Polity (Panchayati Raj and Community Development) MCQ Part – 1

21. 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

22. 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

23. 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

24. 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

25. 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

26. For successful functioning, Panchayati Raj needs full co-operation of
(A) Local Public
(B) Central Government
(C) Bureaucrats
(D) Politicians

27. 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

28. 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

29. Panchayati Raj in India represents
(A) Decentralisation of powers
(B) Participation of the people
(C) Community development
(D) All of the above

30. 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

31. 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

32. 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

33. 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

34. 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

35. 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

36. Panchayati Raj was first introduced in October, 1959 in
(A) Rajasthan
(B) Tamil Nadu
(C) Kerala
(D) Karnataka

37. 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

38. 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

39. The first Panchayati Raj System was inaugurated by Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru on 2nd October, 1959 in
(A) Sabarmati
(B) Wardha
(C) Nagaur
(D) Sikar

40. 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.)

 

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