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Indian Polity & Constitution Practice Test: Panchayati Raj
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Panchayati raj is the system of local self-government of villages in rural India as opposed to urban and suburban municipalities. It consists of the Panchayati Raj Institutions through which the self-government of villages is realized.

Indian Polity & Constitution Practice Test: Panchayati Raj
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1. Panchayati Raj system in India is laid down under
2. Assertion (A) : The 73rd Amendment granted constitutional status to the Gram Sabha. Reason (R) : The Balwant Rai Mehta Committee mentioned the Gram Sabha. Codes
3. Which Amendment of the Constitution provided constitutional status to Panchayati Raj institutions?
4. A Panchayat Samiti at the block level is
5. Which is not enough to powers of Panchayati Raj Institution in India?
6. Which of the following is not a recommendation of the Ashok Mehta Committee on Panchayati Raj?
7. Consider the following sources of Revenue of the Panchayats:
1. Local Authority Grant by Finance Commission
2. Assistance by Central Cooperative Banks
3. Allocations for centrally sponsored schemes
4. Allocation from State Finance Commission
5. NABARD Of the above the correct sources of Finance for Panchayat would be
8. Which one of the following States started the Panchayati Raj institutions soon after the 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act was passed?
9. When and where Panchayati Raj system in India was introduced?
10. Functions to be assigned to Panchayats by 73rd Amendment of the consititution are mentioned in
11. What was the reason for Gandhiji’s support to decentralisation of power?
12. In the context of Panchayati Raj, which one of the following is true about Gram Sabha?
13. Which article of the Indian Constitution provides for the institution of Panchayati Raj?
14. The Ashok Mehta Committee laid greater emphasis on
15. Balwant Rai Mehta Committee suggested that the structure of Panchayati Raj should consist of
16. Which of the following Indian States has no Panchayat Raj institution?
17. The decision to conduct Panchayat Elections is taken by which of the following?
18. 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1993 refers to the
19. When was the Panchayati Raj System introduced in India?
20. The Panchayati Raj system was first started in India in the states of Rajasthan and
21. The Panchayati Raj institution at the block level is known as
22. What is the middle unit in the threetier Panchayati Raj System?
23. Which of the following is not a Panchayati Raj institution?
24. The Constitution (Seventy-Third Amendment) Act, 1992, which aims at promoting the Panchayati Raj Institution in the country, provides for which of the following?
1. Constitution of District Planning Committees
2. State Election Commission to conduct all Panchayat elections
3. Establishment of State Finance Commission Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
25. All day-to-day functions of the Panchayat in which of the following states are being operated on electronic system and are webbased? (This is being done for the first time in India for a Panchayat.)