Practice Test

Q1) Panchayati Raj has received a constitutional status with_______Amendment Act Show Answer

Q2) Three-tire Panchayats are : Show Answer

Q3) List of item reserved for the Panchayats are given in the : Show Answer

Q4) Elections to Panchayats are held : Show Answer

Q5) A person should be___ years to stand in a panchayat election Show Answer

Q6) _______ conducts election to Panchayats and municipalities ? Show Answer

Q7) Electorate for a Panchayat is at : Show Answer

Q8) Which statement about the state finance Commission is INCORRECT : Show Answer

Q9) There should be Ward Committees for municipalities with a population of : Show Answer

Q10) Regarding reservation of seats on Panchayats and Municipalities, it would INCORRECT to say : Show Answer

Q11) Which Articles and subjects are wrongly matched ? Show Answer

Q12) Self-governing institutions for areas designated as urban area are : Show Answer

Q13) Direct elections to all tires of the Panchayat were held first after the 73rd Amendment came into force in ____? Show Answer

Q14) 73rd and 74th Amendment Acts : Show Answer

Q15) ____ Union Territories are there in India ? Show Answer

Q16) ____ Union Territories has a Legislature ? Show Answer

Q17) Union Territories are administered by the : Show Answer

Q18) If the Governor of a State is appointed administrator of a Union Territory, he exercises his functions Show Answer

Q19) Provisions about administrations of SC/ST : Show Answer

Q20) ____is not administered by Lieutenant Governor: Show Answer

Q21) Union Territory with a High Court is/are : Show Answer

Q22) _______was ceded by France ? Show Answer

Q23) Provisions about administration of Acquired Territories : Show Answer

Q24) In the new Panchayati Raj bill enacted in 1993 there are fresh provisions. Which one of the following is not one such provision ? Show Answer

Q25) _____ was not proposed by the 73rd constitutional amendment for Panchayati Raj ? Show Answer

Q26) Chairperson of a municipality is Show Answer

Q27) The Chief executive head of state is the Show Answer

Q28) If a Panchayat is dissolved, elections are to be held within Show Answer

Q29) In India , the first Municipal Corporation was set up in which one among the following ? Show Answer

Q30) According to the Balwant Ray Mehta Committee, the District Collector should be : Show Answer

Q31) The Balwant Ray Mehta Committee was a committee on : Show Answer

Q32) Panchayati Raj from of rural local government was adopted first by (in the order ) : Show Answer

Q33) Which of the following is a committee on Panchayati raj institutions ? Show Answer

Q34) "The state shall take steps to organise village Panchayats and endow them with such powers as may be necessary to enable them to functions as unity of self-government ." This provision is mentioned in : Show Answer

Q35) Panchayati Raj is a system of : Show Answer

Q36) Which of the following is not correct about a cantonment board ? Show Answer

Q37) Which one of the following function is not the concern of the local government ? Show Answer

Q38) At_______years the individual can vote for panchayats Show Answer

Q39) A government is federal or unitary on the basis of relation between the : Show Answer

Q40) A college student desires to get elected to the Municipal Council of his city. The validity of his nonmination would depends on the important condition, among others, that Show Answer

Q41) Grant in aid provided every year to States in need of assistance as recommended by the Show Answer

Q42) Congress lost its monopoly of power in the States for the first time in : Show Answer

Q43) _________States are required to ratify certain amendments to the Constitutions ? Show Answer

Q44) Major part of the Constitution can be amended by : Show Answer

Q45) _______amendment of the Constitution gave priority to Directive Principles over Fundamental Right ? Show Answer

Q46) Which statement regarding the levying, collection and distribution of Income Tax is correct ? Show Answer

Q47) Amendment procedure of India Constitution is modelled on that of Show Answer

Q48) Keshavanand Bharti case decided that ____ ? Show Answer

Q49) _______ Amendment provided for an authority version of the Constitution in Hindi ? Show Answer

Q50) Grants-in-aid given to State are meant for Show Answer

Q51) State in India can borrow from the open market : Show Answer

Q52) 93rd Amendment to the Constitution relates to reservation of seats for : Show Answer

