Knowledge Check: Public Facilities
Q1: Which of the following is a public facility?
A) Private hospital
B) Government primary health centre
C) Personal motorcycle
D) Shopping mall
Q2: Public facilities are important because they
A) Earn profit for the government
B) Reduce inequality by making essential services available to all
C) Are used only by rich people
D) Are built only in cities
Q3: The Right to Water is part of which Fundamental Right in the Indian Constitution?
A) Right to Equality
B) Right to Life (Article 21)
C) Right to Freedom
D) Right to Education
Q4: Who has the primary responsibility to provide safe drinking water to citizens?
A) Private companies
B) The Government
C) Individual families
D) NGOs only
Q5: In a school, absence of clean toilets and drinking water affects students’
A) Right to play
B) Right to Life and dignity
C) Right to wear uniforms
D) Right to homework
Q6: The Mid-day Meal Scheme in government schools provides
A) Free textbooks
B) Nutritious meals to children
C) School uniforms
D) Transport facility
Q7: Jal Jeevan Mission aims to provide
A) Free electricity to farmers
B) Tap water connection to every rural household
C) Free laptops to students
D) Free cycles to girls
Q8: In rural areas of Andhra Pradesh, drinking water supply is looked after by
A) Education Department
B) Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Department
C) Revenue Department
D) Transport Department
Q9: Public parks, bus stands and street lights are examples of
A) Private facilities
B) Public facilities
C) Commercial facilities
D) Religious facilities
Q10: If a public handpump in a village is broken for many months, it shows failure of
A) Students
B) Government’s duty to maintain public facilities
C) Farmers
D) Shopkeepers
Q11: A student cannot attend school regularly because there is no clean toilet. This affects her
A) Right to play games
B) Right to education and dignity
C) Right to travel
D) Right to vote
Q12: Swachh Bharat Mission focuses on
A) Building roads
B) Providing clean toilets and ending open defecation
C) Giving free electricity
D) Distributing free books
Q13: Mana Badi Nadu-Nedu programme in Andhra Pradesh is for improvement of
A) Government schools and hospitals
B) Private colleges
C) Temples
D) Markets
Q14: Government hospitals provide treatment at low or no cost because healthcare is a
A) Private service
B) Public facility
C) Luxury service
D) Business
Q15: A village has no bus stop shelter. During rainy season people get wet while waiting. This shows lack of proper
A) Public transport facility
B) Private taxi service
C) Personal cars
D) Bicycle paths
Q16: Electricity supplied through government lines to villages is an example of
A) Private facility
B) Public facility
C) Individual facility
D) Commercial facility only
Q17: Free electricity supplied to agricultural pump sets in many states is part of
A) Public facility for agriculture
B) Private company scheme
C) Paid service only
D) Foreign aid
Q18: Anganwadi centres provide which public facility to small children?
A) Higher education
B) Nutrition, health check-up and pre-school education
C) Driving training
D) Bank loans
Q19: Public facilities are mostly funded through
A) Fees paid only by users
B) Taxes collected from citizens
C) Donations from abroad
D) Profits from private companies
Q20: If tap water in a village is dirty and causes illness, people can approach
A) The Gram Sabha or Panchayat
B) A private water company only
C) Do nothing
D) Stop paying taxes
Q21: Government schools are public facilities because they are
A) Run for profit
B) Open to all children and charge little or no fee
C) Only for rich students
D) Built by private builders
Q22: Primary Health Centres (PHCs) in villages are examples of public
A) Transport facility
B) Healthcare facility
C) Entertainment facility
D) Shopping facility
Q23: Ayushman Bharat scheme provides
A) Free higher education
B) Health insurance coverage up to ₹5 lakh per family
C) Free house construction
D) Free seeds to farmers
Q24: Roads constructed under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) are
A) Private toll roads
B) Public facilities for rural connectivity
C) Only for cars
D) Paid roads
Q25: A girl stops going to school after Class 5 because there is no separate toilet for girls. This is a failure of
A) Public sanitation facility
B) Private coaching centres
C) Her family
D) Textbook supply
Q26: Public libraries in villages help students who
A) Cannot afford to buy books
B) Already have many books
C) Do not want to study
D) Live in cities
Q27: Water tankers sent by the government during summer in dry areas are an example of
A) Private business
B) Government fulfilling its duty to provide water
C) Foreign aid
D) Charity work
Q28: The Mid-day Meal Scheme is implemented to
A) Reduce school dropout rate and improve nutrition
B) Provide free uniforms
C) Give scholarships only
D) Build new classrooms
Q29: The main difference between public and private facilities is that public facilities are
A) Meant for profit
B) Provided by the government and meant for all
C) Always of poor quality
D) Only in cities
Q30: Citizens can demand better public facilities through
A) Gram Sabha meetings
B) Buying private services only
C) Staying silent
D) Leaving the village
Q31: In a town, street lights are not working at night. This is a problem of
A) Public facility maintenance
B) Private house lighting
C) School timing
D) Market closing
Q32: Many poor families depend on public facilities because
A) They cannot afford private services
B) They like government buildings
C) Private services are far away
D) They do not trust private hospitals
Q33: Village Health and Nutrition Days organised at Anganwadis provide
A) Free basic medical check-up and nutrition
B) Paid specialist treatment
C) Only vaccinations for animals
D) Driving licenses
Q34: Public facilities help in achieving the goal of
A) Making some people very rich
B) Social justice and equality
C) Closing all schools
D) Reducing population
Q35: During drought, the government supplies water through tankers. This shows
A) Government’s role in providing water as a public facility
B) Private companies helping farmers
C) Farmers paying for tankers
D) Foreign countries giving water
Q36: Public facilities are universal, which means they should be
A) Available only to government employees
B) Available to everyone without discrimination
C) Available only in big cities
D) Available only to those who pay high fees
Q37: A community hall built by the Panchayat is used for
A) Private parties only
B) Public meetings, functions and celebrations
C) Storing grains
D) Parking vehicles
Q38: If a public school has no drinking water, the Headmaster should
A) Ask students to bring water from home only
B) Report to the education department and Gram Panchayat
C) Close the school
D) Charge fees for water
Q39: The government spends money on public facilities because
A) It is a constitutional duty and promotes welfare of people
B) It wants to earn profit
C) Private companies ask for it
D) Only rich people demand it
Q40: The ultimate responsibility for providing and maintaining public facilities lies with
A) Private companies
B) The Government
C) Individual citizens alone
D) Foreign countries