2004 General Studies, all questions
UPSC Prelims 2004 · General Studies
Question 41: Economy and Social Development
The Ramon Magsaysay Award winner Shanta Sinha is known as
aA campaigner for urban sanitation
bAn anti-child labour activist
cAn organizer of rain-water harvesting schemes
dAn activist for the welfare of poor rural women
AnswerThe answer is (b).
Shanta Sinha won the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 2003 for her work in getting child labourers out of work and into school through the MV Foundation in Andhra Pradesh. She is an anti-child-labour activist. Remember: Magsaysay 2003, Shanta Sinha, child labour. She is not linked to urban sanitation, rain-water harvesting or the welfare of rural women.
Why each option is right or wrong
- (a) Urban sanitation is not her field.
- (b) Correct: she campaigns against child labour.
- (c) Rain-water harvesting is the work of Rajendra Singh.
- (d) Her work was with children, not rural women.
Explanation: written by UPSC Grade, not by UPSC.
Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2004, General Studies. UPSC's own paper isn't online; the words are from a published compilation. The paper on upsc.gov.in.