Q53) Which of the following Constitution Amendment Acts seeks that the size of Councils of Ministers at the Center and in a State must not exceed 15 per cent of the total number of member in the Lok Sabha and the total number of members of the Legislative Assembly of that State, respectively ? Show Answer

Q54) Under which one of the following Constitution amendment Acts, four languages were added to the languages under the English Schedule of the Constitution of India, thereby raising their number to 22 ? Show Answer

Q55) Which one of the following Constitutional Amendments states that the total number of Ministers, including the Prime Minister, in the Council of Ministers shall not exceed fifteen percent of the total number of members of the house of the people? Show Answer

Q56) Which of the following Constitutional Amendment act provided for the appointment of the same person as Governor for two or more states ? Show Answer

Q57) Which of the following Articles of the Constitution of India makes a specific mention of village panchayats? Show Answer

Q58) Which one among following pairs is not correctly matched? Show Answer

Q59) Which one of the following taxes is levied and collected by the Union Government but shared by the States as well? Show Answer

Q60) In which of the following federations, residuary power rests with the center ? Show Answer

Q61) The state shall not make law which takes away or abridges the Fundamental Rights, which one of the following shall not be construed as a law for this purpose ? Show Answer

Q62) An inter-state council may be established by Show Answer

Q63) In which one of the following system of government is bicameralism an essential feature ? Show Answer

Q64) In the Constitution of India, the term "federal" Show Answer

Q65) Which one of the following is the correct statement ?
Service tax is a/an Show Answer

Q66) The 7th Schedule of the Constitutions of the India contains Show Answer

Q67) 93rd amendment does not say that special provisions for socially and educationally backward classes will be made for admission to educational institutions : Show Answer

Q68) The 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act 1992 refers to the Show Answer

Q69) The major portion of the Indian Constitution can be amended by the Show Answer

Q70) Which is correctly matched ? Show Answer

Q71) Which one of the following is not a type of relationship specified by the Indian Constitution between the Center and the State ? Show Answer

Q72) Which is the first executive tier of the Panchayati Raj system from below ? Show Answer

Q73) What is the intermediate tier of the Panchayati Raj System called Show Answer

Q74) What is the subject of the 73rd Amendment Act of the Constitution of India ? Show Answer

Q75) Which one of the following Amendments of the Constitution of India deals with issue of strengthening of the Panchayati Raj ? Show Answer

Q76) Which one of the following is not a feature of part IX of the Constitution of India ? Show Answer

Q77) An amendment to the Constitution will not require ratification by the legislature of states if it relates to the Show Answer

Q78) Which one of the following is not among the sources of Union Revenues ? Show Answer

Q79) Several government have reduced taxes on companies. Select one of the reasons below that help explain why governments are doing this Show Answer

Q80) In the context of Panchayati Raj , Which one of the following is true about Gram Sabha ? Show Answer

Q81) Nagarpalika Act envisages
1) Municipal Councils for area transiting from rural to urban areas
2) Nagar Panchayats for big village .
Which of the above is/are correct ? Show Answer

Q82) In Municipalities ,
1) there is 50 % reservation for women in the scats to be filled by direct elections.
2) grant-in-aid may be given to municipalities from the Consolidated fund
Which of the following statement is/are correct ? Show Answer

Q83) Consider the following statements about municipal corporation :
1) They are established in the states by the acts the concerned state legislatures.
2) They are established in the union territories by an of the Chief Administrator
3) They work under direct control supervision of state governments.
4) They deliberative functions are separated from the executive functions.
Which of the following statement is/are correct ? Show Answer

Q84) Language included in the Constitution by the 92nd Amendment to include;
1. Santhali
2. Dogri
3. Maithili
4. Nepali
5. konkani
Which of the above is/are correct? Show Answer

