

Social skills do not include acquiring livelihood skills.Livelihood skills, such as a trade or vocational skill for earning a living, are economic or technical skills. Social skills concern how a person relates to others and manages himself among them.Building self-confidence and self-esteem, solving problems and communicating well are among the life skills that the WHO lists for psychosocial competence, and they are the social skills that enrich human development, so options A, C and D are included.

Q: Family Life Education does not include understanding of :

Family life education does not include political rights of citizens.Family life education prepares people for family living: understanding oneself and others, human sexuality and reproductive health, relationships, marriage, parenthood, family planning and the care of children. It is often offered in schools and communities through such programmes.Political rights of citizens belong to civic or citizenship education, while self and others, sexuality, and marriage and parenthood are standard parts of family life education.

11.

Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship for ST Students targets to :

A.Regular full-time research students in M.Phil. & Ph.D. courses
B.Part-time research students in M.Phil. & Ph.D. courses
C.Research students in M.Phil. & Ph.D. courses in distance mode
D.Research students in M.Phil & Ph.D. courses in abroad

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2019, SET Exam - 2019,

Answer: A

The fellowship is for regular full-time research students in M.Phil. and Ph.D. courses.

The Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship for Scheduled Tribe students, funded by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs and administered with the UGC, gives fellowships to ST students pursuing M.Phil. and Ph.D. degrees as regular, full-time students in recognised universities and institutions in India.

Part-time students, distance mode students and those studying abroad are outside the scheme; separate schemes such as the National Overseas Scholarship cover study abroad.

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12.

What is the full form of ICDS ?

A.Integrated Child Development Scheme
B.Integrated Child Development Sector
C.Integrated Child Development Services
D.Indian Child Development Scheme

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2019, SET Exam - 2019,

Answer: C

ICDS stands for Integrated Child Development Services.

Launched on 2 October 1975, ICDS provides a package of six services through anganwadi centres: supplementary nutrition, pre-school non-formal education, nutrition and health education, immunisation, health check-ups and referral services, for children under six and for pregnant and lactating mothers.

The other expansions change 'Services' to 'Scheme' or 'Sector', or 'Integrated' to 'Indian'.

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13.

As per the ICDS, how much calories of food is fixed for nutritional norm for severely malnourished children.

A.900 calories
B.1200 calories
C.800 calories
D.1100 calories

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2019, SET Exam - 2019,

Answer: C

The norm for severely malnourished children is 800 calories.

Under the revised supplementary nutrition norms of ICDS (2009), children aged 6 months to 6 years receive about 500 kcal and 12-15 g of protein a day, while severely underweight (malnourished) children are given about 800 kcal and 20-25 g of protein. Pregnant and lactating women receive about 600 kcal and 18-20 g of protein.

900, 1100 and 1200 calories are not ICDS norms for any beneficiary group.

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14.

Help Age International Network was established in the year :

A.1953
B.1963
C.1973
D.1983

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2020, SET Exam - 2020,

Answer: D

HelpAge International was established in 1983.

HelpAge International was founded in 1983 as a global network of organisations working for the rights and well-being of older people, bringing together national organisations working with older people in several countries. HelpAge India itself dates from 1978.

1953, 1963 and 1973 are earlier than the founding of the network.

Discuss in Forum

15.

Every child with disability shall have the rights to free education till the age of .................. years.

A.12
B.15
C.16
D.18

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2020, SET Exam - 2020,

Answer: D

Free education is a right till the age of 18 years.

Section 31 of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 provides that every child with benchmark disability between the ages of six and eighteen years shall have the right to free education in a neighbourhood school or a special school of his choice. This extends the general Right to Education, which covers children only up to fourteen.

12, 15 and 16 are all below the upper age the Act sets.

Discuss in Forum

16.

The addition of .................. as a new disability under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act allowed a girl with this disorder to get admission to medical course.

A.Mental Illness
B.Depression
C.Thalassemia
D.Speech Disorder

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2020, SET Exam - 2020,

Answer: C

The new disability is thalassemia.

The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 widened the list of disabilities from seven to twenty-one and added blood disorders: thalassemia, haemophilia and sickle cell disease. In August 2017 the Supreme Court directed that a young woman with thalassaemia (Sruchi Rathore, in Chhattisgarh) be admitted to an MBBS course after counselling, on her claim as a person with benchmark disability under the 2016 Act. News reports of the order describe this case.

Mental illness was already in the 1995 Act's list, so it was not a new addition. Depression is not named among the disabilities. Speech and language disability was also added in 2016, but the admission case reported is the thalassaemia one. I could not trace a case for speech disorder, and the reports do not say whether she finally joined.

Discuss in Forum

17.

Access audit with reference to disability refers to :

A.Auditing access of persons with disabilities to social service and health facilities
B.Making buildings, campus and other public facilities accessible to persons with disability
C.Undertaking financial audit to assess the expenditure on disability related benefits
D.Limiting access of persons with disability to high risk areas

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2020, SET Exam - 2020,

Answer: B

An access audit means making buildings, campus and other public facilities accessible to persons with disability.

An access audit examines a building or public space against accessibility standards (ramps, lifts, accessible toilets, signage, tactile paths) to identify barriers for persons with disabilities and recommend changes. Under the Accessible India Campaign, government buildings were audited in this way.

It is not a financial audit (C), it does not limit access (D), and option A describes a survey of service use, not an audit of the physical environment.

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18.

Who are the beneficiaries of the ICDS in India ?

A.Children under 5 years of age and their mothers
B.Children under 5 years of age and their siblings
C.Children under 6 years of age and their siblings
D.Children under 6 years of age and their mothers

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2020, SET Exam - 2020,

Answer: D

The beneficiaries are children under 6 years of age and their mothers.

The Integrated Child Development Services scheme, launched in 1975, serves children from birth to six years together with pregnant women and nursing mothers, through anganwadis providing supplementary nutrition, immunisation, health check-ups, referral services, pre-school education and nutrition and health education.

The age limit is six, not five, and the scheme covers mothers, not siblings, so the other three options are wrong.

Discuss in Forum

19.

Social skills that enrich human development do not include :

A.Building self-confidence and self-esteem
B.Acquiring livelihood skills
C.Developing problem solving skills
D.Improving communication skills

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2020, SET Exam - 2020,

Answer: B

Social skills do not include acquiring livelihood skills.

Livelihood skills, such as a trade or vocational skill for earning a living, are economic or technical skills. Social skills concern how a person relates to others and manages himself among them.

Building self-confidence and self-esteem, solving problems and communicating well are among the life skills that the WHO lists for psychosocial competence, and they are the social skills that enrich human development, so options A, C and D are included.

Discuss in Forum

20.

Family Life Education does not include understanding of :

A.Self and others
B.Sexuality
C.Political rights of citizens
D.Marriage and parenthood

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2020, SET Exam - 2020,

Answer: C

Family life education does not include political rights of citizens.

Family life education prepares people for family living: understanding oneself and others, human sexuality and reproductive health, relationships, marriage, parenthood, family planning and the care of children. It is often offered in schools and communities through such programmes.

Political rights of citizens belong to civic or citizenship education, while self and others, sexuality, and marriage and parenthood are standard parts of family life education.

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