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Panchayati Raj and Community Development (Part-IV)

📆 October 24, 2024

Total Questions: 48

31. A person shall not be disqualified for being chosen as a member of a municipality [Jharkhand P.C.S. (Pre) 2021]

Correct Answer: (b) At the age of 21 years
Solution:
  • Article 243(V) of the Indian Constitution describes the disqualification criteria of age retirement for becoming a member of a municipality. The minimum age to be qualified as a member is 21 years.

32. What is the qualification to contest the election of Municipal Council? [Chhattisgarh P.C.S. (Pre) 2016]

i. For the office of the President, his age should not be less than 25 years.

ii. For the office of the councillor, his age should not be less than 21 years.

iii. Whose name is in the voter list, he can contest the election.

iv. A person can contest the election of councillor from two wards simultaneously.

v. A person can contest the election of president and councillor simultaneously.

Correct Answer: (b) i, ii, v
Solution:
  1. Section 34 of the Chhattisgarh Municipalities Act, 1961 provides that:
    (1) A person who is enrolled in the Municipal Electoral Roll as a voter shall be qualified to be a candidate:
    (a) for the election of President, if he is not less than twenty-five years of age; and
    (b) for the election of Councillor, if he is not less than twenty-one years of age.

(2) No person who is a candidate for any one ward shall be a candidate for any other ward.
(3) If a person is elected for the office of President and Councillor both, he shall have to resign from one of the offices within seven days from the date on which he is declared to be elected.

33. What is correct about the tenure of municipal council? [Chhattisgarh P.C.S. (Pre) 2017]

i. The tenure of municipal council is counted from the date of declaration of election result.

ii. The tenure of municipal council is counted from the date of its first meeting.

iii. The tenure of municipal council is 5 years.

iv. If municipal council is dissolved in two years, then new municipal council will be organised for three years.

v. If municipal council is dissolved in two years then new municipal council will be organised for 5 years.

Correct Answer: (b) ii, iii, iv
Solution:Duration of Municipal Council - A Corporation unless sooner dissolved, shall continue for 5 years from the date appointed for its first meeting & no longer. Hence statement (i) is wrong, (ii) & (iii) are correct.
An election to constitute a Corporation shall be completed:
(a) before the expiry of its duration specified.
(b) before the expiration of a period of six months from the date of its dissolution.
Provided that where the remainder of the period for which the dissolved Corporation would have continued is less than six months, it shall not be necessary to hold any election.
A Corporation constituted upon its dissolution before the expiration of its duration shall continue only for the remainder of the period. Hence statement (iv) is correct & (v) is wrong.

34. What is correct about the recall of President of Municipal Council? [Chhattisgarh P.C.S. (Pre) 2016]

i. The procedure of recall may be initiated with a proposal signed by 3/4 members of council.

ii. The procedure of recall may be initiated with a proposal signed by 3/4 elected members of council.

iii. If the council passed a resolution by majority, collector will take action.

iv. President may be recalled by general voters with majority.

v. President may be recalled by general voters with 2/3 majority.

vi. The process of recall may be initiated once in his whole term.

vii. The process of recall may be initiated twice in his whole term.

Correct Answer: (b) ii, iv, vi
Solution:Section 47 of the Chhattisgarh Municipalities Act, 1961 provides for the recall of the president of Municipal council:
(1) Every President of a council shall be deemed to have vacated his office if he is recalled through a secret ballot by a majority of more than half of the total number of voters of the municipal area casting a vote in accordance with the procedure as may be prescribed. Provided that no such process of recall shall be initiated unless a proposal is signed by not less than three fourth of the total number of the elected Councillors and presented to the Collector: Provided further that no such process shall be initiated:
  • (i) within a period of two years from the date on which such President is elected and enters his office;
  • (ii) if half of the period of tenure of the President elected in a by-election has not expired:

Provided also that process for the recall of the President shall be initiated once in his whole term.
(2) The collector, after satisfying himself and verifying that three fourth of the councillors specified in sub-section (1) have signed the proposal of recall, shall send the proposal to the State Government and the State Government shall make a reference to the State Election Commission.
(3) On receipt of the reference, the State Election Commission shall arrange for voting on the proposal of recall in such manner as may be prescribed.

