Q140. Article 243V deals with disqualification from membership of which body?
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(A) District Council
(B) State Legislature
(C) Panchayat
(D) Municipality
Answer: (D) Municipality
Explanation: Article 243V specifies disqualifications for municipal membership. It connects eligibility to relevant state legislative law while providing a lower minimum age of twenty-one years for municipal membership. This is part of the constitutional architecture of urban local government.
Q139. Which article deals with municipal powers to levy and collect taxes?
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(A) Article 243P
(B) Article 243U
(C) Article 243X
(D) Article 243ZB
Answer: (C) Article 243X
Explanation: Article 243X permits state legislatures to authorise municipalities to levy and collect taxes, duties, tolls and fees. Financial powers matter because urban services such as roads, drainage and solid-waste collection require dependable local revenue.
Q138. Which is NOT among the three kinds of municipality under the 74th Amendment?
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(A) Municipal Corporation
(B) Municipal Council
(C) Zilla Panchayat
(D) Nagar Panchayat
Answer: (C) Zilla Panchayat
Explanation: Zilla Panchayat is a district-level rural institution under the Panchayati Raj system. The three constitutional urban categories are Municipal Corporation, Municipal Council and Nagar Panchayat. Their distinction depends on whether an area is larger, smaller or transitional urban territory.
Q137. What is the municipality for an area transitioning from rural to urban called?
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(A) Municipal Council
(B) Municipal Corporation
(C) Nagar Panchayat
(D) Township
Answer: (C) Nagar Panchayat
Explanation: Nagar Panchayats govern areas in transition from village to town. Article 243Q explicitly recognises this category. Municipal Councils and Corporations serve smaller and larger urban territories respectively, allowing institutions to correspond with changing settlement characteristics.
Q136. What is the constitutional term of a municipality in India?
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(A) Six years
(B) Three years
(C) Four years
(D) Five years
Answer: (D) Five years
Explanation: Article 243U gives a municipality a normal duration of five years from its first meeting, unless dissolved earlier according to law. Regular elections protect local democratic representation and enable residents to hold urban authorities accountable.
Q135. Which Lakshadweep island was selected under the Smart Cities Mission?
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(A) Minicoy
(B) Kavaratti
(C) Andrott
(D) Agatti
Answer: (B) Kavaratti
Explanation: Kavaratti is Lakshadweep’s administrative capital and appears in the Smart Cities Mission selections reported for this question. The scheme emphasises civic infrastructure, services and sustainability, including the particular planning needs of island and coastal settlements.
Q134. Consider the 74th Amendment:
(1) It added Part IX-A;
(2) It added the Tenth Schedule;
(3) It provided three kinds of municipalities;
(4) It covers Articles 243P–243ZG.
Which are correct?
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(A) 1, 3 and 4 only
(B) 1, 2 and 3 only
(C) 2 and 3 only
(D) 2 and 4 only
Answer: (A) 1, 3 and 4 only
Explanation: The 74th Amendment introduced Part IX-A and recognised three categories of municipalities, covering Articles 243P to 243ZG. Its functional list is in the Twelfth Schedule, not the Tenth Schedule, which is associated with anti-defection provisions.
Q133. How many subjects/functions are listed in the Twelfth Schedule for urban local bodies?
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(A) 19
(B) 18
(C) 20
(D) 21
Answer: (B) 18
Explanation: The Twelfth Schedule lists eighteen municipal functions. They include urban planning, regulation of land use, water supply, public health, sanitation, solid waste management, slum improvement and urban poverty alleviation. It was added by the 74th Amendment.
Q132. Which Schedule was added by the 74th Amendment to list municipal functions?
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(A) Twelfth Schedule
(B) Tenth Schedule
(C) Eleventh Schedule
(D) Ninth Schedule
Answer: (A) Twelfth Schedule
Explanation: The Twelfth Schedule identifies eighteen subjects that state legislatures may entrust to municipalities. It supports decentralised urban development, including urban forestry, roads, water supply and planning. The Eleventh Schedule, by comparison, relates to rural Panchayats.
Q131. Which of the following is physical urban infrastructure?
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(A) Community centres
(B) Sewerage systems
(C) Schools
(D) Hospitals
Answer: (B) Sewerage systems
Explanation: Sewerage networks are physical infrastructure because they are engineered systems needed to collect and treat wastewater. Schools, hospitals and community centres are primarily social infrastructure. Effective urbanisation requires investment in both physical networks and public services.
