1997 General Studies, all questions
UPSC Prelims 1997 · General Studies
Question 47: Economy and Social Development
A major health mission carried in 1996 was
awar against leprosy
bsmall-pox eradication
cpulse polio immunization
dpopularisation of oral rehydration therapy
AnswerThe answer is (c).
Pulse Polio Immunization was the major health mission of the mid-1990s. India held its first national immunisation days against polio in December 1995 and January 1996, giving oral polio drops to young children on fixed days, and repeated the drive in later years. Smallpox had been eradicated by 1977, and leprosy control and oral rehydration were older programmes.
Why each option is right or wrong
- (a) The leprosy programme was already running from the 1980s and was not the 1996 mission.
- (b) Smallpox was eradicated in India by 1977.
- (c) Right: pulse polio immunisation was the 1996 mission.
- (d) Oral rehydration therapy was promoted from the 1980s, so it was not new in 1996.
Explanation: written by UPSC Grade, not by UPSC.
Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 1997, General Studies. UPSC's own paper isn't online; the words are from a published compilation. The paper on upsc.gov.in.