35. What is correct about the wards committee of Nagar Panchayat? [Chhattisgarh P.C.S. (Pre) 2017]

i. Wards committee is formed with some wards of Nagar Panchayat.

ii. Councillor elected from the wards becomes its member.

iii. Two persons are nominated in the committee residing in the ward.

iv. Chairman of the wards committee is nominated by the President of Nagar Panchayat.

Correct Answer: (a) i, ii, iii
Solution:The 74th Constitutional Amendment act was passed to constitutionalize the system of urban local government, also known as the Muncipalities. Article 243S establishes ward committees, which are made up of one or more wards with a population of three lakh or more. The ward councillors are elected memebrs. Each ward has one seat in wards committee, Members are elected to the wards committee on the basis of adult franchise for a term of five years. Two members are nominated by the government from such non-organistation and community-based organizations working within area of wards committee only elected members of municipalities and chairpersons of the wards.

36. If a Councillor as a legal practitioner acts on behalf of any other person against the Municipal Council, What will happen? [Chhattisgarh P.C.S. (Pre) 2017]

Correct Answer: (a) Collector will remove him from the office
Solution:If a councillor as a legal practitioner acts on behalf of any other person against the municipal council, Collector will remove him from office.

37. The chairman of a Municipality in U.P. is elected: [U.P.P.S.C. (GIC) 2010]

  1. By all the adults living in the respective municipal area.
  2. By all the voters included in the electoral list of the respective municipal area.
  3. By the elected members of the municipality.
  4. From among the electors of wards of the respective municipal area.

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Correct Answer: (c) 2 and 4 only
Solution:At present, the chairman of Municipality in Uttar Pradesh is elected by the electors having their names in the voter list of that area which includes the electors of wards also.

38. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? [U.P.P.S.C. (GIC) 2010]

 

City/TownLocal Authority
(a) LucknowCantonment Board
(b) KanpurNagar Nigam
(c) GhaziabadNagarpalika Parishad
(d) KakoriNagar Panchayat
Correct Answer: (c)
Solution:Ghaziabad has a Municipal Corporation (a Nagar Nigam). There is no Nagarpalika Parishad in Ghaziabad. Lucknow has a Municipal Corporation with a Cantonment Board. Kakori is a Nagar Panchayat in Lucknow.

39. 73rd and 74th Amendments of the Constitution are responsible for the creation of which of the following? [U.P. U.D.A./L.D.A. (Mains) 2010]

1. State Election Commission
2. District Planning Committee
3. State Finance Commission
4. State Property Tax Valuation Board
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Correct Answer: (b) 1,2 and 3 only
Solution:73rd and 74th Amendments of the Constitution are responsible for the creation of the following:
  1. State Election Commission (Art. 243-K),
  2. State Finance Commission (Art. 243-I),
  3. State Election Commission for Municipalities (Art. 243- ZA),
  4. State Financial Commission for Municipalities (Art. 243- Y),
  5. District Planning Committee (Art. 243-ZD).
    While the State Property Tax Valuation Board has not been recognized by these Amendment Acts.

40. The Constitution (Seventy-Third Amendment) Act, 1992, which aims at promoting the Panchayati Raj Institutions in the country, provides for which of the following? [I.A.S. (Pre) 2011]

1. Constitution of District Planning Committees.
2. Conducting all Panchayat elections by State Election Commissions.
3. Establishment of State Finance Commissions.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Correct Answer: (c) 2 and 3 only
Solution:District Planning Committees are constituted under Article 243, ZD which was added by 74th Constitutional Amendments Act, 1992. It comes under Part IX-A of the Indian Constitution under the head ‘The Municipalities’. Provisions regarding State Election Commission to conduct all Panchayat Elections (Article 243 K) and the establishment of State Finance Commission (Article 243-I) were added by 73rd Amendment Act,1992, to promote Panchayati Raj Institutions.
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