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Multiple choice political science local self-government-urban local self - government - urban local self government - urban local self government- urban

Choose the correct option to complete the statement given below.
People who own homes pay _______.

  1. Water tax

  2. General tax

  3. Education tax

  4. Property tax.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

People who own homes have to pay a property tax. The larger the house the more the tax. Property tax, however, forms only 25-30% of the money that a Municipal Corporation earns.

Multiple choice political science local self-government-urban local self - government - urban local self government - urban local self government- urban

Choose the correct option to complete the statement given below.
The Municipal Council is found in _____________________.

  1. big cities

  2. small towns

  3. villages

  4. metropolitan cities
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation
There are three local governing bodies :
(1) Nagar Panchayat is a local governing body for a transitional area, that is , an area in transition from a rural area to an urban area.
(2) The Municipal Council is a local governing body which is found in a smaller urban area/ small towns.
(3) The Municipal Corporation is a local governing body which is found in larger urban area/ big cities.
Multiple choice political science local self-government-urban local self - government - urban local self government - urban local self government- urban

Choose the correct option to complete the statement given below.
Which one is not the job of the Municipal Corporation?

  1. It keeps the streets and markets clean.

  2. It makes gardens and maintains them.

  3. It builds hotels for the tourists

  4. It runs schools, hospitals and dispensaries.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Functions of Municipal Corporation :

(1) It takes care of street light, garbage collection, water supply.
(2) It keeps the street and the market clean.
(3) It ensures that diseases do not break out in the city.
(4) It runs schools, hospitals, and dispensaries.
(5) It makes gardens and maintains them.

Multiple choice political science local self-government-urban local self - government - urban local self government - urban local self government- urban

Choose the correct option to complete the given statements:
The authority that issues a license to the permanent shops is the ________.

  1. Municipal corporation

  2. Electricity department

  3. Home Ministry

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Municipal corporation of the city issues the license to the permanent shops in the city.

Multiple choice political science local self-government-urban local self - government - urban local self government - urban local self government- urban

PDS stands for _________.

  1. Power Development System

  2. Public Development System

  3. Public Distribution System

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The government generally provides food grains and other daily required items like oil, salt etc to below poverty line people at subsidized rates, through Fair price shop, this system of distribution is called PDS which stands for Public Distribution System.

Multiple choice political science local self-government-urban local self - government - urban local self government - urban local self government- urban

The Karnataka government set up the Karnataka Pulpwood Limited in ___________.

  1. 1980

  2. 1984

  3. 1989

  4. 1990
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The Karnataka Pulpwood Limited was established by the Karnataka government in 1984 to provide raw materials to the paper industry, which became a subject of controversy regarding land rights.