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Choose the correct option to complete the statement given below.
People who own homes pay _______.

  1. Water tax

  2. General tax

  3. Education tax

  4. Property tax.


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

People who own homes have to pay a property tax. The larger the house the more the tax. Property tax, however, forms only 25-30% of the money that a Municipal Corporation earns.

Choose the correct option to complete the statement given below.
The Municipal Council is found in _____________________.

  1. big cities

  2. small towns

  3. villages

  4. metropolitan cities


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
There are three local governing bodies :
(1) Nagar Panchayat is a local governing body for a transitional area, that is , an area in transition from a rural area to an urban area.
(2) The Municipal Council is a local governing body which is found in a smaller urban area/ small towns.
(3) The Municipal Corporation is a local governing body which is found in larger urban area/ big cities.

Choose the correct option to complete the statement given below.
Which one is not the job of the Municipal Corporation?

  1. It keeps the streets and markets clean.

  2. It makes gardens and maintains them.

  3. It builds hotels for the tourists

  4. It runs schools, hospitals and dispensaries.


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Functions of Municipal Corporation :

(1) It takes care of street light, garbage collection, water supply.
(2) It keeps the street and the market clean.
(3) It ensures that diseases do not break out in the city.
(4) It runs schools, hospitals, and dispensaries.
(5) It makes gardens and maintains them.

Property taxes form only __________ percent of the money that a Municipal Corporation earns.

  1. $5-10$

  2. $25-30$

  3. $50-60$

  4. $80-90$


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Property taxes form only 25-30 percent of the money that a Municipal Corporation earns.

State whether these sentences are true (T) or false (F).
Pune, being a big city, has a Municipal Corporation.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Municipal Corporation is a local governing body which is found in big cities.

It is the _______ that decides on which day of the week the market has to remain closed.

  1. Gram Panchayat

  2. State Assembly

  3. Municipal Corporation

  4. Union Parliament


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

It is the Municipal Corporation that decides on which day of the week the market has to remain closed.

Tehsildars also known as ______ work under the District Collector.

  1. Patwari

  2. Revenue Officers

  3. Judicial Officers

  4. Session Judge


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Tehsildars also known as revenue Officers work under the District Collector.

Choose the correct option to complete the given statements:
The authority that issues a license to the permanent shops is the ________.

  1. Municipal corporation

  2. Electricity department

  3. Home Ministry

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Municipal corporation of the city issues the license to the permanent shops in the city.

PDS stands for _________.

  1. Power Development System

  2. Public Development System

  3. Public Distribution System

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The government generally provides food grains and other daily required items like oil, salt etc to below poverty line people at subsidized rates, through Fair price shop, this system of distribution is called PDS which stands for Public Distribution System.

The Karnataka government set up the Karnataka Pulpwood Limited in ___________.

  1. 1980

  2. 1984

  3. 1989

  4. 1990


Correct Option: B

The distribution of powers among Central, State and  Local governments in India depicts the power sharing arrangement among different _______________.

  1. Departments

  2. Levels of governments

  3. Socio-political groups

  4. Political groups and movements


Correct Option: B

The two functions of parties are ____________.

  1. electioneering and lobbying

  2. electioneering and governing

  3. fundraising and governing

  4. lobbying and governing


Correct Option: B

The municipal councils are set up in ___________.

  1. Big cities

  2. Towns

  3. Villages

  4. Districts


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Article 243-P to Article 243-G of Indian Constitution defines municipal council as a local government that administers or control a city with the population around 1 lakh or more. It is basically created to cater small districts or large towns. Its work and functions are similar to that of the Municipal corporation. The only difference is that Municipal Corporation administers metropolitan cities with population more than 1 million.

Inclusion of representatives of labour union, in the Management Board of an industry is an example of power sharing among different _____________.

  1. Levels of government

  2. Social groups

  3. Pressure groups

  4. Organs of government.


Correct Option: C

The Dutch and French speaking ministers were equal in the central government of _____________.

