MCQ on Charity and voluntary action

1-Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of voluntary action?

a) The urge to help others

b) The absence of any expectation for material gains

c) Technical skills and specialized knowledge

d) Social concern and orientation towards helping others in need

Answer: c) Technical skills and specialized knowledge

2-What is the primary goal of Shramdan?

a) To provide intangible needs to individuals

b) To promote the collective good through manual labor

c) To offer specialized knowledge and technical skills to those in need

d) To encourage self-actualization for community members

Answer: b) To promote the collective good through manual labor

3-According to Abraham Flexner, what are the six attributes of professions?

a) Intellectual operations, science-based practices, practical knowledge, educational techniques, self-organization, and societal sanction

b) Free intelligence, practical knowledge, credible practices, communicable techniques, self-organization, and altruistic motivation

c) Intellectual operations, science-based practices, practical knowledge, educational techniques, self-organization, and altruistic motivation

d) Free intelligence, science-based practices, practical knowledge, educational techniques, self-organization, and societal sanction

Answer: c) Intellectual operations, science-based practices, practical knowledge, educational techniques, self-organization, and altruistic motivation

4-According to Ernest Greenwood, what attributes are necessary for a profession to have societal sanction?

a) A systematic body of knowledge, community sanction, authority or credibility, regulation and control of members, a professional code of ethics, and a culture of values, norms, and symbols.

b) Intellectual operations, science-based practices, practical knowledge, educational techniques, self-organization, and societal sanction.

c) Technical skills and specialized knowledge, social concern and orientation towards helping others in need, absence of any expectation for material gains, a sense of duty, and belief in the virtue of service.

d) The urge to help others, absence of any expectation for material gains, social concern and orientation towards helping others in need, belief in the virtue of service, and belief in the primacy of one’s duty over one’s rights.

Answer: a) A systematic body of knowledge, community sanction, authority or credibility, regulation and control of members, a professional code of ethics, and a culture of values, norms, and symbols.