This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian Polity > Local Government > System > Local Government – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Local Government Quiz 1 (43 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Balwant Rai Mehta Committee suggested that the structure of Panchayati Raj should consist of: [CDS 1992] A) The village, the block and the district levels. B) The mandal and the district levels. C) The village, the district and the State levels. D) The village, the mandal, the district and the State levels. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The village, the block and the district levels. 2. Which of the following is incorrect in respect of Local Government in India? [IAS 1995] A) According to the Indian Constitution local government is not an independent tier in the federal system. B) 30% of the seats in local bodies are reserved for women. C) Elections to local bodies are to be determined by a Commission. D) Local government finances are to be provided by a Commission. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) According to the Indian Constitution local government is not an independent tier in the federal system. 3. In which of the following States was the Panchayati Raj first introduced? A) Rajasthan. B) Bihar. C) U.P. D) Gujarat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rajasthan. 4. Which is not the concern of the local government? [SSC Grad 2011] A) Public Health. B) Sanitation. C) Law and Order. D) Public Utility Services. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Public Utility Services. 5. It is obligatory for all States to have: A) Two-tier system. B) It is optional for the States. C) Three-tier system. D) Some States are exempted from establishing three-tier system. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Some States are exempted from establishing three-tier system. 6. The source of maximum income to Panchayati Raj institution is: [CDS 1993] A) Regional funds. B) Government grants. C) Share in Union Govt. revenue. D) Local taxes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Government grants. 7. A person to be qualified for standing in a panchayat election must have attained the age of: A) 18 years. B) 25 years. C) 30 years. D) 21 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 21 years. 8. Who is the executive head of a Municipal Corporation? A) Mayor. B) Secretary. C) Commissioner. D) Deputy Mayor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Secretary. 9. The tenure of Gram Panchayat and Nagarpalika shall be for: A) Four years. B) Co-extensive with the term of Legislative Assembly. C) Five years, unless dissolved earlier. D) Three years. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Five years, unless dissolved earlier. 10. Which is at the apex of the three tier system of Panchayati Raj? A) Gram Sabha. B) Gram Panchayat. C) Panchayat Samiti. D) Zila Parishad. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Zila Parishad. 11. The Mayor to the Municipal Corporation is elected by: A) All the elected representatives of the Corporation. B) The elected representatives together with Elder-men who are elected by these representatives. C) The voters of all the constituencies in the city directly. D) Elected representatives of the Corporation and the elected members of State Legislative Assemblies. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The elected representatives together with Elder-men who are elected by these representatives. 12. The Panchayati Raj System was adopted to: [I. Tax 1991] A) Make people aware of politics. B) Decentralise the power of democracy. C) Educate the peasants. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Decentralise the power of democracy. 13. Every Village Panchayat is headed by a Sarpancha who is elected by: A) Not elected but nominated by Collector. B) Gram Sabha. C) Members of Village Panchayat from among themselves. D) Members of Village Panchayat from among citizens of the village. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Members of Village Panchayat from among themselves. 14. Where was the first Municipal Corporation in India set up? [CDS 2005] A) Chennai. B) Delhi. C) Mumbai. D) Kolkata. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kolkata. 15. Which one of the following Articles of the Constitution of India makes a specific mention of Village Panchayats? [NDA 2008] A) Article 19. B) Article 246. C) Article 21. D) Article 40. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Article 40. 16. The function of the Panchayat Samiti is to: [RRB 1991] A) Deal with financial matters of the Panchayat. B) Deal with administration of justice at the Panchayat level. C) Deal with rural industrialization. D) Implement community development project schemes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Implement community development project schemes. 17. Which of the following is not a recommendation of the Ashok Mehta Committee on Panchayati Raj? [CDS 2009] A) Open participation of political parties in Panchayati Raj Affairs. B) Creation of a three-tier system. C) Reservation of seats for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. D) Compulsory powers of taxation of Panchayati Raj Institution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Creation of a three-tier system. 18. Which one of the following Amendments of the Constitution of India deals with the issue of strengthening of the Panchayati Raj? [NDA 2008] A) 86th. B) 73rd. C) 42nd. D) 44th. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 73rd. 19. Which of the following is not true regarding a Gram Panchayat? A) It is constituted in every village with a population over 500. B) It consists of all the adult citizens of the village. C) Its decisions are taken by a majority vote. D) Its decision in petty criminal cases cannot be appealed in any court of Law. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It is constituted in every village with a population over 500. 20. The electorate for a Panchayat is: A) The Taluka board. B) All adults of 21 years of above in a village. C) The village and selected Members of Parliament and State Legislature. D) The Gram Sabha. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Gram Sabha. 