MCQ Rural Local Government SET 8ALL MCQ For Rural Local Government 1. What were the village bodies in ancient India called?SabhasLocal boardsNational congressPanchayatsQuestion 1 of 152. When were the elected local government bodies created in India?After 1862After 1902After 1922After 1882Question 2 of 153. According to Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, what was the potential drawback of local government in rural areas?Lack of resourcesLack of expertiseFaction and caste-ridden nature of societyCentralized decision-makingQuestion 3 of 154. When the Constitution was prepared, which level of government was assigned the subject of local government?State governmentMunicipal governmentFederal governmentUnion governmentQuestion 4 of 155. Which programme was the first to promote people’s participation in local development activities?Panchayati Raj systemIndira Awas YojanaMahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee ActCommunity Development ProgrammeQuestion 5 of 156. When was a review of the functioning of local government institutions initiated in India?1952198719911973Question 6 of 157. What did the constitutional amendment recommended by the P.K. Thungon Committee provide for?Reduction of powers of local government institutionsPeriodic elections to local government institutions and enlistment of appropriate functions and fundsDissolution of local government institutionsAppointment of government officers to head local government institutionsQuestion 7 of 158. What was the aim of the two constitutional amendments introduced by the central government in 1989?To reduce the powers of local governmentsTo strengthen local governments and ensure uniformity in their structure and functioning across the countryTo postpone elections to local governmentsTo dissolve local governments and hand over their functions to state governmentsQuestion 8 of 159. What is the intermediary level of the uniform three tier Panchayati Raj structure in India?Gram PanchayatState PanchayatMandal or Taluka PanchayatZilla PanchayatQuestion 9 of 1510. What is the Eleventh Schedule of the Indian Constitution?List of fundamental dutiesList of subjects under the Concurrent listList of subjects under the Union listList of subjects to be transferred to the Panchayati Raj institutionsQuestion 10 of 1511. What kind of functions are covered under the subjects listed in the Eleventh Schedule?Mostly linked to national securityMostly linked to foreign policyMostly linked to development and welfare functions at the local levelMostly linked to taxation and revenue generationQuestion 11 of 1512. Which is not a feature of urban life?Loss of humanistic valueInformal tiesImpersonal relationshipCompetitionQuestion 12 of 1513. _______ refers the refurbishing or replacement of old buildings & new use of previously developed land in urban areas.Urban planningUrban recyclingUrbanismNone of theseQuestion 13 of 1514. The movement of people from central cities to smaller communities in the surrounding area is known as:Reverse migrationSub urbanizationUnder urbanizationOver- urbanizationQuestion 14 of 1515. Which among the following meaning is closest to the term ‘over urbanization’Urbanization at the cost of village developmentRapid urbanizationUrbanization without the essential infrastructureEmergence of megalopolisQuestion 15 of 15 Loading...
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