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This set of Indian Government and Politics Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Major Issues and Challenges to Indian Polity Casteism, Communalism, Regionalism. Local Self Government

Q1 | Article 243D provides that seats are to be reserved for
  • Schedule Caste & Schedule Tribe
  • Retired Army
  • War veteran
Q2 | 73rd Amendment Act,1992 exempted the following whole state of NE India
  • Nagaland, Meghalaya, Mizoram
  • Tripura only
  • Assam only
Q3 | What is the intermediate tier of the Panchayati raj system called?
  • Gram Sabha
  • Zila Parishad
  • Panchayat Samiti
Q4 | The three tier system of Panchayats
  • Uniformly applicable to all state
  • Need not be strictly followed in states with population below 20 lakh
  • Has been replaced with four tier system
Q5 | Who is to conduct the election to the Panchayat and Municipalities?
  • State Election Commission
  • Central Government
  • State Government
Q6 | The main source of income to Panchayati raj institution is
  • Regional Fund
  • Service tax
  • Government grant
Q7 | A person to be qualified for contesting in a Panchayat election must have been attained
  • 18 years
  • 21 years
  • 35 years
Q8 | The election to Panchayat are to be held
  • Every five years
  • Every three years
  • Every four years
Q9 | Functions to be assigned to Panchayats by 73rd amendment of the constitution are mentioned in
  • 10th Schedule
  • 11th Schedule
  • 12th Schedule
Q10 | Functions to be assigned to Municipalities by 74th amendment of the constitution are mentioned in
  • 11th Schedule
  • 10th Schedule
  • 12th Schedule
Q11 | Which of the following committee recommended for according constitutional provision ofPanchayati raj?
  • LM Shingvi Committee
  • Rao Committee
  • Asok Mehta Committee
Q12 | In 1977, under whose chairmanship, the Panchayati raj committee was formed
  • Balwant Rai Mehta Committee
  • Ashok Mehta Committee
  • Madhu Committee
Q13 | Who is the Father of Modern India Local Self Government
  • Sir Stafford Cripps
  • Lord Mounbatten
  • Lord Rippon
Q14 | Who was the first state to establish the institution of Panchayati raj Institution?
  • Rajasthan
  • Maharastra
  • Karnataka
Q15 | 73rd Amendment Act of 1992 gives Panchayati Raj Institution to
  • Subject to state ratification
  • Constitutional status
  • Ordinary law
Q16 | LM Shingvi Committee was appointed in
  • 1996
  • 1976
  • 1986
Q17 | Balwant Rai Mehta Committee was appointed in
  • 1957
  • 1979
  • 1986
Q18 | The system of urban local government was constitutionalized through
  • 73rd Amendment
  • 74th Amendment
  • 72nd Amendment
Q19 | 74th Amendment Act,1992 has added a new
  • Part X
  • Part XII
  • Part IX-A
Q20 | The provision of Part IX of the Constitution relating to Panchayat are not applicable to
  • Fifth Schedule Areas
  • Sixth Schedule Ares
  • Seventh Schedule Ares
Q21 | Panchayat Extension to the Scheduled Areas (PESA) Act was passed in
  • 1998
  • 1996
  • 1995
Q22 | Municipal Corporation is for
  • Town area
  • Small urban area
  • A larger urban area