NCC ‘B’ and ‘C’ Certificate Exam Paper III- Miscellaneous: NCC Social Service Community Development (SSCD) Notes and Multiple Choice Questions with Answers.

NCC Social Service Community Development

  1. Social casework, social group work, and community organization are three methods for conducting social service.
  2. Types of Social Service Activities are Education, Family Welfare, Medical Care, Family Planning and Nutrition, Provision of Water and Cooking Fuel, Roads, Electricity and Sanitation, Old Age Support Systems, Employment, Social Assistance, Social Security and Care & Protection, Housing and Rehabilitation, Recreation, Sports and Social activities.
  3. Important Rural Development Programmes in India are Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna (PMGSY), National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP), Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojna, Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna (PMAY), Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana (PMKSY).
  4. On 2nd February 2006, the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (NREGA) was launched, and in 2010, it was renamed the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). It guarantees every household at least one hundred days of wage employment in a year.
  5. The National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) was launched in 1995-96. The NSAP then comprised the National Old Age Pension Scheme (NOAPS) for senior citizens, the National Family Benefit Scheme (NFBS), and the National Maternity Benefit Scheme (NMBS).
  6. Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) is an initiative by the government of India to provide affordable housing to the urban poor. The target is to build 20 million affordable houses by 31st March 2022. It has two components: Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) (PMAY-U) for the urban poor and Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana (Gramin) (PMAY-G or PMAY-R) for the rural poor.
  7. Three Social Security Schemes of the Government are Atal Pension Yojana (APY), Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Yojana (PMJJBY), and Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY).
  8. Panchayati Raj’s system is based on the principle of decentralization of power.
  9. The acronym NGO stands for Non-Governmental Organization. An NGO is a non-profit group or association that acts outside of institutionalized political structures and pursues matters of interest to its members by lobbying, persuasion, or direct action.
  10. The Contributions by NGOs could be in the following activities: Blood Donation, Adult Literacy, Anti-Dowry Drives, Anti-Leprosy Drives, Anti-Drug Drives, Tree Plantation, Environmental Programmes, etc.
  11. The NCC contributes towards the development of society in the following ways: Blood donation Camps, Tree Plantation, Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, and Awareness Programmes. Some important awareness programs being organized by NCC are Female foeticide, the Dowry system, Population control, HIV/AIDS, Health and hygiene, Child abuse and trafficking, and Drug abuse and trafficking.
  12. Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (Clean India Movement) is a campaign by the Government of India to clean the streets, roads, and infrastructure of the country’s 4,041 statutory cities and towns to make our country clean from garbage.
  13. Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi officially launched the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan campaign on 2nd October 2014 at Rajghat, New Delhi.
  14. The government aims to achieve an Open-Defecation Free (ODF) India by 2nd October 2019, the 150th anniversary of the birth of Mahatma Gandhi, by constructing 12 million toilets in rural India.
  15. Sauchh’s mission is to construct individual sanitary latrines for household purposes. Sauchh Abhiyan is a project within Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.
  16. Through its mass base in rural and urban areas, NCC took up the Swachata task during the Swachata Pakhwada.
  17. Social security refers to the action programs of government intended to promote the welfare of the population through assistance measures guaranteeing access to sufficient resources for food and shelter and to promote health and well-being for the population at large and potentially vulnerable segments such as children, the elderly, the sick and the unemployed.
  18. Social Security has three types: Social Insurance, Services, and Basic Security.
  19. Female foeticide is the process of finding out the sex of the fetus and undergoing an abortion if it is a girl. Causes of Female Foeticide are Extreme Desire to Have a Male Child, Unwanted Pregnancy, Dowry System, Poor Medical Ethics, and Inferior Status.
  20. The causes of the Dowry System are Economic factors, Social factors, Religious Factors, Economic Inequality, Increasing Unemployment of Males, Parental Compulsions, and Divine Sanctions.
  21. HIV (Human Immuno-deficiency Virus) is a virus that gradually destroys the body’s immune system. AIDS (Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome) is a condition wherein various diseases affect the body because of the body’s weak natural defense mechanism, immunity.
  22. HIV/AIDS is Spread by Sexual Transmission, Blood Transfusions, Sharing Needles and Syringes for Intravenous Drug Use, Mother Child Transmission, Skin Piercing, and Oral Route.
  23. Beti Bachao Beti Padhao is a campaign of the Government of India that aims to generate awareness and improve the efficiency of welfare services for girls in India.
  24. Mission Indradhanush is a health mission of the government of India with the ultimate goal of ensuring full immunization with all available vaccines for children up to two years of age and pregnant women.
  25. Vaccination is being provided to prevent eight vaccine-preventable diseases nationally, i.e., Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tetanus, Polio, Measles, severe forms of Childhood Tuberculosis and Hepatitis B and meningitis & pneumonia caused by Haemophilus influenza type B; and against Rotavirus Diarrhoea and Japanese Encephalitis in selected states and districts respectively.
  26. Digital India is a campaign launched by the government to ensure that the government’s services are made available to citizens electronically through improved online infrastructure, increased Internet connectivity, and digital empowerment in technology.