Q85) Which of the following are the features of 74th Amendment Act on municipalities?
1. Reservation of seats for SCs and STs in proportion of their population in municipal Area.
2. Mandatory periodic elections every 5 years.
3. the procedure for maintenance of accounts and audit would be decided by the State Governor.
4. Constitution of Nagar Panchayats for smaller urban area.
5. One-third of the seats shall be reserved for woman, excluding the number of seats reserved for SC and ST woman.
Which one of following statement is/are correct? Show Answer

Q86) The recommendation of Balwant Ray Mehta Committee includes:
1.Open participation of parties in Panchayati Raj affairs.
2. Genuine transfer of responsibility to the panchayati Raj institution.
3. Constitutional protection for panchayati Raj.
4. District Collector should be the Chairman of the Zila Parishad.
5. Panchayat Samlti to be the executive body.
Which of the following statement is/are correct? Show Answer

Q87) With reference to Lok Adalats, consider the following statement :
1) An Award made by a Lok Adalat is deemed to be a decree of a civil court and no appeal lies against there to before any court
2) Matrimonial/family disputes are not covered under Lok Adalat.
Which of the statement given above is/are correct ? Show Answer

Q88) The correct statement about cantonment boards are :
1) This system of municipal administration is a British legacy in our country.
2) They set up under the resolutions passed by the Ministry of Defense.
3) The Ministry of Defence exercises direct administrative control over them.
4) It consist of elected members only.
5) President of the board.
Which of the statement given above is/are correct ? Show Answer

Q89) Which of the following are the compulsory provision of the 73rd Amendment Act on Panchayati Raj ?
1) Indirect elections of the chairpersons of Panchayats at the intermediate and district levels.
2) Fresh election within six months in case of dissolution.
3) Provision for reservation of seats for back-ward classes .
4) Giving representation to MPs and MLAs in Panchayats
Which of the following statements is/are correct ?
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Q90) Which of the following statements is/are correct ?
1) Balwantray Mehta Committee was appointed in 1957.
2) Ashok Mehata Committee submitted its report in 1977
3) G.V.K Rao Committee submitted its report in1986
4) L.M Singhvi Committee submitted its report in 1987

Which of the following statements is/are correct? Show Answer

Q91) Consider the following features :
1) Village panchayats have now been brought under the direct supervision the Governor.
2)Finance Commission of the state, now determines the distribution of taxes and levies between the state and panchayats .
3) Panchayats are now entitled to receive grants-in-aid directly from the Central Government .
4) One-third of the seats in the panchayats are now reserved for women.
According to 73rd amendments of the Constitution, which of these are the correct features of village panchayats ? Show Answer

Q92) Consider the following pairs :
1) Cantonment Board administered: centrally by defense ministry
2) Notified Area Administers : Committee newly developing towns
3) Municipal council with complex problem : administers big cities
4) Municipal corporation : headed by an elected Mayor
Which of these statements is/are correct ?
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Q93) India's is a federal system of government as :
1) Union Legislature is bicameral
2) provision of single citizenship
3) Constitution is supreme
4) there is an independent judiciary
Which of the above is/are correct ? Show Answer

Q94) State can legislate on subject in the :
1) State List
2) Union list
3) Concurrent List
4) Residuary List
Which of the above is/are correct ?
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Q95) Parliament can legislate on a subject in the State List if _________:
1) Lok Sabha passes a resolution by 2/3 majority that it is national interest
2) the legislature of two or more State request the Parliament to legislate
3) During emergency
Which of the following statements is/are correct ? Show Answer

Q96) Central government can issue directions to the State about ;
1) Union list
2) State List
3) Concurrent List
Which of the above is/are correct ? Show Answer

Q97) Consider the following statement
1) stamp duties : Levied by and duties on the Union medical and but collected toilet prepara and apportions priated by the State levied and collected by the Union but assigned to the States.
2) Duties on succession to property other than agricultural land.
3) Taxes on income other than corporation tax and tax on agricultural income
4) Receipts from Broadcasting levied, collected and appropriated by the union Non-tax revenue of the Union.
Which of the above is/are correct?
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Q98) __________would need state ratification ?
1) Provision relating to president's election
2) Provisions affecting Union judiciary
3) Amendment procedure
4) Reservation of seats for SC/St in Parliament
Which of the above is/are correct ? Show Answer

