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Q.1) Answer (c)
According to 73rd Amendment Act, three-tier system of Panchayats exists: Village level, District Panchayat at the district level, the intermediate Panchayat which stands between the village and District Panchayats in the States where the population is above 20 Lakhs.
Q.2) Answer (a)
Panchayati Raj System was first introduced in Nagaur district of Rajasthan on October 2, 1959 followed by Andhra Pradesh in 1959.
Q.3) Answer (c)
Name in the voters list is the important condition.
Q.4) Answer (c)
Duration of Panchayats is five year. Fresh election to constitute a Panchayat shall be completed before the expiry of its term; or in case of dissolution before the expiry of a period of 6 months from the date of its dissolution.
Q.5) Answer(b)
In 1688, the first Municipal Corporation of India was set up in Madras.
Q.6) Answer (c)
District planning committee comes under 74th Amendment not in 73rd Amendment.
Q.7) Answer (c)
Rural sanitation is not a subject in the Concurrent List. Public Health and Sanitation comes under the State List.
Q.8) Answer (d)
Section C of the Forest Dwellers Act provides a transparent three step procedure for deciding on who gets rights.
Firstly, the Gram Sabha makes a recommendationi.e, who has been cultivating land for how long, which minor forest produce is collected; etc. The Gram Sabha plays this role because it is a public body where all people participate and hence is fully democratic and transparent. The Gram Sabha’s recommendation goes through two stages of screening committees- the Taluka and the District levels.
Q.9) Answer(d)
PESA Act does not identify the freedom of tribal people from exploitation as its objectives, but it automatically becomes a by-product of its objectives.
Q.10) Answer (a)
The fundamental object to Panchayati Raj system is to ensure people’s participation in development, political accountability and democratic decentralization.
Q.11) Answer (c)
According to Article 131, The SC has original jurisdiction in any dispute – (a) between the Government of India & one or more States; or
(b) between the Government of India and any State or States on one side and one or more other States on the other; or
(c) between two or more States
Q.12) Answer (a)
It his administrative capacity he is subject to writ judiciary in (Article 1720–224).
Q.13) Answer (c)
Under article 236 of the Constitution, The term “District Judge” includes judge of a city civil court, additional district judge, joint district judge, assistant district judge, chief judge of a small cause court, chief presidency magistrate, additional chief presidency magistrate, sessions judge and assistant sessions judge and additional sessions judge.
Q.14) Answer (b)
Assertion and Reason as independent statements are true but does not explain each other.
Q.15) Answer (b)
As per provisions under Article 143