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CDS 2014-II

1. Consider the following statements about local government in India :

  1. Article 40 of Indian Constitution provides for the State to organize village panchayats and endow them with such powers and authority as may be necessary to make them function as units of self-government.
  2. The 73rd and 74th Constitution Amendments inserted Part IX and IX A in the Constitution.
  3. The provisions in Parts IX and IX A of Indian Constitution are more or less parallel and analogous.
  4. The 73rd Constitution Amendment is applicable to all states irrespective of size of population.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

  1. 1 and 2 only
  2. 1, 2 and 3 only
  3. 3 and 4 only
  4. 1, 2, 3 and 4

2. Which one of the following is NOT correct about the Panchayats as laid down in Part IX of the Constitution of India?

  1. The Chairperson of a Panchayat needs to be directly elected by people in order to exercise the right to vote in the Panchayat meetings.
  2. The State Legislature has the right to decide whether or not offices of the Chairpersons in the Panchayats are reserved for SCs, STs or women.
  3. Unless dissolved earlier, every Panchayat continues for a period of five years.
  4. The State Legislature may be law make provisions for audit of accounts of the Panchayats.

CDS 2017-I

3. Which one of the following statements with regard to Panchayats in India are correct?

  1. Seats in a Panchayat are filled by direct election from the terrirotrial constituencies in the Panchayat area.
  2. The Gram Sabha is the body of persons registered in the electoral rolls relating to a village withing the Panchayat area.
  3. The Panchayats work on the principle of constitutional autonomy.
  4. The State Legislature may by law endow the Panchayats with power and authority to enable them to function.

CDS 2017-II

4. In which two Indian States of the four mentioned below, it is necessary to hold certain minimum education qualifications to be eligible to contest Panchayat elections?

  1. Punjab
  2. Haryana
  3. Karnataka
  4. Rajasthan

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

  1. 1 and 2
  2. 2 and 4
  3. 2 and 3
  4. 1 and 4

5. Which of the following statements abut the 73rd and 74th Constitution Amendment Act is/are correct?

  1. It makes it mandatory for all States to establish a three-tier system of Government.
  2. Representatives should be directly elected for five-years.
  3. There should be mandatory reservation of one-third of all seats in all Panchayats at all levels for women.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

  1. 1 and 2 only
  2. 2 and 3 only
  3. 1, 2 and 3
  4. 3 only

CDS 2020-I

6. Which one of the following statements with regard to the functioning of panchayats is NOT correct?

  1. Panchayats may levy, collect and appropriate taxes, duties, tolls etc.
  2. A person who has attained the age of 25 years will be eligible to be a member of Panchayat.
  3. Every Panchayat shall ordinarily continue for five years from the date of its first meeting.
  4. A Panchayat reconstituted after premature dissolution shall continue only for the remainder of the full period.

7. The power to legislate on all matters relating to elections to Panchayats lies with

  1. the Parliament of India
  2. the State Legislatures
  3. the State Election Commission
  4. the Election Commission of India

8. The provisions of the Constitution of India pertaining to the institution of Panchayat do not apply to which one of the following States?

  1. Meghalaya
  2. Tripura
  3. Assam
  4. Goa

CDS 2020-II

9. Which one of the following statements in relation to Panchayats is NOT correct?

  1. Legislature of a State may, by law, make provisions with respect to the composition of Panchayats.
  2. Panchayat area means the territorial area of Panchayat.
  3. Gram Sabha includes all persons in the electoral rolls of village within a Panchayat.
  4. Reservation seats for SCs and STs has nothing to do with proportion of their population.

CDS 2021-I

10. Which of the following statements about the Panchayati Raj System are correct?

  1. All seats in a Panchayat are filled by persons chosen by direct election.
  2. The 'Gram Sabha' consists of persons registered in the village electoral rolls.
  3. The Chairperson of a Panchayat is elected in accordance with a law passed by each state.
  4. All states in India have a three-tier system of Panchayats.

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

  1. 1 and 4 only
  2. 1, 2 and 3 only
  3. 2 and 3 only
  4. 2, 3 and 4 only

CDS 2021-II

11. Under which Article of the Constitution of India has provision been made for reservation of seats for women in Panchayats?

  1. Article 243 B
  2. Article 243 C
  3. Article 243 D
  4. Article 243 E

CDS 2023-II

12. Which of the following statements about the Panchayats in India, as per the Constitution of India is/are correct?

  1. There is a provision for reservation of seats for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
  2. Panchayats are not authorised to collect taxes.

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

  1. 1 only
  2. 2 only
  3. Both 1 and 2
  4. Neither 1 nor 2

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