Read the passage carefully and answer the questions based on the passage:
There has been greater recognition that both men and women are constrained by 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 kinds have to end. The idea of a gender-just society is based upon two important factors - educated women with multiple roles and improved sex ratio. The programme of the Government of India, Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao Yojana is an important effort in the actualization of a gender-just society.
The government scheme of Beti-Bachao, Beti-Padhao is an example of :-
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Actualisation of a gender-just society.
Option (1) Gender biasness towards girl child. — Incorrect. The scheme works against bias towards the girl child. It was introduced to save and educate girls, not to favour boys over them.
Option (2) Changes in patriarchal society. — Incorrect. The passage does not present the scheme as a change that has already taken place in patriarchal society. It calls it an effort towards a goal that is still being worked for.
Option (3) Improved social status of girl child. — Incorrect. A better status for girls is what the scheme hopes to bring about, but the passage names the larger aim it serves: a gender-just society, in which both men and women are free.
Option (4) Actualisation of a gender-just society. — Correct. A gender-just society rests on educated women with multiple roles and an improved sex ratio. Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao works on both: it seeks to save the girl child and to educate her. The passage calls it an important effort in the actualisation of a gender-just society.
NCERT (2025-26): “Post 1947 … 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 idea of gender-just society is based upon two important factors — educated women with multiple roles and improved sex ratio. The programme of the Government of India, Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao Yojana is an important effort in the actualisation of a gender-just society.…” |