Q99) Amendment of the Constitution can be initiated in
1) Lok Sabha
2) Rajya Sabha
3) State Legislature
Which of the above is/are correct ? Show Answer

Q100) Which of these Amendments and their subject matter is/are WRONGLY matched ?
1) 26th :abolition of titles
Amendment and privileges of former rulers of princely state
2)21st : curtailed the Amendment right to property
3) 51st : curbed political Amendment defections
4) 61st : reduced voting Amendments age
Which of the above is/are correct ?
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Q101) Which of the following are matters on a which a constitutional amendment is possible only with the rectification of the legislature of not less than one-half of the states ?
1) Election of the President
2) Representation of states in Parliament
3) Any of the list in the seventh Schedule
4) Abolition of the Legislative Council of a state
Which of the above is/are correct ? Show Answer

Q102) Which of the following are common features associated with federalism of India and USA ?
1) Mention of the concurrent list in the constitution
2) Written constitutions
3) Division of power between the center and the states
4) Residuary power lie with the states
Which of the above is/are correct ? Show Answer

Q103) Which of the following are the features of Indian federal system ?
1) Division of powers between the center and units
2) Residuary powers vested with the center
3) Existence of the nominal andreal executive
Which of the following statements is/are correct ?
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Q104) Consider the following statements
An amendment to the Constitution of India can be initiated by the
1) Lok Sabha
2) Rajya Sabha
3) State Legislatures
4) President
Which of the above is/are correct ? Show Answer

Q105) The Inter-State Council consist of
1) Prime Minister
2) Chief Ministers of all states
3) Chief Ministers of union territories with legislatures
4) Eight Union Cabinet Ministers
5) Administrators of union territories with legislatures
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Q106) Consider the following statement :
In India , a Metropolitan Planning Committee :
1) is constituted under the provisions of the Constitution of India .
2) prepares the draft development plans for metropolitan area.
3) has the sole responsibility for implementing Government sponsored schemes in the metropolitan area .
Which of the statement given above is/are correct ?
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Q107) Which of among the following statement is/are the feature(s) of a Federal state ?
1) The power of the central and the state (Constituent Unit ) Government are clearly laid down.
2) It has an unwritten constitution.
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Q108) Assertion : Lord Ripon's Resolution of 1882 was hailed as the 'Magna Carta' of local government .
Reason : Lord Ripon is regarded as the 'Father of local self government in India '. Show Answer

Q109) Assertion : The 73rd amendment to the Constitution gives a constitutional status to the Gram Sabha
Reason :The Balvantray Mehta Committee report made a formal mention pf the Gram Sabha Show Answer

Q110) Assertion : True federal distribution of power came into being with the Government of India Act 1919
Reason : Provinces got power by way of delegation from the center. Show Answer

Q111) Assertion : A joint sitting is not called in case f Constitutional Amendment bills.
Reason : A bill for amendment of the Constitution has to be passed by each House separately by the majority required. Show Answer

Q112) Where was the first Municipal Corporation in India set up? Show Answer

Q113) Which of the following are true of the Provisions of the 74th Amendment Act, on Municipalities?
1. Wards Committee, Governor forms with population of two lakhs.
2. The state may authorise them to levy, collect and appropriate taxes.
3. A Municipal Council is for smaller urban area.
4. The Twelfth Schedule contains 20 functional items for the Municipalities.
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Q114) Consider the following statements
1. Part IX of the Constitution of India contains provisions for Panchayats and was inserted by the Constitution (73rd Amendment) Act, 1992.
2. Part IX A of the Constitution of India contains Provisions for Municipalities and the Article 243 P envisages three types of Municipalities a Municipal Council, Municipal Corporation and Nagar Panchayat for every state.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct? Show Answer

Q115) The government enacted the Panchayat Extension to Scheduled Areas (PESA) Act in 1996. Which one of the following is not identified as its objective? Show Answer

