Indian Polity Panchayats & Municipalities Questions 2023

Q. Who was the Prime Minister of India when a Constitutional status for the Panchayati Raj and Urban Self-Governing Institutions was accorded?

(A) Indira Gandhi
(B) Rajeev Gandhi
(C) P.V. Narasimha Rao
(D) Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Correct Answer: (C) P.V. Narasimha Rao

Q. The Panchayat System was introduced after this Amendment of the Constitution:

(A) 65th Amendment
(B) 68th Amendment
(C) 72nd Amendment
(D) 73rd Amendment

Correct Answer: (D) 73rd Amendment

Q. Under the Panchayati Raj system Gram Sabha consists of:

(A) Elected executives of a village.
(B) Persons who are registered in the electoral rolls relating to a village.
(C) Elected executives of a village and officials nominated by him/her.
(D) The village Sarpanch and the persons nominated by him/her.

Correct Answer: (B) Persons who are registered in the electoral rolls relating to a village.

Q. In which year was the Balwant Rai Mehta Committee appointed to examine the working of the Community Development Programme?

(A) 1951
(B) 1954
(C) 1957
(D) 1960

Correct Answer: (C) 1957

Q. Which committee recommended for the establishment of a State Finance Commission for the allocation of finances to the Panchayats?

(A) Hanumantha Rao Committee
(B) Dantwala Committee
(C) L. M. Singhvi Committee
(D) Gadgil Committee

Correct Answer: (C) L. M. Singhvi Committee

Q. Which committee recommended that there should also be reservation of seats for women in Panchayati Raj Institutions?

(A) Thungon Committee
(B) L. M. Singhvi Committee
(C) G.V.K. Rao Committee
(D) Gadgil Committee

Correct Answer: (A) Thungon Committee

Q. Which Constitutional Article defines the Panchayat Raj?

(A) 243O
(B) 243
(C) 243A
(D) 243I

Correct Answer: (B) 243

Q. Which committee recommended Constitutional status to Panchayat?

(A) L. M. Singhvi Committee
(B) Santhanam Committee
(C) Ashok Mehta Committee
(D) Balwant Rai Mehta Committee

Correct Answer: (A) L. M. Singhvi Committee

Indian Polity Panchayats & Municipalities Questions 2021

Q. Which Article was given effect to by the 73rd Amendment?

(A) Article 47
(B) Article 40
(C) Article 45
(D) Article 46

Correct Answer: (B) Article 40

Q. Which Article relates to the Panchayati Raj in India?

(A) Article 243
(B) Article 245
(C) Article 242
(D) Article 244

Correct Answer: (A) Article 243

Q. Which Committee made recommendations for local Self Government?

(A) Kothari Commission
(B) Sarkaria Commission
(C) Balwant Rai Mehta Committee
(D) Venkatachaliah Commission

Correct Answer: (C) Balwant Rai Mehta Committee

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Q. How many seats are reserved for women at all levels in the Panchayati Raj System in India?

(A) 1/2 of seats of Panchayati Raj institutions.
(B) 1/3 of seats of Panchayati Raj and 1/3rd offices of Chairperson at all levels of Panchayati Raj institutions.
(C) 1/4 of offices of Chairperson of Panchayati Raj institutions.
(D) 2/3 of seats of Panchayati Raj institutions.

Correct Answer: (B) 1/3 of seats of Panchayati Raj and 1/3rd offices of Chairperson at all levels of Panchayati Raj institutions.

Q. The 73rd Constitution Amendment Act, 1992 has introduced:

(A) A three-tier system of Panchayati Raj for all States, having population of over 20 lakh.
(B) A federal form of Government.
(C) The term ‘Socialist’ in the Preamble to the Indian Constitution.
(D) Reservation of seats for the Anglo-Indian Community in the Parliament.

Correct Answer: (A) A three-tier system of Panchayati Raj for all States, having population of over 20 lakh.

Q. The Panchayat system was introduced after this Amendment of the Constitution:

(A) 65th Amendment
(B) 68th Amendment
(C) 72nd Amendment
(D) 73rd Amendment

Correct Answer: (D) 73rd Amendment

Q. The Panchayat system is a:

(A) Two-tier system
(B) Three-tier system
(C) Four-tier system
(D) Five-tier system

Correct Answer: (B) Three-tier system

Indian Polity Panchayats & Municipalities Questions 2019

Q. The tenure of Gram Panchayat and Nagarpalika shall be for:

(A) 3 years
(B) 4 years
(C) 5 years, unless dissolved earlier
(D) Co-extensive with the term of Legislative Assembly

Correct Answer: (C) 5 years, unless dissolved earlier

Q. Election to the Gram Panchayats are:

(A) To be direct on the basis of adult franchise
(B) By indirect method
(C) By Legislature of the States
(D) None of the above

Correct Answer: (A) To be direct on the basis of adult franchise

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Q. Election to the Gram Panchayats are:

(A) By indirect method.
(B) By legislatures of the State.
(C) To be direct on the basis of adult franchise.
(D) By Council of Ministers.

Correct Answer: (C) To be direct on the basis of adult franchise.

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Q. Which of the following states in India is exempted from reservation for Scheduled Castes in Panchayati Raj institutions?

(A) Rajasthan
(B) Assam
(C) Arunachal Pradesh
(D) Sikkim

Correct Answer: (C) Arunachal Pradesh

Q. In which year was the first Panchayat election held?

(A) 1978
(B) 1980
(C) 1982
(D) 1981

Correct Answer: (A) 1978

Q. The Article 243F deals with:

(A) Disqualification from being a member of Panchayat under any law.
(B) Every Panchayat is continued for a period of 5 years.
(C) The Panchayat can impose taxes and raise funds.
(D) Some seats are reserved for SCs and STs in the States.

Correct Answer: (A) Disqualification from being a member of Panchayat under any law

Q. Election to the Gram Panchayats are:

(A) By indirect method.
(B) By legislatures of the State.
(C) To be direct on the basis of adult franchise.
(D) By Council of Ministers.

Correct Answer: (C) To be direct on the basis of adult franchise.

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Q. Provisions regarding the Panchayats are incorporated in which Articles?

(A) Art 243 to Art 243 L
(B) Art 243 to Art 243 M
(C) Art 243 to Art 244
(D) Art 243 to Art 243 O

Correct Answer: (D) Art 243 to Art 243 O

Q. The Panchayats are enshrined in which Part of the Constitution of India?

(A) Part IX
(B) Part IX A
(C) Part X
(D) Part XI A

Correct Answer: (A) Part IX

Q. Which of the following states does not have Panchayati Raj Institutions?

(A) Assam
(B) Nagaland
(C) Kerala
(D) Tripura

Correct Answer: (B) Nagaland

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Q. Which among the following is the middle unit of Three Tier Panchayati Raj System?

(A) Gram Panchayat
(B) Panchayat Samiti
(C) Zila Parishad
(D) Gram Sabha

Correct Answer: (B) Panchayat Samiti

Q. Nagarpalika Bill was first introduced in the Parliament during the Prime Ministership of:

(A) Rajiv Gandhi
(B) Narashimha Rao
(C) V. P. Singh
(D) Indira Gandhi

Correct Answer: (A) Rajiv Gandhi

Q. Which one of the following Articles of the Constitution of India makes a specific mention of village Panchayats?

(A) Article 19
(B) Article 21
(C) Article 40
(D) Article 246

Correct Answer: (C) Article 40