21. The list of items which may be entrusted to the Panchayats is given in the: A) Eleventh Schedule. B) Seventh Schedule. C) State List. D) Twelfth Schedule. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eleventh Schedule. 22. Gram Sabha consists of: A) 5 to 10 elected Ward Panchas of the Village Panchayats. B) All the voters of the Village Panchayat. C) All the Chairmen of Village Panchayats of the Block. D) All the Chairmen of Block level institutions of the district. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) All the voters of the Village Panchayat. 23. Who among the following is not a member of the Panchayat Samiti? A) Sarpanchas of all the Panchayats. B) Elected members of the State Legislature belonging to that area. C) Members of the Union Parliament belonging to that area. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 24. Which of the following is a source of income of the Gram Panchayats? A) Sales Tax. B) Levy Duties. C) Professional Tax. D) Income Tax. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Levy Duties. 25. The local self-governing institution for a town with a population of twelve thousand and above is known as: A) Zila Parishad. B) Municipal Committee. C) National Area Committee. D) Municipal Corporation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Municipal Committee. 26. What is the intermediate tier of the Panchayati Raj System called? [NDA 2005] A) Taluka Panchayat. B) Panchayat Samiti. C) Zlla Parishad. D) Gram Sabha. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Panchayat Samiti. 27. Mayor of a Municipal Corporation holds the office for a period of: A) 3 years. B) 5 years. C) 4 years. D) 1 year. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1 year. 28. A Municipal Corporation is set up in a city with a population of not less than: A) 10 lakh. B) 5 lakh. C) 12 lakh. D) 1 lakh. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 10 lakh. 29. Which of the following States has no Panchayati Raj Institution at all? A) Asom. B) Kerala. C) Tripura. D) Nagaland. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nagaland. 30. Father of local self-government in India is: A) Lord Mayo. B) Acharya Vinoba Bhave. C) Lord Ripon. D) Mahatma Gandhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lord Ripon. 31. The tenure of every Panchayat shall be for five years from the date of [CDS 2011] A) Issue of notification for the conduct of elections to the Panchayat. B) Declaration of the election results. C) Its first meeting. D) Taking oath of office by the elected Members. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Its first meeting. 32. Which of the following is not true about the Village Panchayats? A) It consists of members elected by the Gram Sabha from amongst themselves. B) If a member of the Scheduled Caste and a woman member are not elected to it, the Government itself nominates them. C) For election to the Village Panchayat, a candidate need not be a resident of the same village but his name should be. In the voter's list. D) For election to the Village Panchayat, a candidate must be 25 years of age. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) For election to the Village Panchayat, a candidate need not be a resident of the same village but his name should be. In the voter's list. 33. Panchayati Raj was started in the country in: A) 1957. B) 1951. C) 1959. D) 1952. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1952. 34. Panchayati Raj has received constitutional status with the Amendment Act: A) 74th. B) 73rd. C) 72nd. D) 75th. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 73rd. 35. Who is to conduct the elections to the Panchayats and Municipalities? A) Central Election Commission. B) State Election Commission. C) Central Government. D) State Government. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) State Election Commission. 36. The elections to Panchayats are to be held: A) Every five years. B) Every four years. C) When the State Government decides to do so. D) At the Centres directive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Every five years. 37. The Gram Panchayats are elected by Gram Sabhas consisting of: A) Every citizen living in a village. B) Entire male and female population of the village. C) Every adult male living in a village. D) Every farmer of the village. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Every citizen living in a village. 38. Mandal Panchayats were recommended by: A) Vengal Rao Committee. B) Ashok Mehta Committee. C) Narasimhan Committee. D) Balwant Rai Mehta Committee. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ashok Mehta Committee. 39. Special representation in Panchayati Raj Institutions is given to: [IFS 1990] A) Women. B) Co-operative societies. C) Backward classes. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 40. The three-tier system of Panchayats: A) Is uniformly applicable to all States. B) Is applicable only to States with population above 50 lakh. C) Need not be strictly followed in States with population below 20 lakh. D) Has been replaced with a four-tier one. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Need not be strictly followed in States with population below 20 lakh. 41. The Panchayats are authorised: A) To levy taxes, duties, levy and appropriate the same. B) The Panchayats have no power to levy taxes. C) The Panchayats are entitled to only grants from the Government. D) To levy, collect and appropriate such taxes, duties tolls and fees as they are authorised by the Governments. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To levy, collect and appropriate such taxes, duties tolls and fees as they are authorised by the Governments. 42. Which of the following is not a source of revenue to the Village Panchayats? [RRB 1991] A) Property-Tax. B) House Tax. C) Land Tax. D) Vehicles Tax. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Property-Tax. 43. The levying of which one of the following taxes is outside the jurisdiction of Municipal Corporation? A) Profession Tax. B) Education Tax. C) Income Tax. D) Property Tax. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Income Tax. Related QuizzesLocal Government QuizzesIndian Polity Quizzes 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books