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1. Father of local self government in India is
(a)
Mahatma Gandhi
(b)
Lord Ripon
(c)
Acharya Vinoba Bhave
(d)
Lord Mayo
2. The levying of which one of the following taxes is outside the jurisdiction of Municipal Corporation?
(a)
Education tax
(b)
Profession tax
(c)
Income tax
(d)
Property tax
3. The first Municipal Corporation was set up in
(a)
Bangalore
(b)
Calcutta
(c)
Delhi
(d)
Madras
4. The electorate for a Panchayat is
(a)
the gram sabha
(b)
the village and selected member of parliament and state legislature
(c)
all adults of 21 years of above in a village
(d)
the taluka board
5. Which of the following is not a source of revenue to the village Panchayats?
(a)
Vehicles tax
(b)
Land tax
(c)
House tax
(d)
Property tax
6. Who is the executive head of a Municipal Corporation?
(a)
Secretary
(b)
Deputy Mayor
(c)
Mayor
(d)
Commissioner
7. Which of the following states has no Panchayati Raj Institution at all?
(a)
Nagaland
(b)
Tripura
(c)
Kerala
(d)
Assam
8. Panchayati Raj was started in the country is
(a)
1952
(b)
1953
(c)
1955
(d)
1957
9. Under Panchayati Raj system, the lowest unit is
(a)
Gram Panchayat
(b)
Vikas Khand Samiti
(c)
Gram Sabha
(d)
Zila Parishad
10. What is a Panchayati Raj?
(a)
It is an exercise in decentralisation of administrative authority
(b)
It is a schema of self governance
(c)
It is a cooperative movement
(d)
It is a community development programme