  1. Bangladesh

  2. Belgium

  3. Srilanka

  4. Russia


Correct Option: B

 The concept of seperate, soverign national and state governments is known as _____________.

  1. Unicameralism

  2. Federalism.

  3. Aristocracy.

  4. Oligarchy.


Correct Option: B

An important principle under which the three organs of the government work, is _______________.

  1. Each organ can work freely.

  2. Balance of power

  3. Power-management.

  4. Easy administration


Correct Option: B

Of the following which is not a local self governing institution ?

  1. Town Area Committee

  2. Zilla Parishad

  3. Food Corporation of India

  4. Municipal Corporation


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
  • Town Area Committee - Type of Urban local body
  • Zila Parishad - District level panchayat council- Third tier of Panchayat local body.
  • Municipal Corporation - Type of Urban local body.
  • Food Corporation of India - Central government organization - Helps in supply chain management of food grains in the country.

Sarojini Naidu was appointed as the Governor of _________.

  1. Rajastan

  2. Assam

  3. Uttar Pradesh

  4. Tamil Nadu


Correct Option: C

Which of the following is not a source of income to a municipality ?

  1. House tax and water tax

  2. Taxes on cycle rickshaw and other vehicles

  3. Grant from the State Government

  4. Income tax


Correct Option: D
Explanation:
  • Sources of income to a municipality are
Water tax
House tax
Cycle rickshaw tax
Vehicle tax
Grant from state government
Market tax
Entertainment tax
  • Income tax is a Union list subject and doesn't come under local body subjects.

Which of the following is true regarding municipalities:
1. There is provision for 50 percent seat reservation for women in the municipalities elections.
2. Grants-in-aid may be given to municipalities from the Consolidated Fund of the State concerned.

  1. 1 only is correct

  2. 2 only is correct

  3. Both 1 and 2 are correct

  4. Neither 1 nor 2 is correct


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The salient features of the 74th Amendment Act, 1992 are:

i) The Act provides for a direct election to all the local self-government bodies.
ii) 33% of seats should be reserved for women under each category of SC/ST/ Backward Classes. 

The number of constituencies in the Andhra Pradesh are _________________.

  1. $39$

  2. $40$

  3. $41$

  4. $42$


Correct Option: D

Who is the chairperson of Municipal Corporation?

  1. Councilor

  2. Mayor

  3. Director

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The Mayor is the chairperson of the Municipal Corporation. The Mayor performs the work of chairing the Corporation meeting and is also associated with being the First Citizen of the city.

The Municipal Corporation deals with the State Government ___________.

  1. Directly

  2. Indirectly

  3. Through Central Government

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A Municipal Corporation is an urban local body that administers urban area with a population of more than one million. Among all urban local bodies, the municipal corporation enjoys a greater degree of autonomy. It deals directly with the state government for its functions.

Which one of the following is not a source of income of a Municipal Council?

  1. Income Tax

  2. Water Tax

  3. House Tax

  4. Education Tax


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A Municipal Corporation, City Corporation, Mahanagar Palika or Mahanagar Nigam is a local government in India that administers urban areas with a population of more than one million. The growing population and urbanization in various cities of India were in need of a local governing body that can work for providing necessary community services like healthcare, educational institution, housing, transport etc. by collecting property tax and fixed grant from the State Government. Its sources of income are taxes on water, houses, markets, entertainment, and vehicles paid by residents of the town and grants from the state government.

In a City 'A' the Municipal Council have established ward committees because ___________.

  1. City 'A' is a hill station

  2. City 'A' has a population of more than three lakhs

  3. Due to provision of $74th$ constitutional amendment

  4. City 'A' has a population of more than ten thousand and less than twenty five thousand


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Municipal ward committees act as bridge between municipal government and citizens. They act as institutions of neighborhood governance. They increase proximity between elected representatives and citizens. They also provide a space for citizen participation in local level planning. Municipal Council establishes ward committees when the population of a city is more than three lakhs. Their representatives are nominated by the elected Councillors.

