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Provision of drinking water and sewage disposal in the city are the compulsory functions of _______.

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  1. Municipal Committee

  2. Municipal Corporation

  3. State Government

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

A Municipal Corporation is entrusted to perform functions that are in the well being of the residents of that particular area. The functions and duties of a Municipal Corporation are as mentioned below.

1. Planning of economic and social development.
2. Water supply, sewage disposal.
3. Public health and proper sanitation.
4. Slum improvement.
5. Urban poverty alleviation.
6. provision of urban amenities such as parks, hospitals, schools etc.

At the district level law and order is looked after by the ___________.

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  1. Inspector General of Police

  2. Director General of Police

  3. Superintendent of Police

  4. District Collector

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Superintendent of police heads the police force of a district. They are mostly the officers of the Indian Police Service. They are entrusted with the powers and responsibility of maintaining law and order of a district of a state or a union territory of India.

A Municipal Council is set up for smaller towns with a population between __________.

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  1. 20,000 to 3 lakhs

  2. 3 lakhs to 10 lakhs

  3. 10 lakhs to 20 lakhs

  4. 20 lakhs to 1 crore

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A Municipal Council is an urban local body that administers a city or smaller town of the population ranging between twenty thousand to three lakh. The functions of the Municipal Council is same as that of Municipal Corporation.

The members of the Municipal Corporation are elected in the same way as ___________.

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  1. Members of the Legislative Assembly

  2. Members of the Legislative Council

  3. Members of the Rajya Sabha

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A Municipal Corporation is made up of wards committee. Members are elected to the ward committees on the basis of adult franchise for a term of five years. These members are called as councilors. The election procedure for electing the members of Municipal Corporation is same as that of the Legislative Assembly of a state.

The members of the general body of the Municipal Committee are called ____________.

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  1. Members of Parliament

  2. Members of Legislative Assembly

  3. Corporators

  4. Councillors

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The 74th Constitutional Amendment Act of Constitution 1992 made the provision of Local self Government. It consists of three-tier system Municipal Corporation, Municipality, and Nagar Panchayat.  The representatives of Municipal Council are elected from the wards on the basis of Adult Franchise for the period of Five years which are called Councillors and headed by Mayor who is elected by the same process.

Tehsildar, Naib Tehsildars, Kanungos, Lekhpal or Patwari are concerned with preparation and maintenance of land records and revenue collection at  _______ level.

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  1. Union

  2. State

  3. Municipal Corporations

  4. Village

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Patwari is a village officer in the local authority who maintains the ownership records for a specific area as well as to undertake the collection of land taxes. He is responsible for measuring the land and maintaining land records. He is known by different names in different states- talati, kanungo, tehsildar,etc.

A District Collector or Deputy Commissioner belongs to the _________ and is appointed by the State Government.

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  1. Indian Foreign Service

  2. Indian Forest Service

  3. Indian Administrative Service

  4. Indian Police Service

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Every district has a Deputy Commissioner or District collector appointed by the state government to look after the administration, law, and order of the district. A collector is the administrative head of the district. An Indian Administrative Service cadre officer is appointed as a district collector.

Tehsildar basically works in a  __________ and is a part of the district administration.

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  1. Tehsil

  2. Region

  3. State

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

District is divided into various small regions called Tehsil for smooth and easier administration and for implementation of the law and order. Just like DC heads a district a Tehsildar heads the tehsil. He is administrative head of the tehsil.

Who is the presiding officer of the Municipal Corporation?

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  1. Municipal Commissioner

  2. Deputy Mayor

  3. Mayor

  4. Councillor

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The Mayor is the titular head of the Municipal Corporation and presides over the meetings of the corporation. He is the principal spokesperson for the Council and supports good working relations between the Councillors.

The villages that are in the process of becoming towns have a ______________.

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  1. Municipal Corporation

  2. Municipal Council

  3. Nagar Panchayat

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

A Nagar Panchayat is a form of an urban political unit  that administers population more than 11000 and less than 25000.The villages that are in the process of becoming towns have a Nagar Panchayat to look after the basic needs of the residents.