NIFT UG 2019 Question Paper with solutions

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Directions (Q. Nos. 139 - 150)
In each of these questions a passage is followed by several inferences. You have to examine each inference separately in the context of the passage and secede upon its degree of truth or falsity.
CASELET 1
 India ranks 153 out of 190 nations in the percentage of women in the lower house of world parliaments. According to a list compiled by the Inter-Parliamentary Union, Rwanda ranks first with 61% of its lower house representatives being women. Even Pakistan with 20% participation from women is ahead of India. India had 65 women out of 545 Members of Parliament (MPs) elected to the 16 th Lok sabha in May 2014, for a 12% representation. Only the 15 th and 16 th Lok sabha changed a previously stagnant representation of under 9% recorded by Indian women MPs since Independence. While we allocate total seats to states by population, the resultant women's representation at 12% is far below the actual population of women. So, on grounds of fairness, this is an anomaly. A fully representative Parliament allows the different experiences of genders to craft priorities and shape the economic and social future of a democratic society.
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Question : 139 of 150
 
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India ranks 153 out of 190 nations in the percentage of women in the lower house of world parliaments which shows that India has poor record of women empowerment.
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