Which of the following statements about the phad campaign on Panchayati Raj are correct?
(A) The phad is a cloth scroll, a traditional folk medium of story telling.
(B) In Sukhipur, the primary health centre is functioning in a pucca building.
(C) Najma, the Pradhan of Sukhipur, invested rural reconstruction money in good infrastructure.
(D) The phad method was very effective in bringing awareness to educated village men.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → A, B and C only
(A) The phad is a cloth scroll, a traditional folk medium of story telling. — Correct. The phad is a cloth scroll. It is a traditional folk medium of story telling, used here for the story of Sukhipur and Dhukipur.
(B) In Sukhipur, the primary health centre is functioning in a pucca building. — Correct. Sukhipur, the happy village, has a working primary health centre. It has a pucca building and a good road so that buses can reach the village.
(C) Najma, the Pradhan of Sukhipur, invested rural reconstruction money in good infrastructure. — Correct. Najma, the Pradhan of Sukhipur, put the rural reconstruction money into good infrastructure. So the people of her village are content.
(D) The phad method was very effective in bringing awareness to educated village men. — Incorrect. The phad method worked very well in bringing awareness to unlettered women. Its pictures and folk music suited women who could not read or write.
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