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).
Which of the following would most directly weaken the claim that India’s maritime sector is becoming more gender-inclusive?
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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।
कौन सा तर्क इस दावे को सबसे सीधे कमजोर करेगा?
Options:
- (a) Report revealing financial assistance reached fewer than half
- (b) Statistics showing male seafarers grew at comparable rate
- (c) Evidence IMO had pressured India
- (d) Survey indicating women prefer shore-based roles
- (e) Data showing that despite numerical growth women remain almost entirely absent from senior leadership positions
- (a) वित्तीय सहायता आधे से कम पहुंची
- (b) पुरुष नाविकों की संख्या समान दर से बढ़ी
- (c) आईएमओ का दबाव
- (d) महिलाएं तट-आधारित भूमिकाएं पसंद करती हैं
- (e) आंकड़े बताते हैं कि संख्यात्मक वृद्धि के बावजूद महिलाएं वरिष्ठ नेतृत्व पदों पर लगभग अनुपस्थित हैं
Correct Answer: e)
Explanation:
Correct Answer: (e)
सही उत्तर: (e)