Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Sociology

Chapter

Social Change and Development in India: Social Movements

Question:

"Consider the following passage and answer the next four questions (Q No 1) :
There has also been greater recognition that both men and women are constrained by the dominant gender identities. For instance, men in patriarchal societies feel they must be strong and successful. It is not, manly, to express oneself emotionally. A gender-just society would allow both men and women to be free. This of course rests on the idea that for true freedom to grow and develop, injustices of all kind have to end."

The programme of the Government of India, Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao Yojana is an important effort in the actualisation of a gender-just society. When was the Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao Yojana launched by Government of India?

Options:

1998

2010

2015

2019

Correct Answer:

2015

Explanation:

The Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao Yojana was launched by the Government of India in 2015.