UPSC Prelims 2008 · General Studies
Question 139: Polity and Governance
Department of Border Management is a Department of which one of the following Union Ministries?
AnswerThe answer is (b).
The Department of Border Management is a department of the Ministry of Home Affairs, created in January 2004. It deals with the management of international borders, including fencing, floodlighting, border roads and the border area development programme. Other departments of the Home Ministry include Internal Security, States, Home, Jammu and Kashmir Affairs, and Official Language.
Why each option is right or wrong
- (a) Defence has its own departments, but not this one.
- (b) The Ministry of Home Affairs houses the Department of Border Management.
- (c) The Shipping, Road Transport and Highways ministry does not manage borders.
- (d) Environment and Forests does not manage borders.
Explanation: written by UPSC Grade, not by UPSC.
Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2008, General Studies. UPSC's own paper isn't online; the words are from a published compilation. The paper on upsc.gov.in.