Q50. Consider:
(1) 74th Amendment provides Ward Committees;
(2) Twelfth Schedule covers municipal functions;
(3) urban local bodies include three municipality types.
Which are correct?
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A. 1 and 3 only
B. 2 and 3 only
C. 1 and 2 only
D. 1, 2 and 3
Answer: (D) 1, 2 and 3
Explanation: All three statements reflect the municipal constitutional framework. Article 243S addresses Ward Committees, the Twelfth Schedule enumerates eighteen functional matters, and Article 243Q recognises Nagar Panchayats, Municipal Councils and Municipal Corporations for differently classified urban areas.
Q49. Which constitutional Schedule lists municipality-related functional matters?
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A. Seventh
B. Ninth
C. Tenth
D. Twelfth
Answer: (D) Twelfth
Explanation: The Twelfth Schedule contains eighteen urban-government functions including town planning, water supply, sanitation, urban forestry and public amenities. It was inserted by the Seventy-fourth Amendment. The Eleventh Schedule, in contrast, concerns twenty-nine subjects potentially devolved to rural Panchayats.
Q48. Which statements about the Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2022 are correct:
(1) introduced 25 March;
(2) amends an Act of 1967;
(3) unifies three corporations;
(4) sets maximum 250 seats?
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A. 2, 3 and 4
B. 1, 3 and 4
C. 1, 2 and 3
D. 1, 2 and 4
Answer: (B) 1, 3 and 4
Explanation: The Delhi Municipal Corporation amendment legislation of 2022 unified the three municipal corporations into one Municipal Corporation of Delhi and provided for a maximum of 250 seats. It amended the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957, not an Act of 1967.
Q47. Which Article mentions the Finance Commission of India?
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A. Article 370
B. Article 280
C. Article 375
D. Article 292
Answer: (B) Article 280
Explanation: Article 280 provides for the Union Finance Commission. Among its functions are recommendations regarding augmentation of state consolidated funds to supplement resources of Panchayats and municipalities, drawing on State Finance Commission findings. Local-body fiscal devolution thus has both state and Union dimensions.
Q46. Under the Forest Rights Act, which body constitutes the Forest Rights Committee?
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A. District Development Council
B. State Government
C. Central Government
D. Gram Sabha
Answer: (D) Gram Sabha
Explanation: The Forest Rights Committee is elected or constituted through the Gram Sabha in the relevant community-forest-rights process. This illustrates participatory village governance beyond routine Panchayat administration. Claims and evidence then proceed through the statutory verification and approval mechanism.
Q45. Who introduced the 1882 resolution on local self-government?
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A. Lord Ripon
B. Lord Mayo
C. Lord Canning
D. Lord Lytton
Answer: (A) Lord Ripon
Explanation: Lord Ripon’s 1882 Resolution advocated more representative local bodies and decentralised administration during British rule. He is therefore often described as the father of local self-government in India. The resolution precedes modern constitutional Panchayati Raj by over a century.
Q44. Which levels form India’s three broad tiers of government?
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A. Union, judiciary and federal
B. Union, state and federal
C. Union, state and judiciary
D. Union, state and local
Answer: (D) Union, state and local
Explanation: India’s governmental organisation is commonly explained through Union, state and local levels. The Seventy-third and Seventy-fourth Amendments gave constitutional recognition to elected rural and urban local bodies, adding a significant decentralised layer beneath Union and state governments.
Q43. Which amendment added municipal provisions to India’s Constitution?
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A. 81st Amendment, 1992
B. 71st Amendment, 1992
C. 74th Amendment, 1992
D. 69th Amendment, 1993
Answer: (C) 74th Amendment, 1992
Explanation: The Seventy-fourth Amendment Act, 1992 constitutionalised municipalities by adding Part IX-A and the Twelfth Schedule. It took effect on 1 June 1993. The separate Seventy-third Amendment is the corresponding constitutional reform for rural Panchayati Raj institutions.
Q42. Where are the constitutional provisions on municipalities located?
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A. Part IX-A
B. Part VII
C. Part V
D. Part XII
Answer: (A) Part IX-A
Explanation: Part IX-A contains Articles 243P to 243ZG, governing the structure, election and finances of municipalities. The Seventy-fourth Amendment inserted it in 1992, with commencement in 1993. Part IX, without the A suffix, instead concerns Panchayats.
Q41. Who supervises and conducts municipality elections?
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A. State Election Commission
B. Governor
C. Election Commission of India
D. State Home Ministry
Answer: (A) State Election Commission
Explanation: Article 243ZA entrusts control of municipal electoral rolls and elections to the State Election Commission identified in Article 243K. The Governor appoints the State Election Commissioner, but that does not make the Governor the body directly conducting local elections.