By what name local self government in urban area is called?

  1. Municipality and Municipal Company

  2. Municipality and Municipal Commission

  3. Municipality and Municipal Corporation

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
  • Municipalities - Towns 
  • Municipal Corporation - Big Cities 
  • Municipal Corporation- Population more than 100,000
  • Municipal Councils - Towns with population between 25,000 and 100,000
  • Nagar Panchayat- Population between 11,000 and 25,000

Municipal Councils are meant for ___________.

  1. Villages

  2. Smaller cities

  3. Metropolitan cities

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

A Municipal Council is an urban local body that administers a city of population one lakh or more. Generally, small districts or large towns have municipality. Its functions are almost same as municipal corporations.

Construction and maintenance of public parks, libraries, museums, theatre, akharas, picnic resorts, etc., are the ___________ functions of the Municipal Corporation.

  1. Obligatory or Compulsory

  2. Discretionary or Optional

  3. Both A and B

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The functions of the Municipal Corporation are divided into two parts. Obligatory functions and the discretionary functions. Obligatory functions include providing proper health care facilities, proper schooling, construction of roads, safe drinking water, electricity etc. Discretionary functions, on the other hand, includes maintaining other public amenities which are optional and not that important like parks, libraries, museums, theatre, construction of orphanage and old age homes, night shelters etc.

The Municipal Corporation appoints its own staff to carry out __________.

  1. Public health services

  2. Removal and disposal of garbage

  3. To provide electricity

  4. All of these


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

A Municipal Corporation is an urban local body that carries out the functions that are concerned with the residents of the area. The municipal corporation appoints its own staffs to carry out the functions like:-

1. Running public health services like hospitals, dispensaries, public welfare centers.
2. Provident proper sanitation and waste disposal facility.
3. Safe drinking water facility
4. Providing electricity to all the sections of the society.
5. Work for the development of cities.
6. Providing other necessity for the playground, school, proper roads etc.

Provision of drinking water and sewage disposal in the city are the compulsory functions of _______.

  1. Municipal Committee

  2. Municipal Corporation

  3. State Government

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

A Municipal Corporation is entrusted to perform functions that are in the well being of the residents of that particular area. The functions and duties of a Municipal Corporation are as mentioned below.

1. Planning of economic and social development.
2. Water supply, sewage disposal.
3. Public health and proper sanitation.
4. Slum improvement.
5. Urban poverty alleviation.
6. provision of urban amenities such as parks, hospitals, schools etc.

At the district level law and order is looked after by the ___________.

  1. Inspector General of Police

  2. Director General of Police

  3. Superintendent of Police

  4. District Collector


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Superintendent of police heads the police force of a district. They are mostly the officers of the Indian Police Service. They are entrusted with the powers and responsibility of maintaining law and order of a district of a state or a union territory of India.

A Municipal Council is set up for smaller towns with a population between __________.

  1. 20,000 to 3 lakhs

  2. 3 lakhs to 10 lakhs

  3. 10 lakhs to 20 lakhs

  4. 20 lakhs to 1 crore


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A Municipal Council is an urban local body that administers a city or smaller town of the population ranging between twenty thousand to three lakh. The functions of the Municipal Council is same as that of Municipal Corporation.

The members of the Municipal Corporation are elected in the same way as ___________.

  1. Members of the Legislative Assembly

  2. Members of the Legislative Council

  3. Members of the Rajya Sabha

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A Municipal Corporation is made up of wards committee. Members are elected to the ward committees on the basis of adult franchise for a term of five years. These members are called as councilors. The election procedure for electing the members of Municipal Corporation is same as that of the Legislative Assembly of a state.

The members of the general body of the Municipal Committee are called ____________.