  27. Digital India was launched by the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, on 1st July 2015 to connect rural areas with high-speed Internet networks and improve digital literacy. Digital India has three core components: developing secure and stable digital infrastructure, delivering government services digitally, and universal digital literacy.
  28. The Government of India entity Bharat Broadband Network Limited (BBNL), which executes the Bharat Net project, is the custodian of the Digital India (DI) project.
  29. The national E-Governance Plan aims to bring all the front-end government services, such as MyGov, online.in UMANG (Unified Mobile Application for New-age Governance), eSign framework, Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) Mobile app, eHospital application, and Digital attendance.
  30. Waste Management refers to the collection, transport, processing or disposal, management, and monitoring of waste materials. The types of Waste are Solid Waste, Liquid Waste, Radioactive Waste, Municipal Solid Waste, Hospital or Bio-Medical Waste, Electronic Waste, Hazardous Waste, Organic Waste, Agricultural Waste, Industrial Waste, and Construction / Demolition waste.
  31. Tree planting is transplanting tree seedlings for forestry, land reclamation, or landscaping purposes. Because trees remove carbon dioxide from the air as they grow, tree planting can be used as a geoengineering technique to remove CO2 from the atmosphere.
  32. Road traffic control involves directing vehicular and pedestrian traffic around a construction zone, accident, or other road disruption, thus ensuring the safety of emergency response teams, construction workers, and the general public.
  33. Causes of Road Accidents are Distracted Driving, Drunk Driving, Speeding, Rain, Running Red Lights, Night Driving, Tailgating, Wrong-Way Driving/ Improper Turns, Teenage Drivers, and Drugs.
  34. Pollution is any substance that negatively impacts the environment or organisms that live within the affected environment. The five major types of pollution include air pollution, water pollution, soil pollution, light pollution, and noise pollution.
  35. The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) 2012 came into force in November 2012.
  36. Punishment for Offences Covered in the Act are Penetrative Sexual Assault (Section 3), Aggravated Penetrative Sexual Assault (Section 5), Sexual Assault (Section 7), Aggravated Sexual Assault (Section 9), Sexual Harassment of the Child (Section 11), Use of Child for Pornographic Purposes (Section 13).
  37. Child abuse constitutes all forms of physical and/or emotional ill-treatment, sexual abuse, neglect or negligent treatment, or commercial or other exploitation, resulting in actual or potential harm to the child’s health, survival, development, or dignity.
  38. Child Abuse can be of the following forms: Physical Abuse, Emotional Abuse, Sexual Abuse, and Child Neglect.
  39. Safety Laws for Women in India are Child Marriage Restraint Act 1929, Special Marriage Act 1954, Hindu Marriage Act 1955, Hindu Widows Remarriage Act 1856, Indian Penal Code 1860, Dowry Prohibition Act 1961, Maternity Benefit Act 1861, Foreign Marriage Act 1969, Indian Divorce Act 1969, Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act 1971, Christian Marriage Act 1872, Code of Criminal Procedure 1973, Equal Remuneration Act 1976, Married Women’s Property Act 1874, Births, Deaths & Marriages Registration Act 1886, Indecent Representation of Women (Prevention) Act 1986, Muslim women (protection of rights on divorce) Act 1986, Commission of Sati (Prevention) Act 1987, National Commission for Women Act 1990, Prohibition of Sex Selection Act 1994, Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005, Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences Act 2012, Sexual Harassment of Women at Work Place Act 2013, etc.
  40. The new initiatives the Government of India introduced are Aadhaar, BHIM App, Make in India, Start-up India, Skill India, and Mudra Bank.
  41. Aadhaar is a 12-digit Unique Identification Number issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to individuals to establish unique identification of every single person.
  42. The indigenous-developed payment app BHIM (Bharat Interface for Money) has been named after the principal architect of the Indian constitution, Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar. BHIM is based on the Unified Payment Interface (UPI), facilitating e-payments directly through the bank.
  43. The Make in India scheme is a government initiative to facilitate and augment India’s manufacturing industry. The initiative is built on four pillars: New Processes, New Infrastructure, New Sectors, and New Mindset.
  44. The Start-up India Campaign of the Government of India intends to promote bank financing for start-up ventures, increase entrepreneurship, and encourage start-ups with job creation.
  45. Stand-up India Initiative is also planned and run concurrently with Start-up India, which is intended to encourage entrepreneurship among SC/ST and women’s communities.
  46. Skill India is a campaign launched by the government of India on 15th July 2015. It aims to train over 40 crore (400 million) people in different skills by 2022. It includes government initiatives like the National Skill Development Mission, National Policy for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, 2015, Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), and the Skill Loan scheme.
  47. Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency Bank (MUDRA Bank) is India’s public sector financial institution. It provides loans at low rates to microfinance institutions and non-banking financial institutions, which then credit MSMEs – Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises.
  48. Cyber security refers to technologies, processes, and practices that protect networks, devices, programs, and data from attack, damage, or unauthorized access. Cybersecurity is classified into the following types: Information Security, Network Security, and Application Security.
  49. Some of the most common cybersecurity threats are Viruses, Password Attacks, Spyware and Keyloggers, Adware, Trojans, and Ransomware.
  50. There are three prime targets for attackers of mobile devices: Data, identity, and availability.

NCC ‘B’ and ‘C’ Certificate Exam Paper III- Miscellaneous: NCC Social Service Community Development (SSCD) Notes and Multiple Choice Questions with Answers.

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NCC ‘B’ and ‘C’ Certificate Exam Paper III- Miscellaneous: NCC Social Service Community Development (SSCD) Notes and Multiple Choice Questions with Answers.

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