CBSE Class 12 English core Question Paper 2011 Set 1

Solve 2011 CBSE : english core question paper Set 1

1. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow: 12

(i) For many years now the governments have been promising the eradication of child-labour in hazardous industries in India. But the truth is that despite all the rhetoric no government so far has succeeded in eradicating this evil, nor has any been able to ensure compulsory primary education for every Indian child. Between 60 and 100 million children are still at work instead of going to school, and around 10 million are working in hazardous industries. India has the biggest child population of 380 million in the world, plus the largest ' number of children who are forced to earn a living.

(ii) We have many laws that ban child-labour in hazardous industries. According to the Child-Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) 1 Act 1986, the employment of children below the age of 14 in hazardous occupations has been strictly banned. But each state has different rules regarding the minimum age of employment. This makes implementation of these laws difficult.

(iii) Also, there is no ban on child-labour in non-hazardous occupations. The Act applies to the organised or factory sector and not the unorganised or informal sector where most children find employment as cleaners, servants, porters, waiters etc. among other forms of unskilled work. Thus, child-labour continues because the implementation of the existing laws is lax.

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