Q116) Which Committee had first of all recommended three-tier Panchayat Raj in India in 1957? Show Answer

Q117) Three-tier system of Panchayati raj was initially recommended by Show Answer

Q118) The main purpose of Panchayati Raj is Show Answer

Q119) The Balwant Rai Mehta Committee was a committee on Show Answer

Q120) Which of the following is not a recommendation of the Ashok Mehta Committee on Panchayati Raj? Show Answer

Q121) Which of the following Committee recommended for according a constitutional position to the Panchayati Raj? Show Answer

Q122) Which of the following are the compulsary provisions of the 73rd Amendment Act, on Panchayati Raj?
1) Making provision for reservation to the backward classes.
2) Authorising the Panchayats to prepare plans for economic development.
3) Organisation of Gram Sabhas.
4) Conferring financial powers on Panchayats with regards to taxes, fees and so on.
5) Setting up of a State Election Commission to conduct election to the panchayats.
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Q123) Who among the following are directly elected by the people?
1) Pradhan
2) Block Pramukh
3) Zila Panchayat Adhyaksh
4) Sarpanch
5) Panch
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Q124)
Power, authority and responsibilities of Municipal are listed in which one of the
following Schedules of the Constitution of India? Show Answer

Q125) Consider the following statements about municipal corporations
1) They are established in the states by the acts of the concerned state legislatures.
2) They are established in the union territories by an order of Chief Administrator.
3) They work under direct control and supervision of state governments.
4) Their deliberative functions are separated from the executive functions.
Which of the these statements is/are correct? Show Answer

Q126) Consider the following statements
1) Part IXA that that has come into forces in 1993 give a constitutional
foundation to local self-government until in urban areas.
2) If the Municipality has been superseded before the expiry of its term, the elections must be completed
within six months of its dissolution
Which of the statements given above is/are correct? Show Answer

Q127) The members of the panchayat Samiti are Show Answer

Q128) A Mandal Panchayat exists in Show Answer

Q129) Ministry of Panchayati Raj is responsible for the work of advocacy for and monitoring of the implementation of Constitution 73rd Amendment Act the Provisions of the Panchayats (Extension to Scheduled Areas) Act 1996. A New Ministry of Panchayati Raj has been created w.e.f. Show Answer

Q130) Which of the following is located at the apex of the Panchayat system at the district level? Show Answer

Q131) The suggestion of giving panchayats constitutional status was opposed by – Show Answer

Q132) Ashok Mehta Committee recommended for the establishment of— Show Answer

Q133) After independence the framers of the Constitution decided to give Panchayati Raj importance in – Show Answer

Q134) The Constitution (74th Amendment) Act, 1992 (the Nagarpalika Act), on Show Answer

Q135) Lord Ripon whose famous resolution on local self-government was introduced on- Show Answer

Q136) Following the 74th Constitutional Amendment Act, 1992, Urban Local Self-Government in India has been classified into type of –
1. Municipal Corporations
2. Municipalities
3. Nagar Panchayats
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Q137) Consider the following statements-
The tribal areas in which of the following state /s is/are specified in the Sixth Schedule and are treated as autonomous districts-
1. Assam
2. Meghalaya
3. Mizoram
4. T ripura
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Q138) The Constitution of India makes judiciary truly independent. What makes the Indian Judiciary a truly independent judiciary?
1. Appointment of judges by the President
2. High qualifications for appointment as judges
3. Removal of judges by a difficult method of impeachment
4. High salaries, pension and other service benefits for judges
5. Independent establishment for the Judiciary
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Q139) In Maneka Gandhi v. Union of India the SC opined upon the inter-connection between Articles Show Answer

Q140) The provision for the setting up of Administrative Tribunals was adopted by Show Answer

Q141) Under which of the following has Panchayati raj system been established Show Answer

Q142) Which one of the following articles directs the state government to organize gram panchayat at village level? Show Answer

Q143) Municipal personnel systems obtain in the Indian states and union territories include Show Answer

