| Most Important MCQs on the topic “Panchayati Raj and Community Development” (Ch-34) (Set-1). These questions are very important for SSC, Railways, Defence, CTET, State PCS, UPSC, Judiciary and all other examinations of India. |
Q. The subject of Panchayati Raj is in______.
(A) Concurrent List
(B) Union List
(C) State List
(D) Residual List
Q. The elections to Panchayats are to be held after______.
(A) Every four years
(B) Every five years
(C) Every six years
(D) At the Government’s descretion
Q. Who among the following is authorized to make provisions with respect to the composition of Panchayats?
(A) Governor of State
(B) Legislature of State
(C) Parliament of India
(D) President of India
Q. The decision to conduct Panchayat Elections is taken by which of the following?
(A) The Central Government
(B) The State Government
(C) The District Judge
(D) The Election Commission
Q. Which one of the following is not concerned with the Panchayats?
(A) The State Election Commission will conduct Panchayat elections
(B) The Constitution (74th Amendment) Act
(C) There shall be a fixed five year term for all the Panchayats
(D) Fresh elections would have to be held within six months of the dissolution of a Panchayat
Q. Which one of the following functions is not the concern of Local Self Government?
(A) Public Health
(B) Sanitation
(C) Public Utility Services
(D) Maintenance of Public Order
Q. Who among the following constitutes ‘Finance Commission’ to review the financial position of Panchayats?
(A) Chief Minister of the concerned State
(B) Finance Minister of the concerned State
(C) The Governor of the concerned State
(D) Panchayati Raj Minister of the concerned State
Q. Who was the Prime Minister of India at the time of 73rd and 74th Amendments to the Constitution of India pertaining to Panchayats and Nagarpalikas?
(A) Indira Gandhi
(B) Rajeev Gandhi
(C) P.V. Narsimha Rao
(D) V.P. Singh
Q. The provision regarding Panchayats and Municipalities was made in the Indian Constitution in______.
(A) 1991
(B) 1995
(C) 2000
(D) 1993
Q. In which Article, the provision on reservation of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes to Panchayat has been given?
(A) 243A
(B) 243B
(C) 243C
(D) 243D
Q. Which of the following amendments to the Indian Constitution, provides Constitutional status to ‘Panchayati Raj System’?
(A) 71st Amendment
(B) 72nd Amendment
(C) 73rd Amendment
(D) 75th Amendment
Q. Under which of the following Constitutional Amendments, 30% seats in the village panchayats have been reserved for women in India?
(A) 70th Amendment
(B) 71st Amendment
(C) 73rd Amendment
(D) 74th Amendment
Q. Reservation of seats in Panchayat elections for Scheduled Castes shall not apply to the State of______.
(A) Uttar Pradesh
(B) Assam
(C) Arunachal Pradesh
(D) Haryana
Q. Local self-government can be best explained as an exercise in______.
(A) Federalism
(B) Democratic decentralisation
(C) Administrative delegation
(D) Direct democracy
Q. ‘Gram Sabha’ means______.
(A) Persons of the territorial area of a Panchayat
(B) Persons specified by the notification of the District Authority
(C) Persons registered in electoral rolls related to a Panchayat area at the village level
(D) Members of Panchayats
Q. Who presides over the meeting of Gram Sabha in Scheduled Areas?
(A) Sarpanch
(B) Deputy Sarpanch
(C) Sarpanch or Deputy Sarpanch
(D) Schedule Tribe member present who is elected by Gram Sabha
Q. Which Article of the Indian Constitution directs State Government to organize village Panchayats?
(A) Article 32
(B) Article 40
(C) Article 48
(D) Article 51
Q. Article 40 of the Constitution of India advises the State to work for______.
(A) Uniform Civil Code
(B) Organization of Village Panchayats
(C) Constitution of Municipalities
(D) Living wages for workers
Q. Panchayati Raj is organized as a unit of Self-Government under______.
(A) Fundamental Rights of Indian Constitution
(B) The Preamble of the Indian Constitution
(C) Directive Principles of State Policy
(D) 73rd Amendment of the Indian Constitution
Q. MANREGA scheme has been launched as a part of implementing which one of the following Articles of the Indian Constitution?
(A) Article 43
(B) Article 45
(C) Article 47
(D) Article 50
Q. What is the main characteristic of Panchayati Raj System of Government?
(A) It has three tiers of Government
(B) It aims to give social and economic justice to villages
(C) Some members of Parliament are as respresentatives in Zila Parishad
(D) All of them are true
Q. Panchayati Raj is mainly aimed at______.
(A) Increasing rivalry among villagers
(B) Giving training to villagers for contesting election
(C) Decentralization of power to villagers
(D) None of the above
Q. Which one of the following statements regarding Panchayati Raj is not correct?
(A) Panchayat System has been an integral part of Indian village life through the ages
(B) 73rd Amendment came into effect on 15th August, 1993
(C) It is a three-tier organically linked structure
(D) Article 243G of the Indian Constitution adds to its importance
Q. What is the main purpose of Panchayati Raj?
(A) To increase agricultural production
(B) To increase employment
(C) To increase people’s politically awareness
(D) To enable people to participate in developmental administration
Q. For successful functioning, Panchayati Raj needs full co-operation of______.
(A) Local Public
(B) Central Government
(C) Bureaucrats
(D) Politicians
Q. Panchayati Raj in India represents______.
(A) Decentralisation of powers
(B) Participation of the people
(C) Community development
(D) All of the above
Q. Name the Committee which was set up by the NDC in 1957 for the reorganization of CDP and NES, which suggested a three-tier system of rural local government.
