Model Questions for Scientific Assistant (IMD) Exam (Paper-1) - Set 12

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1. A Panchayat Samiti at the Block level is---

(a) an advisory body
(b) an administrative authority
(c) a consultant committee
(d) a supervisory authority

2. Panchayats were given constitutional status by----

(a) the 72nd Amendment
(b) the 73rd Amendment
(c) the 74th Amendment
(d) the 75th Amendment

3. Panchayati Raj is----

(a) the functioning of village republics in a democracy
(b) the self-government of the villagers in India
(c) a complex system of rural local government
(d) a hierarchical set up for rural administration

4. Who are generally the members of Gram Sabba?

(a) All the heads of families of the respective villages
(b) All the voters in the respective villages
(c) All adult males in the villages
(d) Nominated members

5. Local government institutions:

(a) can levy taxes with prior approval of the State government
(b) can levy all taxes
(c) propose taxes to the state governments
(d) can levy taxes

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6. The members of the Panchayat Samiti are----

(a) directing elected by the people
(b) elected by the members of the panchayats
(c) nominated by the district officer
(d) recruited through an open competition.

7. The members of the Panchayat are:

(a) nominated by the District Officer
(b) elected by the people
(c) nominated by Local Self-Government and Ministers of the State
(d) nominated by the Block Development Organisation

8. The Zilla Parishad is:

(a) a co-ordinating and supervisory body
(b) an implementing body
(c) a judicial body
(d) a combination of all the above

9. Which of the following is correctly matched?

(a) Santhanam Committee : Panchayati Raj Finances
(b) Balwant Rai Metha : Panchayati-Raj Institutions Committee
(c) G.V.K. Rao Committee : Planning at the block level
(d) Dantwala Committee: existing administration arrangement for rural development programmes.

10. According to Balwant Rai Mehta Committee the District Collector should be----

(a) Kept out of the Zilla Parishad
(b) A non-voting members of the Zila Parishad
(c) A member of the Zila Parishad with the right to vote
(d) The Chairman of the Zila Parishad.