  1. Members of Parliament

  2. Members of Legislative Assembly

  3. Corporators

  4. Councillors


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The 74th Constitutional Amendment Act of Constitution 1992 made the provision of Local self Government. It consists of three-tier system Municipal Corporation, Municipality, and Nagar Panchayat.  The representatives of Municipal Council are elected from the wards on the basis of Adult Franchise for the period of Five years which are called Councillors and headed by Mayor who is elected by the same process.

Tehsildar, Naib Tehsildars, Kanungos, Lekhpal or Patwari are concerned with preparation and maintenance of land records and revenue collection at  _______ level.

  1. Union

  2. State

  3. Municipal Corporations

  4. Village


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Patwari is a village officer in the local authority who maintains the ownership records for a specific area as well as to undertake the collection of land taxes. He is responsible for measuring the land and maintaining land records. He is known by different names in different states- talati, kanungo, tehsildar,etc.

A District Collector or Deputy Commissioner belongs to the _________ and is appointed by the State Government.

  1. Indian Foreign Service

  2. Indian Forest Service

  3. Indian Administrative Service

  4. Indian Police Service


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Every district has a Deputy Commissioner or District collector appointed by the state government to look after the administration, law, and order of the district. A collector is the administrative head of the district. An Indian Administrative Service cadre officer is appointed as a district collector.

Tehsildar basically works in a  __________ and is a part of the district administration.

  1. Tehsil

  2. Region

  3. State

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

District is divided into various small regions called Tehsil for smooth and easier administration and for implementation of the law and order. Just like DC heads a district a Tehsildar heads the tehsil. He is administrative head of the tehsil.

Who is the presiding officer of the Municipal Corporation?

  1. Municipal Commissioner

  2. Deputy Mayor

  3. Mayor

  4. Councillor


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The Mayor is the titular head of the Municipal Corporation and presides over the meetings of the corporation. He is the principal spokesperson for the Council and supports good working relations between the Councillors.

The villages that are in the process of becoming towns have a ______________.

  1. Municipal Corporation

  2. Municipal Council

  3. Nagar Panchayat

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

A Nagar Panchayat is a form of an urban political unit  that administers population more than 11000 and less than 25000.The villages that are in the process of becoming towns have a Nagar Panchayat to look after the basic needs of the residents.

For every Municipal Council, there is a Chief Officer.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The municipal council is an urban local body. It is composed of councilors who are elected from wards, the mayor is the head of Municipal Council and such other employees of State Government as Chief Officer, Planning officer, health officer who perform administrative functions.

Which are the two types of functions of the Municipal Corporation?

  1. Mandatory and Executive

  2. Obligatory and Executive

  3. Obligatory and Discretionary

  4. Discretionary and Executive


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The functions of Municipal Corporation are of two types. (1) Obligatory and Discretionary. The obligatory function includes this function which must be performed by the Corporation the discretionary functions are those which are not compulsory but may be taken up depending upon its final resources. Obligatory functions include the supply of water and maintenance of waterworks, the supply of electricity, maintenance of roads. etc. Discretionary functions include construction of Public Houses, registration of marriages, construction of public parks and gardens.etc.

Who can dissolve the Municipal Corporation before the completion of its term?

  1. President

  2. Governor

  3. Chief Minister

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The 74th Constitutional Amendment Act,1992 provided for provisions of urban Local Self-government. Municipal Corporation administers area with the population of more than 1 million. The members are directly elected from wards known as councilors and head is called Mayor. Its term is for a period of five years but can be dissolved by State Government(Governor) if it fails to perform it's duty properly or have abused the power given.

A Municipal Corporation comprises of __________.

  1. General Council

  2. The Mayor

  3. The Standing Committee

  4. Municipal Commissioner

  5. All of these


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

A Municipal Corporation is a local governing body whose duty is to look after the basic needs of the resident of a city. A municipal corporation comprises of The Mayor, The General Councils, The Standing committee, The Municipal Commissioner, Councillors or Contractors and other ward members.

