2024 GS Paper I, all questions

UPSC Prelims 2024 · GS Paper I

Question 99: Economy and Social Development

With reference to the ‘Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan’, consider the following statements :

  1. 1.This scheme guarantees a minimum package of antenatal care services to women in their second and third trimesters of pregnancy and six months post-delivery health care service in any government health facility.
  2. 2.Under this scheme, private sector health care providers of certain specialities can volunteer to provide services at nearby government health facilities.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?

a1 only
b2 only
cBoth 1 and 2
dNeither 1 nor 2

AnswerUPSC’s answer is (b).

Under the Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan, every pregnant woman gets a free, assured antenatal check-up by a specialist on the 9th of every month, in her second or third trimester, at a government facility. The scheme does not guarantee six months of post-delivery care, so statement 1 is wrong. Statement 2 is right: private sector specialists can volunteer their services at government facilities.

  • 1. It guarantees antenatal care in the second and third trimesters, not six months of post-delivery care.
  • 2. Private sector specialists can volunteer their services at government facilities.

How you could have got this

  1. If you were sure statement 1 is not correct, (a) and (c) go: each of them includes 1.

    What you needed to know: It guarantees antenatal care in the second and third trimesters, not six months of post-delivery care.

  2. Then, if you were sure statement 2 is correct, (d) goes: it leaves 2 out.

    What you needed to know: Private sector specialists can volunteer their services at government facilities.

Only (b) is left. This one needs every statement.

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) Wrong: the scheme covers antenatal care, not six months of post-delivery care.
  • (b) Right: private specialists can volunteer, but the post-delivery claim is wrong.
  • (c) Wrong: statement 1 is incorrect.
  • (d) Wrong: statement 2 is correct.

Answer: UPSC’s key. Explanation: written by UPSC Grade, not by UPSC.

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Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2024, General Studies Paper I, Series A. The paper on upsc.gov.in.