Municipalities

Question 1

What are the eight types of urban local government?

Answer 1

Municipal Corporation, municipality, notified committee, town area comt, Cantonment board, Township, Port trust, and special purpose agency

Question 2

Who is called as father of local self government?

Answer 2

Lord rip on

Question 3

What is the act regarding municipalities and the article numbers?

Answer 3

74th amendment act of 1992, added a new part 9A to the Constitution. Article articles 243P to 243ZG.

Question 4

What are the three types of municipalities as per the constitution?

Answer 4

Question 5

Who specifies whether the area is an industrial Township or not?

Answer 5

Governor

Question 6

Who specifies a transition area, a smaller urban area or a larger urban area?

Answer 6

Governor

Question 7

What is kept in view while specifying a smaller urban area or a larger urban area or a transitional area by governor?

Answer 7

Population of the area.

Density of the population there in.

Revenue generated for local administration.

Percentage of employment in non-agricultural activities.

Economic importance.

Such facts as he may deem fit

Question 8

What are the territorial consequences of municipal area called?

Answer 8

Wards

Question 9

Who provides the manner of electing the chairperson of a municipality?

Answer 9

State legislature

Question 10

How is world committee formed?

Answer 10

Question 11

What is the reservation status in municipalities?

Answer 11

Reservation for SCNST in every municipality in proportion to their population and one third of the total number of seats reserved for women

Question 12

Duration of municipality

Answer 12

Five years

Question 13

When will the fresh election be held?

Answer 13

Question 14

Will the election be held if the remainder period is less than six months?

Answer 14

No

Question 15

Does the reconstituted municipality serves full five years or only the remaining period?

Answer 15

Only the remaining period

Question 16

Minimum age

Answer 16

21

Question 17

Who conducts selections of municipalities?

Answer 17

State election commission

Question 18

How many matters are listed in 12th schedule?

Answer 18

18

Question 19

Sources of finances for municipalities

Answer 19

Taxes.
Assign a portion of taxes collected by state government.
Grant in aid.
Funds for crediting money to municipality

Question 20

What is the role of finance commission?

Answer 20

Question 21

Who places the report of finance commission before state legislature?

Answer 21

Governor

Question 22

Who directs whether this act would apply to territories with any exceptions or modifications?

Answer 22

President

Question 23

What are the exempted areas?

Answer 23

Question 24

Who can extend the provisions of this part to schedule areas and tribal areas?

Answer 24

Question 25

What is the role of district planning committee?

Answer 25

Question 26

Who can make provisions with respect to composition, election and functioning of district planning committee

Answer 26

State legislature

Question 27

What portion of district planning committee should be elected as per the act?

Answer 27

80 percent

Question 28

What is the role of metropolitan planning committee?

Answer 28

Development plan

Question 29

What proportion of members of Metropolitan planning committee are to be elected members of municipalities and chairperson of Panchayat in the metropolitan area?

Answer 29

2/3

Question 30

Can courts interfere in the electoral matter of the municipalities?

Answer 30

No

Question 31

Briefly describe the 18 functional items of the 12th schedule

Answer 31

Urban planning, roads, bridges, fire services, public health, sanitation, urban forestry, improvement, burial grounds, et cetera

Question 32

What are the three authorities of municipal Corporation?

Answer 32

Council, standing committee, Commissioner

Question 33

What is the legislative wing of the corporation and how are they elected?

Answer 33

Question 34

Who heads the council of municipal Corporation?

Answer 34

Question 35

Who facilitates the working of the council in municipal Corporation?

Answer 35

Standing committee. They deal with public works, education, health, taxation, finance, and show they take decisions in their fields.

Question 36

Who is the executive in the municipal Corporation and is responsible for the implementation of decision taken by the council and standing committee?

Answer 36

Municipal Commissioner. Appointed by state government and generally a member of IAS.

Question 37

Role of municipality

Answer 37

Question 38

What are the 3 authorities of municipality?

Answer 38

Council, standing committee, and chief executive officer

Question 39

Legislative wing of the municipality

Answer 39

Council

Question 40

Who has the council in municipality?

Answer 40

Question 41

What is the role of chief executive office?

Answer 41

Question 42

Executive wing of municipality

Answer 42

Question 43

Is notified area committee elected body or a nominated body?

Answer 43

Question 44

Provide different committees

Answer 44

Question 45

How is town area committee formed? Is it elected or nominated?

Answer 45

Question 46

Difference between notified area commt and town area commt

Answer 46

Question 47

For whom is the Cantonment board established?

Answer 47

Question 48

By whom is the Cantonment board created an administered?

Answer 48

CENTRAL government

Question 49

Classification of Cantonment boards

Answer 49

Question 50

Who is the President of Cantonment board?

Answer 50

Military officer, commanding the station

Question 51

Is Cantonment board elected or nominated?

Answer 51

Question 52

Who appoints the chief executive officer of the Cantonment board ? Cantonment board compostion

Answer 52

Question 53

Port trust is created by act of Parliament or state legislature legislature

Answer 53

Act of Parliament

Question 54

What are the different types of personnel system?

Answer 54

Separate personal system, Unified personal system, Integrated personal system

Question 55

What is separate ps

Answer 55

Question 56

Unified ps

Answer 56