Q144) Consider the following-
The panchayats receive funds from-
1. local body grants, as recommended by the central finance commission
2. funds for implementation of centrally sponsored schemes
3. funds released by the state governments on the recommendations of the state finance commissions
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Q145) Consider the following statements-
Article 243Q of the 74th Amendment requires that municipal areas shall be declared having regard to
1. the population of the area
2. the density of population therein
3. the revenue generated for local administration
4. the percentage of employment in non-agricultural activities
5. the economic importance or such other factors as may be specified by the state government by public notification for this purpose
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Q146) Consider the following statements-
1. After the 74th Amendment was enacted there are only two categories of urban local bodies
2. municipal corporations enjoy a greater degree of fiscal autonomy and functions although the specific fiscal and functional powers vary across the states, these local governments have larger populations, a more diversified economic base, and deal with the state governments directly.
3. municipalities have less autonomy, smaller jurisdictions and have to deal with the state governments through the Directorate of Municipalities or through the collector of a district.
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Q147) Consider the following-
The Legislature of a State may by law provide for representation in a municipality of:
1. persons having special knowledge or experience in municipal administration
2. members of Lok Sabha ,State Assembly, Rajya Sabha and Legislative Council
3. the Chairpersons of Committees
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Q148) Consider the following statements-
1. The Constitution visualises panchayats as institutions of self-governance
2. giving due consideration to the federal structure of our polity, most of the financial powers and authorities to be endowed on panchayats have been left at the discretion of concerned state legislatures
3. These provisions combine representative and direct democracy into a synergy and are expected to result in an extension and deepening of democracy in India
4. panchayats have journeyed from an institution within the culture of India to attain constitutional status
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Q149) Consider the following matching pairs (Provision - Article).
1. Mandatory reservation of one-third of all seats in all panchayats at all levels for women, with the reservation for women applying to the seats reserved for Davits and Advises as well - (Article 243D)
2. Indirect elections to the position of panchayat chairperson at the intermediate and district levels mandates the constitution of District Planning Committees to consolidate the plans prepared by both rural and urban local bodies - (Article 243C)
3. The act mandates the constitution of two state-level commissions: an independent election commission to supervise and manage
elections to local bodies, much as the Election Commission of India manages state assembly and parliamentary elections - ( Article 243ZD)
4. Direct elections to all seats in the panchayats at all levels - (Article 243K).
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Q150) The Constitution envisages system of Panchayats of the village Panchayat as -
1. village Panchayat at the village level
2. The District Panchayat at the district level
3. The Intermediate Panchayat which stands between the village and district Panchayats in the States where the population is above50 lakhs
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Q151) With reference to financing and funding Panchayati Raj Institution in india . consider the following statements-
1. Backward Regions Grant Fund (BRGF)provides untied grants to the panchayats in the backward regions in order to reduce development deficits of the country
2. Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Yojana (RGSY) aims at capacity building and training of the elected representatives of panchayati raj institutions as well as the functionaries
3. Rural Business Hubs (RBH) Aims to assist the Panchayats to empower rural labour productivity by providing forward backward linkages with technical assistance in Public-Private-Partnership
4. Panchayat Mahila`Evam Yuva Shakti Abhiyan aims to enable women and youth panchayat leaders to come together to articulate their problems as women panchayat leaders
5. Panchayat Empowerment & Accountability Incentive Scheme recognize and incentivize the efforts of Panchayats with respect to transparency, accountability and efficiency and of States with respect to devolution of funds, functions and functionaries to Panchayats
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Q152) Consider the following statements-
1. The Notified Area Committee is set up for an area which does not yet fulfil all the conditions necessary for the constitution of a municipality but which the state government otherwise considers important.
2. it is created in an area which is fast developing and where new industries are being setup
3. It is created by statute but by a notification in the government gazette
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Q153) Town area committee (TAC) is
1. constituted and governed by an Act of the state legislature and its composition and functions are specified in it
2. partly elected, partly nominated or wholly elected or wholly nominated
3. assigned a limited number of functions, such as street lighting, drainage, roads, conservancy
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