Welfare and Development Services Administration Questions and Answers

Answer: C

The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act was enacted in 2010.

The 2010 Act replaced the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act of 1976. It regulates the acceptance and use of foreign contributions by individuals, associations and companies, and bars them for activities harmful to the national interest. Voluntary organisations must register under it, or obtain prior permission, before receiving foreign funds.

2011 is the trap: the Act came into force on 1 May 2011, but it was passed in 2010. 2008 and 2009 match neither date. The Act was later amended, most notably in 2020.

Answer: D

The one that is not a principle of social welfare administration is The Principle of Individualization.

Individualization is a principle of social casework: in Felix Biestek's list of casework principles, each client is treated as a unique person with a unique problem. It governs the worker-client relationship, not the running of an agency.

Professional responsibility, agency purpose and cultural setting all appear among the principles of social welfare administration set out by writers such as Harleigh Trecker. Agency purpose means the agency's goals guide its work, cultural setting means administration must fit the community's culture, and professional responsibility means high standards of service. So options A, B and C are principles.

Answer: C

Social welfare administration transforms social policy into social services.

This is the widely quoted definition of John C. Kidneigh: social welfare administration is the process of transforming social policy into social services. It is a two-way process, since experience gained in delivering services is also used to recommend changes in policy.

Social legislation is one of the means by which policy is expressed, not its end product. Social reform is a movement for change in society, and social defence deals with the prevention of crime and the treatment of offenders.

Answer: B

A voluntary agency is registered under the Societies Registration Act.

The Societies Registration Act, 1860, provides for the registration of societies formed for literary, scientific, charitable and similar purposes, and is the most common legal form for voluntary organisations in India. Voluntary agencies can also register as public trusts or as Section 8 companies, but none of those is offered here.

The Panchayat Raj Acts set up local self-government. The Indian Partnership Act governs business partnerships run for profit, and the Bombay Shops and Establishments Act regulates working conditions in shops and commercial establishments.

Answer: B

The two functions added are evaluation and feedback.

Luther Gulick's POSDCORB (1937) lists seven functions of an administrator: planning, organising, staffing, directing, coordinating, reporting and budgeting. Writers on social welfare administration add evaluation, judging how far a programme achieves its objectives, and feedback, using that judgement to correct plans and operations.

Research, cooperation and supervision appear in the other options, but coordinating and directing already cover cooperation and supervision, and research is not one of the added administrative functions. Each wrong option also pairs feedback with a function that does not belong.

Answer: A

It is a programme of community services.

The standard definition of administration in social agencies describes it as the process of securing community resources, such as funds, staff and goodwill, and transforming them into a programme of community services. It is the companion of the definition of social welfare administration as turning social policy into social services.

Community development is a process of people's participation in improving their own conditions, and social planning is the setting of goals and priorities for welfare. 'Social programming' is not the term used in the definition.

Answer: C

FCRA stands for the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act.

First passed in 1976 and replaced by the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010, it regulates the acceptance and use of foreign contributions and foreign hospitality by individuals, associations and companies. A voluntary organisation must be registered under it, or obtain prior permission, before it can receive funds from abroad.

The other expansions mix up its terms. The Act deals with contributions, not communication, finance in general or currency, and foreign exchange as such is governed by FEMA.

Answer: B

NGOs register as companies under Section 8 of the Companies Act, 2013.

Section 8 allows a company to be formed to promote commerce, art, science, sports, education, research, social welfare, religion, charity or protection of the environment, on condition that its profits are applied to those objects and no dividend is paid to its members.

Section 25 is the trap: it was the corresponding provision of the old Companies Act, 1956, which the 2013 Act replaced. Section 12 deals with a company's registered office, and 12A is a section of the Income Tax Act, not the Companies Act.

Answer: B

Recreation agencies should prioritise long-term community needs.

Programme planning in recreation starts from the needs and interests of the community the agency serves, and good planning looks beyond the current season so that facilities, staff and activities keep serving people as the community changes. Programmes built on these needs attract lasting participation and support.

Short-term goals and immediate results lead to one-off events that do not meet continuing needs. Limited funds are a constraint that planners must work within, not a priority to plan around.

Answer: A

RGNIYD is located at Sriperumbudur.

The Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development is at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu, near Chennai and close to the site of Rajiv Gandhi's assassination in 1991. It works under the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports and was declared an Institute of National Importance by an Act of Parliament in 2012.

Bilaspur, Jaipur and Raipur are not where the institute is located.