UPSC Prelims 2021— Question 92

Casual-worker entitlements depend on the applicable statutory framework and coverage conditions. The official final key treats statements 2 and 3 as correct: the labour-law framework provides for working-time/overtime protections, and wage-payment rules allow government notification requiring specified establishments or industries to pay wages through bank accounts. The absolute EPF statement is too broad because EPF coverage depends on statutory applicability and establishment conditions. The final answer-key position for Set C identifies option B as the correct option. Option A — 1 and 2 only — is not correct because it does not satisfy the specific condition tested in the question; it represents an alternative that is contradicted, incomplete, or less precise than the accepted answer. Option B — 2 and 3 only — is correct because it is the alternative that matches the constitutional, historical, geographical, scientific or economic principle established above. Option C — 1 and 3 only — is not correct because it does not satisfy the specific condition tested in the question; it represents an alternative that is contradicted, incomplete, or less precise than the accepted answer. Option D — 1, 2 and 3 — is not correct because it does not satisfy the specific condition tested in the question; it represents an alternative that is contradicted, incomplete, or less precise than the accepted answer. For PYQ interpretation, the distinction between the correct alternative and merely related facts is important. UPSC often places plausible distractors beside the precise statement that matches the underlying rule, chronology, definition or empirical relationship. The answer should therefore be read against the exact wording of the question rather than against a broadly related fact.