Q100. Which of these Article–provision pairs is incorrectly matched?
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A. Article 243A – Gram Sabha
B. Article 243B – Constitution of Panchayats
C. Article 243C – Composition of Panchayats
D. Article 243D – Election to Panchayats
Answer: (D) Article 243D – Election to Panchayats
Explanation: Article 243D addresses reservation of seats, especially for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and women. Election supervision for Panchayats belongs under Article 243K. The other three pairs correctly identify Gram Sabha, constitution and composition provisions introduced through the Seventy-third Amendment.
Q99. The 73rd Constitutional Amendment deals with which subject?
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A. Anti-defection
B. Panchayati Raj
C. Tribunals
D. Cooperative societies
Answer: (B) Panchayati Raj
Explanation: The Constitution (Seventy-third Amendment) Act, 1992 inserted Part IX, concerning Panchayats, and the Eleventh Schedule. Effective from 24 April 1993, it constitutionally protected rural local governance and introduced arrangements for elections, reservations and State Finance Commissions.
Q98. Article 243V concerns disqualification for membership of which institution?
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A. District Council
B. State Legislature
C. Panchayats
D. Municipality
Answer: (D) Municipality
Explanation: Article 243V appears in Part IX-A and sets out disqualifications for municipal membership. Municipal candidates who have attained twenty-one years cannot be excluded merely because they are under twenty-five. Panchayat membership disqualification is dealt with separately in Article 243F.
Q97. Which is an urban local-government institution under India’s Constitution?
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A. Zila Panchayat
B. Block Panchayat
C. Municipality
D. Gram Sabha
Answer: (C) Municipality
Explanation: Municipalities administer urban areas and receive constitutional recognition through Part IX-A, inserted by the Seventy-fourth Amendment. The other institutions belong to rural governance, where Gram Sabha is the village electorate’s assembly and Panchayats are elected local bodies.
Q96. Which statement correctly describes elections under the 73rd Amendment?
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A. Three tiers with indirect elections at every level
B. Three tiers with direct election of Panchayat members
C. Two tiers with indirect elections
D. District Panchayat members nominated by State Government
Answer: (B) Three tiers with direct election of Panchayat members
Explanation: The Seventy-third Amendment requires direct election to territorial seats in Panchayats. Chairperson selection differs by level and state legislation. Intermediate Panchayats can be omitted in states with populations not exceeding twenty lakh, subject to Article 243B.
Q95. Which pair of urban local body and corresponding area is correct?
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A. Municipal Corporation – transitional area
B. Municipal Board – exclusively rural area
C. Nagar Panchayat – metropolitan area
D. Municipal Council – smaller urban area
Answer: (D) Municipal Council – smaller urban area
Explanation: Under Article 243Q, a Municipal Council is constituted for a smaller urban area. Nagar Panchayats cover transition from rural to urban, while Municipal Corporations serve larger urban areas. These categories are part of the Seventy-fourth Amendment’s municipal framework.
Q94. Mandal or Taluka Panchayats operate at which Panchayati Raj level?
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A. District
B. Metropolitan
C. Intermediate
D. Village
Answer: (C) Intermediate
Explanation: Mandal and Taluka Panchayats commonly correspond to the block or intermediate tier of rural self-government. This tier links village-level Gram Panchayats with district-level Zila Parishads. Article 243B permits its omission in states having no more than twenty lakh people.
Q93. Under Article 243Q, which body serves a transitional rural-to-urban area?
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A. Municipal Council
B. Municipal Corporation
C. Nagar Panchayat
D. Township
Answer: (C) Nagar Panchayat
Explanation: A Nagar Panchayat is the constitutional form of municipality for an area moving from rural administration toward urban status. Article 243Q separately provides Municipal Councils for smaller urban areas and Municipal Corporations for larger urban areas, subject to statutory classifications.
Q92. The Balwant Rai Mehta Committee’s central Panchayati Raj objective was what?
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A. Concentration of executive power
B. Judicial control of villages
C. Administrative centralisation
D. Democratic decentralisation
Answer: (D) Democratic decentralisation
Explanation: The 1957 Balwant Rai Mehta Committee recommended democratic decentralisation through elected rural institutions. Its proposed three-tier arrangement sought community participation in development administration. Rajasthan’s establishment of Panchayati Raj institutions at Nagaur in 1959 followed this historical reform effort.
Q91. Which constitutional Article covers the composition of Panchayats?
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A. Article 242B
B. Article 241A
C. Article 244D
D. Article 243C
Answer: (D) Article 243C
Explanation: Article 243C authorises state legislatures to regulate Panchayat composition within constitutional limits. Seats representing territorial constituencies are filled by direct election. Different provisions deal with constitution of Panchayats, their reservation policy and elections, making the article distinction important.