No.1 PSC Learning App
Which of the following provisions can be made by law by a State Legislature?
Representation of the members of the House of People in Panchayats subject to fulfilling certain conditions
Reservation of seats in any Panchayat in favour of backward class of citizens
Authorising a Panchayat to levy, collect and appropriate taxes
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
Consider the following statements with respect to the 73rd Constitutional Amendment:
It envisages the Gram Sabha as the foundation of the Panchayati Raj System.
It provides that Panchayat bodies will have a duration of five years.
It stipulates that the Chairperson of a Panchayat shall be elected by and from amongst the elected members thereof.
It has reserved 33 percent of the seats to Other Backward Classes in Panchayati Raj Institutions.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
Assertion (A): The Constitution of India now provides a mechanism for regular flow of funds to Panchayati Raj institutions.
Reason (R): The Panchayati Raj institutions have been greatly handicapped in the performance of their assigned duties by paucity of funds.
Consider the following statements:
The Chairperson of a Panchayat at district level is elected in such manner as the Legislature of the State may provide.
Legislature of a State may provide for representation of members of the Legislative Assembly of the State representing constituencies which comprise wholly or partly a Panchayat area at a level other than the village level, in such Panchayat.
The Lok Sabha may provide for the representation of its members representing constituencies which comprise wholly or partly a Panchayat area at a level other than the village level, in such Panchayat.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Match List I (Amendments / Committees) with List II (Provisions) and select the correct answer using the codes given below:
| 73rd Constitutional Amendment | Administrative Arrangement for Rural Development |
| 74th Constitutional Amendment | State Finance Commission |
| G.V.K. Rao Committee | Constitutional status to Panchayati Raj |
| L.M. Singhvi Committee | Municipal Councils |
Consider the following statements:
In the post-73rd Amendment era, there has to be decentralisation of:
Decision-making powers
System as a whole
Judicial powers
Administrative powers
Which of these statements are correct?
On which of the following subjects, does the Finance Commission of a State constituted under the Part IX of the Constitution of India make recommendations to the Governor?
Distribution between the State and the Panchayats of the net proceeds of the taxes by the State.
Determination of the taxes which may be assigned to or appropriated by the Panchayats.
Grants-in-aid to the Panchayats from the Consolidated Fund of the State.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
Consider the following statements:
According to Article 243D, one-third of the seats are reserved for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in every Panchayat.
Not less than one-third of the total number of seats reserved for the SCs and STs in every Panchayat are reserved for women belonging to the Scheduled Castes, or as the case may be, the Scheduled Tribes.
Not less than one-third of the total number of offices of chairpersons in Panchayats at each level are reserved for women.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
Consider the following statements:
The Eleventh Schedule was inserted in the Constitution of India by the Constitution (Seventy Third Amendment) Act, 1992.
The Eleventh Schedule of the Constitution of India corresponds to Article 243-W of the Constitution of India.
Which of the statements given above is / are correct?
Consider the following statements:
Courts have no jurisdiction to examine the validity of a law relating to delimitation of constituencies or allotment of seats in respect of Panchayats.
An election to a Panchayat can be called in question only by an election petition, which should be presented to such authority and in such manner as may be prescribed by the State Election Commission.
Which of the statements given above is / are correct?
Consider the following statements:
A Panchayat elected in the place of a dissolved one, does not enjoy the full period but remains in office for the remaining period after the dissolution.
In Panchayats, seats are reserved for the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and women but not for Backward Classes of citizens.
Which of the statements given above is / are correct?
Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A) : The British sovereignty continued to exist in free India.
Reason (R) : The British sovereign appointment the last Governor-General of free India.
In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct?
Assertion (A) : Britain made India free in 1947.
Reason (R) : Britain had become weak during the second World War.
In the context of the above two statements, which of the following is/are correct?
Consider the following statements:
Dr. Sachchidanand Sinha was elected as the Provisional President of the Constituent Assembly.
H.C. Mukherjee was elected as the Vice-President of the Constituent Assembly.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
Assertion (A): The Constituent Assembly of 1946 was not elected on the basis of universal adult franchise.
Reason (R): The Constituent Assembly was constituted under the scheme formulated by the Cabinet Mission Plan.
Match : List-I (Constituent Assembly Committee) with List-II (Chairman) and select the correct answer using the codes given below:
| Steering Committee | Dr. Rajendra Prasad |
| Fundamental Rights Sub-Committee | J.B. Kripalani |
| Union Constitution Committee | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel |
| Provincial Constitution Committee | Jawaharlal Nehru |