Question:
Directions (61-70): Read the following passage carefully and answer the given questions.
For generations, the maritime industry has been regarded as an almost exclusively male domain — a world of engine rooms, cargo decks, and navigation bridges where women were rarely seen and even more rarely celebrated. India has chosen to challenge this reality head-on. On the 18th of May 2025, coinciding with the inaugural International Day for Women in Maritime observed annually by the International Maritime Organisation, the Government of India launched the Sagar Mein Samman initiative — a landmark policy designed to build a gender-equitable maritime workforce for the future. The initiative was unveiled in Mumbai by Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal. Between 2014 and 2024, the number of women seafarers in India grew by an extraordinary 649 percent, rising from 341 to over 2,500. Registered women seafarers surged by 739 percent during the same decade, climbing from 1,699 in 2015 to 14,255 in 2024. Nearly 3,000 women seafarers have received financial assistance since 2014. The Sagar Mein Samman policy (SMS) covers workplace safety, career retention, leadership development, skill training, and systematic dismantling of gender barriers, aligning with Maritime India Vision 2030 (target of 12% female representation in technical roles).
What does the growth from 341 to over 2500 women seafarers between 2014 and 2024 most powerfully suggest?
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पीढ़ियों से, समुद्री उद्योग को पुरुषों का क्षेत्र माना जाता रहा है। 18 मई 2025 को भारत सरकार ने ‘सागर में सम्मान’ (Sagar Mein Samman – SMS) पहल शुरू की। 2014 और 2024 के बीच, भारत में महिला नाविकों की संख्या 649% बढ़कर 341 से 2,500 से अधिक हो गई। पंजीकृत महिला नाविक 739% बढ़कर 2015 में 1,699 से 2024 में 14,255 हो गईं। यह नीति कार्यस्थल सुरक्षा, करियर प्रतिधारण, नेतृत्व विकास और तकनीकी भूमिकाओं में 12% महिला प्रतिनिधित्व (Maritime India Vision 2030) को लक्षित करती है।
2014 से 2024 के बीच 341 से 2500+ महिला नाविकों की वृद्धि क्या दर्शाती है?
Options:
- (a) The maritime sector has achieved complete gender parity
- (b) Rapid expansion created automatic opportunities
- (c) Women outnumber male counterparts
- (d) Growth was driven entirely by quotas
- (e) Institutional encouragement combined with individual ambition produces extraordinary transformation over time
- (a) पूर्ण लैंगिक समानता हासिल कर ली गई है
- (b) स्वतः अवसर पैदा हुए
- (c) महिलाएं पुरुषों से अधिक हैं
- (d) कोटा द्वारा संचालित
- (e) संस्थागत प्रोत्साहन और व्यक्तिगत महत्वाकांक्षा का संयोजन असाधारण बदलाव लाता है
Correct Answer: e)
Explanation:
Correct Answer: (e)
सही उत्तर: (e)