UPSC Prelims 2023 · GS Paper I
Question 52: Economy and Social Development
Consider the following statements in the context of interventions being undertaken under Anaemia Mukt Bharat Strategy :
- 1.It provides prophylactic calcium supplementation for pre-school children, adolescents and pregnant women.
- 2.It runs a campaign for delayed cord clamping at the time of child-birth.
- 3.It provides for periodic deworming to children and adolescents.
- 4.It addresses non-nutritional causes of anaemia in endemic pockets with special focus on malaria, hemoglobinopathies and fluorosis.
How many of the statements given above are correct?
AnswerUPSC’s answer is (c).
Anaemia Mukt Bharat uses six interventions: prophylactic iron and folic acid supplementation (not calcium), deworming, intensified year-round behaviour-change communication, testing and treatment of anaemia, delayed cord clamping, and addressing non-nutritional causes such as malaria, haemoglobinopathies and fluorosis. So statements 2, 3 and 4 are correct, and statement 1 fails because the supplement given is iron and folic acid.
- 1. The supplement is iron and folic acid, not calcium.
- 2. Delayed cord clamping is one of the interventions.
- 3. Periodic deworming is provided.
- 4. Non-nutritional causes such as malaria, haemoglobinopathies and fluorosis are addressed.
How you could have got this
No shortcut here: in a “how many” question, ruling out options doesn’t help. Every statement has to be judged.
Which options go is worked out from UPSC’s key and the options, not by a model.
Why each option is right or wrong
- (a) Only one undercounts; three statements are correct.
- (b) Only two undercounts the true statements.
- (c) Correct: statements 2, 3 and 4 hold.
- (d) Statement 1 wrongly names calcium, so not all four.
Answer: UPSC’s key. Explanation: written by UPSC Grade, not by UPSC.
Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2023, General Studies Paper I, Series A. The paper on upsc.gov.in.