Past Questions — 2016

Write an essay on 1 (one) of the topics given below: Child Labour; The day I will never forget; Social values-Survival of all

Make a precis of the given passage in about one-third of its original length. Supply a suitable title. Passage: India is home to one-fifth of the world’s children. Admittedly ,it is a Herculean task to look after them, Their condition should be a matter of grave and urgent concern to all. Exploitation, insecurity, child labour, malnutrition besides social evils like child marriages are some of the problems that ail them. In the report issued by the State of Asia pacific children (2008),it is stated that child mortality below 5 years is the highest in India. The latest UNICEF report has also stated that 5,000 children under the age of five die daily due to preventable diseases. Fifteen percent deaths are caused by malnutrition and 3.5 crore children are without shelter. A report by National Human Rights Commission has revealed a heart rending fact that 4,500 children disappear every year. Statistics show that between September 2007 and 2008 about 76,579 children went missing . Of them 11,825 children have gone missing from Delhi alone. Not all the children who are separated from their parents are missing children .Unable to afford food and treatment their parents abandon them. Most of the children wander off and are lured by traffickers and kid-napped .They may be used as forced labour, exploited sexually or sent to the Gulf countries as camel jockeys or child brides. Many of them are pushed into begging rackets and drug peddling .In the end they may become part of organ trade. Nithari Noida killing was a wake –up call for the government and a committee on missing children was formed by National Human Rights commission .Child labour is another area of grave concern for children. India ranks 94th in the Global Hunger Index of 119 countries .Hunger drives children out to earn food for themselves and supplement the income of the family .Working children in India forms 5.2% of the total labour force in the country according to a study by child relief and you (CRY) Around 35 million children in the 6-14 groups are out of schools. Will Right to Education be able to free them from forced labour?

Write a letter to the Director, Social Welfare Department, Govt. of Mizoram, complaining about the ill-treatment of children at an orphanage near your home, seeking their intervention.