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Match List I (Items) with List II (Articles) and select the correct answer using the codes given below:
| Constitution of Municipalities | Article 243U |
| Reservation of seats in Municipal Bodies | Article 243Q |
| State Finance Commission | Article 243T |
| Duration of Municipalities | Article 243Y |
Consider the following objectives:
Bringing about uniformity in the structure of local governments throughout the country
Ensuring regular and rational flow of funds from the State’s revenue
Having properly elected governments at regular intervals
Having single unified authority for the city’s management and development
Which of these did the 74th Amendment to the Constitution of India, try to inject into the working of urban local bodies?
‘A transitional area’, ‘a smaller urban area’ or ‘a larger urban area’ in the context of a Nagar Panchayat, a Municipal Council or a Municipal Corporation, are specified by the Governor after considering which of the following:
Density of population
Percentage of employment in non-agricultural activities
Number of hospitals in the area
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
The sources of revenue of urban local bodies in India are:
Taxes
Fees and fines
Grants
Loans
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Consider the following:
District Board
Municipal Corporation
Notified Area Authority and Town Area Committee
Township Committee and Port Trust
Which of these is/are urban local body / bodies in India?
Which of the following statements regarding the Seventy-Fourth Amendment to the Constitution of India are correct?
It provides for the insertion of a new Schedule to the Constitution.
It restructures the working of the municipalities.
It provides for the reservation of seats for women and Scheduled Castes in the municipalities.
It is applicable only to some specified states.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
Consider the following statements:
In an urban area where municipal services are being provided by an industrial establishment, it is still mandatory to constitute a Municipality under the 74th Constitutional Amendment Act.
It is obligatory to constitute Ward Committees for one or more wards within the territorial area of a Municipality having a population of 3 lakhs or more.
Which of the statements given above is / are correct?
Consider the following statements:
The Chairperson of every District Planning Committee shall forward the development plan as recommended by such Committee to the Governor of the State.
Not less than two-thirds of the total number of members of the District Planning Committee shall be elected, from amongst, the elected members of the Panchayat at the district level and the Municipalities in the district.
Which of the statements given above is / are correct?
Consider the following Committees set up to study the structure, powers and functions to be as- signed to Panchayati Raj Institutions:
Santhanam Committee
Ashok Mehta Committee
Balwantrai Mehta Committee
G.V.K. Rao Committee
Which one of the following is their correct chronological order?
Consider the following statements with respect to the 73rd Constitutional Amendment:
For 27% reservation to the Other Backward Classes.
That the chairperson of the panchayat at intermediate/district level shall be elected by, and from amongst the elected members thereof.
For reservation for SCs/STs.
For uniform five-year term for local bodies.
Which of these is/are correct?