(A) Balwant Rai Mehta Committee
(B) Ashok Mehta Committee
(C) Maharashtra Committee on Democratic Decentralisation
(D) Rural-Urban Relationship Committee
Q. The Committee which recommended a three-tier Panchayati Raj System in India was ______.
(A) Ashok Mehta Committee
(B) Balwant Rai Mehta Committee
(C) G.K.V. Rao Committee
(D) L.M. Singhvi Committee
Q. Which kind of Panchayati Raj System was recommended by the Balwant Rai Mehta Committee?
(A) Two-tier
(B) Three-tier
(C) Village level
(D) None of these
Q. Which one of the following States was the first to set-up Panchayati Raj institutions in accordance with the recommendations of the Balwant Rai Mehta Committee?
(A) Uttar Pradesh
(B) Andhra Pradesh
(C) Rajasthan
(D) Telangana
Q. The Chairman of the Committee set up for the recommendation of Panchayati Raj in India was______.
(A) Balwant Rai Mehta
(B) B.R. Ambedkar
(C) Justice Krishna Iyer
(D) Jagjivan Ram
Q. The Committe on whose recommendation, the ‘Panchayati Raj System’ was introduced in the Country, was headed by______.
(A) Jivraj Mehta
(B) Balwant Rai Mehta
(C) Shrimannarayan
(D) Jagjivan Ram
Q. Who is considered as the ‘Architect of Panchayati Raj’ in India?
(A) Acharya Narendra Deo
(B) G.V.K. Rao
(C) B.R. Mehta
(D) L.M. Singhvi
Q. The Panchayati Raj System was first started in India in the State of Rajasthan and _______.
(A) Haryana
(B) Gujarat
(C) Uttar Pradesh
(D) Andhra Pradesh
Q. Panchayati Raj was first introduced in October, 1959 in ______.
(A) Rajasthan
(B) Tamil Nadu
(C) Kerala
(D) Karnataka
Q. The first Panchayati Raj System was inaugurated by Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru on 2nd October, 1959 in______.
(A) Sabarmati
(B) Wardha
(C) Nagaur
(D) Sikar
Q. Which of the following bears the responsibility of planning, execution and implementation of MNREGA schemes?
(A) Gram Sabha
(B) Gram Panchayat
(C) State Government
(D) DRDA
Q. The first State to adopt Panchayati Raj was ______.
(A) Uttar Pradesh
(B) Bihar
(C) Gujarat
(D) Rajasthan
Q. When and where was Panchayati Raj System in India introduced?
(A) 5th July, 1957, Faizabad (U.P.)
(B) 2nd October, 1959, Nagaur (Rajasthan)
(C) 14th November, 1959, Ahmedabad (Gujarat)
(D) 3rd December, 1960, Bhopal (M.P.)
Q. According to democratic decentralization recommended by Balwant Rai Mehta committee?
(A) Three-tier democratic Panchayati Raj institutions were to be set up at the village, block and district levels
(B) Only two-tier Panchayati Raj institutions at district and Mandal levels were to be constituted
(C) Only Zila Parishad was proposed to be set up at the district level
(D) None of the above
Q. Who was the Chairman of the Committee which proposed Democratic Decentralisation and Panchayati Raj?
(A) K.M. Pannikar
(B) H.N. Kunjru
(C) Mahatma Gandhi
(D) Balwant Rai Mehta
Q. The Decentralization System was recommended by______.
(A) C. Rajagopalachari
(B) J.B. Kripalani
(C) Balwant Rai Mehta
(D) Ashok Mehta
Q. Establishment of the Panchayati Raj System was recommended by______.
(A) The Government of India Act, 1935
(B) The Cripps Mission 1942
(C) The Indian Independence Act, 1947
(D) Balwant Rai Mehta Committee Report, 1957
Q. Which committee had, first of all, recommended three-tier Panchayati Raj system in India?
(A) Ashok Mehta Committee
(B) L.M. Singhvi Committee
(C) Balwant Rai Mehta Committee
(D) Sarkariya Commission
Q. Which one of the following committees is not concerned with Panchayati Raj Institution?
(A) P.V.N. Rao Committee
(B) L.M. Singhvi Committee
(C) Ashok Mehta Committee
(D) Balwant Rai Mehta Committee
Q. Which of the following Committee is not associated with Panchayati Raj System?
(A) Ashok Mehta Committee
(B) V.K.R.V. Rao Committee
(C) Santhanam Committee
(D) B.R. Mehta Committee
Q. Which model was recommended by Ashok Mehta Committee for Panchayati Raj System?
(A) One-tier
(B) Two-tier
(C) Three-tier
(D) Four-tier
Q. Which of the following Committees recommended to give Constitutional status to Panchayati Raj?
(A) L.M. Singhvi Committee
(B) Balwant Rai Mehta Committee
(C) Rao Committee
(D) Ashok Mehta Committee
Q. Which one of the following Committees is not associated with Panchayati Raj System in India?
(A) Dinesh Goswami Committee
(B) L.M. Singhvi Committee
(C) Sadiq Ali Committee
(D) Ashok Mehta Committee