{"id":2073,"date":"2024-04-03T10:20:54","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T04:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=2073"},"modified":"2024-04-03T10:21:18","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T04:51:18","slug":"q-with-reference-to-home-guards-consider-the-following-statements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-with-reference-to-home-guards-consider-the-following-statements","title":{"rendered":"Q. With reference to Home Guards, consider the following statements :"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Home Guards are raised under the Home Guards Act and Rules of the\u00a0<strong>Central Government.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The role of the Home Guards is to serve as an auxiliary force to the police in maintenance of internal security.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To prevent infiltration on the international border\/ coastal areas, the Border Wing Home Guards Battalions have been raised in some States.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How many of the above statements are correct?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"mcq wp-block-list\">\n<li>Only one<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Only two<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>All three<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>None<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer: (b) Only two<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"notes-hd-660cd9c9ebbc8\">Notes:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Home Guards are\u00a0<strong>State subject<\/strong>. Home Guards are raised under the Home Guards Act and Rules of the\u00a0<strong>States\/Union Territories<\/strong>. They are recruited from amongst all classes of people and walks of life, who give their spare time to the organisation for betterment of the community.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The role of Home Guards is to serve as an<strong>\u00a0auxiliary Force to the Police in maintenance of internal security situations,\u00a0<\/strong>help the community in any kind of emergency such as an air-raid, fire, cyclone, earthquake, epidemic etc. help in maintenance of essential services, promote communal harmony and assist the administration in protecting weaker sections, participate in socio-economic and welfare activities and perform Civil Defence duties.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fifteen Border Wing Home Guards (BWHG) Battalions have been raised in the border States viz. Punjab (6 Bns.), Rajasthan ( 4 Bns.), Gujarat (2 Bns.) and one each Battalion for Meghalaya, Tripura and West Bengal to serve as an auxiliary to Border Security Force for\u00a0<strong>preventing infiltration on the international border\/coastal areas.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How many of the above statements are correct? 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