Which Act has given a Constitutional status to the urban local bodies?

  1. The Constitution (74th Amendment) Act, 1992

  2. The Constitution (73rd Amendment) Act, 1992

  3. The Constitutional Amendment Act, 1951

  4. The Constitutional Amendment Act, 1963


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Constitution (74th Amendment) Act, 1992 introduced a new Part IXA in the Constitution, which deals with Municipalities in an article 243 P to 243 ZG. It was passed to accord formal recognition to ULBs in the Constitution and make them more autonomous and participatory. States were put under constitutional obligation to adopt municipalities as per system enshrined in the constitution.

Nothing in Article 13 of Constitution shall apply to any amendment made under this Article'. This provision was inserted in Article 368 by _________________.

  1. Constitution [Twenty-fifth Amendment] Act

  2. Constitution [Forty-second Amendment] Act

  3. Constitution [Twenty-fourth Amendment] Act

  4. Constitution [Seventy-fifth Amendment] Act


Correct Option: C

The sources of revenue of the Municipal Council include property tax, grants from State Government, ________________.

  1. Water tax

  2. Education tax

  3. Tax on markets

  4. All of these


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The source of revenue of the Municipal Council are mentioned below:

1. Taxes on water, houses, markets, and vehicles.
2. Grants from State Government.
3. Taxes on education.
4. Taxes on agricultural land for the specific purpose.
5. Professional taxes.

The Municipal Councils deal with the State Government _________.

  1. Directly

  2. Through the District Administration

  3. Through Central Government

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The 74th Constitutional Amendment Act of Constitution 1992 made the provision of Local self Government. Municipal Council (Municipality) is an urban local Body. The size of the Municipality is determined by the State Government. The town is divided into wards according to population and members are elected from each ward. The Executive Officer appointed by the State government to conduct administrative work. It interacts directly with state government through its administrative part in the District.

The chairperson of a municipality is _________.

  1. Nominated by the State Government

  2. Directly elected by the voters

  3. Elected in the manner provided by the State legislature

  4. To be a person with experience in municipal administration


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

According to the Article 243R, the manner of election of Chairpersons of municipalities has been left to be specified by the State Legislature. 

A town faces the following problems. Which one of them should be given priority over others by the municipality of that town ?

  1. Bottlenecking of traffic on roads

  2. Poor system of drainage

  3. Lack of roads and bridges

  4. Scarcity of drinking water


Correct Option: D
Explanation:
  • Scarcity of drinking water should be given priority over the other issues.
  • Road bottlenecks / blocks , poor system of drainage and bad roads and bridges issues will have alternative choices to carry out operations but water doesn't have any alternative.
  • Water should be given ultimate preference over any alternative by the government.

Who is the official in-charge of the Nagar Panchayat?

  1. President

  2. Mayor

  3. Chairman

  4. Executive Officer


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The Chairman is the head of the Nagar Panchayat while the Executive Officer is the official in charge of the Nagar Panchayat. Executive Officers monitor the implementation of all the programs related to planning and development of the Nagar Panchayat with the coordination of the Chairman and all ward members.

Which of the following is not the function of Municipal Corporations?

  1. Maintenance of health and sanitation

  2. Registration of births and deaths

  3. Disposal of the civil disputes

  4. Providing primary education


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

  • Municipality which is also called as Nagar Palika, municipal council or Municipal Corporation is a local self-governing body. These are found in the towns. Head of a municipality is Mayor.
  • Among the following maintenance of health and sanitation, registration of births and deaths, providing primary education are the functions of Municipal Corporation whereas disposal of the civil disputes is not its function.

Which of the following persons was associated with the promotion of local self-government in India ?

  1. Minto

  2. Morley

  3. Ripon

  4. Wavel


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
Lord Ripon is known to have granted the Indians first taste of freedom by introducing the Local Self-Government in 1882.
Lord Ripon is known as Father of Local Self-Government in India.

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