Polity Quiz 26

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Welcome to your polityquiz26

The fundamental object of the Panchayati Raj system is to ensure which among the following?

I. People’s participation in development
II. Political accountability
III. Democratic decentralization
IV. Financial mobilization
Select the correct answer using the code given below.

I, II and III only

II and IV only

I and III only

I, II, III and IV

Not Attempted

The Government enacted the Panchayat Extension to Scheduled Areas (PESA) Act in 1996. Which one of the following is not identified as its objective?

To provide self-governance

To recognize traditional rights

To create autonomous regions in tribal areas

To free tribal people from exploitation

Not Attempted

Under the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 who shall be the authority to initiate the process for determining the nature and extent of individual or community forest rights or both?

State Forest Department

District Collector / Deputy Commissioner

Tahsildar / Block Development Officer / Mandal Revenue Officer

Gram Sabha

Not Attempted

In the areas covered under the Panchayat (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996, what is the role/power of Gram Sabha?

I. Gram Sabha has the power to prevent alienation of land in the Scheduled Areas.
II. Gram Sabha has the ownership of minor forest produce.
III. Recommendation of Gram Sabha is required for granting prospecting licence or mining lease for any mineral in the Scheduled Areas.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

I only

I and II only

II and III only

I, II and III

Not Attempted

The Constitution (Seventy-Third Amendment) Act, 1992, which aims at promoting the Panchayati Raj Institutions in the country, provides for which of the following?

I. Constitution of District Planning Committees
II. State Election Commissions to conduct all panchayat elections
III. Establishment of State Finance Commission
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

I only

I and II only

II and III only

I, II and III

Not Attempted

In India, the first Municipal Corporation was set up in which one among the following?

Calcutta

Madras

Bombay

Delhi

Not Attempted

If a Panchayat is dissolved, elections are to be held within:

1 month

3 months

6 months

1 year

Not Attempted

Consider the following statements:

I. Part IX of the Constitution of India provisions for Panchyats and was inserted by the Constitution (Amendment) Act, 1992.
II. Part IX A of the Constitution of India contains provisions for Municipalities and the Article 243 Q envisages two types of Municipalities a Municipal Council and a Municipal Corporation for every State.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

I only

II only

Both I and II

Neither I nor II

Not Attempted

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:

List-I (Local bodies)	List-II (States as in 1999)
Zila Parishads at the sub-divisional level	Andhra Pradesh
Mandal Praja Parishad	Assam
Tribal Councils	Mizoram
Absence of Village Panchayats	Meghalaya

A-2, B-1, C-4, D-3

A-1, B-2, C-4, D-3

A-3, B-2, C-1, D-4

A-2, B-1, C-3, D-4

Not Attempted

10.

A college student desires to get elected to the Municipal Council of his city. The validity of his nomination would depend on the important condition, among others, that:

he obtains permission from the principal of his college

he is a member of a political party

his name figures in the voters’ list

he files a declaration owing allegiance to the Constitution of India

Not Attempted