Urban Local Self Government

Big cities like Delhi and Mumbai have __________________

• town area committees

• municipalities

• municipal corporations.

The ________________ presides over the meetings of the municipal corporation.

• mayor

• municipal commissioner

• alderman

The chief executive officer of a municipal corporation is known as the mayor/municipal commissioner/sarpanch.

• mayor

• municipal commissioner

• sarpanch.

The total number of members of a municipal corporation of a city depends on the population of the ___________

• city

• state

• country

A municipal corporation is elected for a period of ____years.

• 2

• 5

• 10

The members of the corporation are directly elected by the adult citizens of the city.

• True

• False

___________seats are reserved for women in municipal corporations.

• one-third

• two-third

• half

The municipal corporation is not responsible for the supply of safe drinking water.

• True

• False

Municipality is the local self-governing body for smaller cities and towns.

• True

• False

Some seats in the municipal corporation are reserved for ____________________________

• adult citizens

• Alderman

• Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.