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Assertion (A) The role of Indian economic The targets and indicators highlighted under
policy is very crucial. the gender-specific goals further reduce their scope,
Reason (R) Market forces cannot operate e.g. the only target listed under MDG 3 suggests
outside the structure of the policy. that gender equality and women empowerment can
(a) Both A and R are right and R is the
correct explanation for A be achieved simply by eliminating gender disparity
(b) Both A and R are right, but R is not in primary and secondary education (preferably by
the correct explanation for A 2005) and at all levels by 2015. Equally inadequate
(c) A is right but R is wrong. are the four indicators ofequality and empowerment
A is wrong but R is right. associated with this goal : the ratio of girls to boys
(d) at each educational level, the sex-ratio in literacy
93. What is the main thought of the author in the among I5-24 yr olds. women's share in wage
first paragraph? employment in the non-agricultural sector and the
(a) Markets are being integrated on a proportion of seats held by women in the national
global scale.
(b) Expectations about the future of the MDGs
parliament. India's Country Report 2005 on the
global market place. acknowledges not only that the goals are
(c) The interplay of two main interlinked, but that gender integration of gender
determinants, market forces and related targets within cach of the goals and by the
economic policy of international same token, achievement of all the goals is critically
economic relations. dependent upon the attainment of gender equality.
(d) The need for countries and enterprises The report also mentions that India's Tenth Five
to find new markets. Year Plan (2002-2007) has not only taken note of
(PASSA GE) the MDGs and included a number of targets to be
World leaders grected the new Millenium achieved during the Plan period, but that these
with the Millenium Declaration adopted by the UN internal targets generally aim higher than the
General Assembly in September 2000. The 187 internationally agreed upon ones.
heads of state and government, who attended the This is just as well., since India's share of
Millenium Summit that month also adopted the global responsibility towards meeting the MDGs is
Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) emerging fairly substantial. The country has the dubious
from the declaration as a blueprint for reducing distinction of accounting for a quarter ofall maternal
poverty and improving people's lives across the deaths and nearly a quarter of alldeaths of children
globe. All 193 UN member states, including India, under 5 y across the globe, 34% of the world's
have since pledged to work towards meeting these underweight children and 28% of the world's poor
goals in stages during the period upto 2015. who live on less than US S1per day.
The eight goals, as well as the specific targets 94. Which of the following best describes an
and indicators included under cach, have come 'indicator as described in the passage?
under legitimate criticism from several quarters for (a) A device to attract attention
their many limitations. One of the serious
(b) Adevice providing specific infomation
shortcomings of the MDGs, eg., is the on the state or condition of something
compartrmentalization of women within the goals
(c) A chemical compound that changes
and the narrow vision of gender concerns in the colour and structure when exposed to
context of development reflected in the targets and certain conditions
indicators listed under cach goal. (d) All of the above
Two of the goals are gender specific: one,
95. This question consists of an Assertion (A)
promote gender equality and empower women
(MDG 3) and two, improve maternal health (MDG and a Reason (R). Indicate your answer by
5). But clearly, as the Millenium Declaration and selecting the correct alternative.
several other UN agreements acknowledge, the Assertion (A) India needs to take quick
other six-eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, action on the MDG relating to eradicating
achieve universal primary education, reduce child -extreme poverty and hunger.
mortality, combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other Reason (R) It has 28% of the world's poor.
diseases, ensure environmental sustainability and (a) Both A and R are right and R is the
create a global partnership for development -are correct explanation for A
also intimately linked a gender equality and women (b) Both A and R are right, but R is not
empowerment. the correct explanation for A