TEST SERIES - 47 (I)

When and where Panchayati Raj system in India was introduced?

• July 5, 1957; Firozabad (U.P.)

• October 2, 1959; Nagor (Rajasthan)

• November 14, 1959; Ahmedabad (Gujarat)

• December 3, 1960; Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh)

Who among the following introduced local self-government in India?

• Lord Mountbatten

• Lord Macaulay

• Lord Canning

• Lord Rippon

Three-tier system of Panchayati Raj consists of

• Three-tier system of Panchayati Raj consists of

• Gram Panchayat, Block Samiti, Zila Parishad

• Block Samiti, Zila Parishad, Panchayat Samiti

• Gram Panchayat, Panchayat Samiti, Zila Parishad

Which is not enough to powers of Panchayati Raj Institution in India?

• Implementation of Land Reforms

• Judicial Review

• Implementation of Poverty Alleviation Programmes

• None of the above

Balwant Rai Mehta Committee suggested that the structure of Panchayati Raj should consist of

• the village, the block and the district levels

• the mandal and the district levles

• the village, the district and the State levels

• the village, the mandal, the district and the state levels

What was the reason for Gandhiji’s support to decentralisation of power?

• Decentralisation ensures more participation of the people into democracy

• India had decentralisation of power in the past

• Decentralisation was essential for the economic development of the country

• Decentralisation can prevent communalism

Assertion (A) : The 73rd Amendment granted constitutional status to the Gram Sabha. Reason (R) : The Balwant Rai Mehta Committee mentioned the Gram Sabha

• Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)

• Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not a correct explanation of (A)

• (A) is true, but (R) is false

• (A) is false, but (R) is true

The Constitution (Seventy-Third Amendment) Act, 1992, which aims at promoting the Panchayati Raj Institution in the country, provides for which of the following? 1. Constitution of District Planning Committees 2. State Election Commission to conduct all Panchayat elections 3. Establishment of State Finance Commission Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

• Only 1

• Only 1 and 2

• Only 2 and 3

• 1, 2 and 3

Who among the following are directly elected by the people? 1. Pradhan 2. Block Pramukh 3. Zila Panchayat Adhyaksh 4. Sarpanch 5. Panch Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

• 1, 2 and 3

• 1, 2 and 5

• 1, 4 and 5

• 1 and 5

Consider the following sources of Revenue of the Panchayats: 1. Local Authority Grant by Finance Commission 2. Assistance by Central Cooperative Banks 3. Allocations for centrally sponsored schemes 4. Allocation from State Finance Commission 5. NABARD Of the above the correct sources of Finance for Panchayat would be

• Only 1 and 2

• Only 1 and 2

• 1, 2, 3 and 4

• 1, 2, 4 and 5