NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, etc.), GATE, CUET, Olympiads etc.: Political Science MCQs (Practice_Test 130 of 150)
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- The Balwant Rai G Mehta team was set up in 1956 by the National Development Council for the purpose of
- suggesting measures for democratic decentralization
- reporting on the working of the village panchayats at that time suggesting measures for better efficiency in the implementation of the Community
- Development projects investigating the feasibility of setting up the new panchayat machinery
- Answer: c
- Which of the following States has no Panchayat Raj institution at all?
- Assam
- Nagaland
- Tripura
- Kerala
- Answer: b
- Which among the following are true about the 73rd constitutional Amendment in the area of Panchayati Raj?
- Thirty per cent seats in all elected rural local bodies will be reserved for women candidates at all levels.
- The States will constitute their Finance Commissions to allocate resources to Panchayati Raj institutions.
- The Panchayati Raj elected functionaries will be disqualified to hold their offices if they have more than two children.
- The elections will be held in six months time if Panchayati Raj bodies are superceded or dissolved by the State government.
- Codes:
- 2 and 4
- 1 and 4
- 1,3 and 4
- 1,2 and 4
- Answer: d
- Which of the following features of Panchayati Raj, envisaged under the 73rd Amendment of the Constitution, are correctly listed?
- the elections to the Panchayats will be held by the Union Election Commission
- there is mandatory reservation of seats for weaker sections and women
- the Panchayats shall have a fixed term of five years and, if dissolved before the expiry of this term, the elections must be held within six months
- Codes:
- 1,2 and 3
- 2 and 3
- 2 only
- 1 and 2
- Answer: a