Question

Match List-I with List-II

List-I (ACT applicable to Hospitals)	List-II (Year of Implementation)
(A) Indian Medical Council Act	(III) 1948
(B) Indian Nursing Council Act	(I) 1956
(C) Minimum Wages Act	(II) 1947
(D) Mental Healthcare Act	(IV) 2017

• A. A - I, B - II, C - III, D - IV
• B. A - I, B - III, C - II, D - IV
• C. A - I, B - II, C - IV, D - III
• D. A - III, B - IV, C - I, D - II

Hint:

Try to associate these acts with historical periods: The Nursing and Wages acts are from the immediate post-independence era. The Medical Council Act is from the mid-20th century consolidation period. The Mental Healthcare Act is a very recent 21st-century reform.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is A

Step 1: Recall the implementation years of these major Indian Acts. Step 1: These are significant pieces of legislation governing healthcare professionals and labor in India.
Step 2: Match the Acts (List-I) with their implementation years (List-II).
Step 2:

A. Indian Medical Council Act: The Act that governs modern medical education and the Medical Council of India was enacted in 1956. (It has since been replaced by the NMC Act).
B. Indian Nursing Council Act: This Act, which established the Indian Nursing Council to regulate nursing education, was enacted in 1947.
C. Minimum Wages Act: This labor law that sets minimum wages for scheduled employment was enacted in 1948.
D. Mental Healthcare Act: The most recent major reform in mental health law, which replaced the 1987 Act, was enacted in 2017.
Step 3: Conclude the correct matching.
Step 3: The correct matching is A-I, B-II, C-III, D-IV.