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For every Municipal Council, there is a Chief Officer.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The municipal council is an urban local body. It is composed of councilors who are elected from wards, the mayor is the head of Municipal Council and such other employees of State Government as Chief Officer, Planning officer, health officer who perform administrative functions.

Which are the two types of functions of the Municipal Corporation?

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  1. Mandatory and Executive

  2. Obligatory and Executive

  3. Obligatory and Discretionary

  4. Discretionary and Executive

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The functions of Municipal Corporation are of two types. (1) Obligatory and Discretionary. The obligatory function includes this function which must be performed by the Corporation the discretionary functions are those which are not compulsory but may be taken up depending upon its final resources. Obligatory functions include the supply of water and maintenance of waterworks, the supply of electricity, maintenance of roads. etc. Discretionary functions include construction of Public Houses, registration of marriages, construction of public parks and gardens.etc.

Who can dissolve the Municipal Corporation before the completion of its term?

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  1. President

  2. Governor

  3. Chief Minister

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The 74th Constitutional Amendment Act,1992 provided for provisions of urban Local Self-government. Municipal Corporation administers area with the population of more than 1 million. The members are directly elected from wards known as councilors and head is called Mayor. Its term is for a period of five years but can be dissolved by State Government(Governor) if it fails to perform it's duty properly or have abused the power given.

A Municipal Corporation comprises of __________.

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  1. General Council

  2. The Mayor

  3. The Standing Committee

  4. Municipal Commissioner

  5. All of these

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Correct Option: E
Explanation:

A Municipal Corporation is a local governing body whose duty is to look after the basic needs of the resident of a city. A municipal corporation comprises of The Mayor, The General Councils, The Standing committee, The Municipal Commissioner, Councillors or Contractors and other ward members.

Which Act has given a Constitutional status to the urban local bodies?

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  1. The Constitution (74th Amendment) Act, 1992

  2. The Constitution (73rd Amendment) Act, 1992

  3. The Constitutional Amendment Act, 1951

  4. The Constitutional Amendment Act, 1963

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Constitution (74th Amendment) Act, 1992 introduced a new Part IXA in the Constitution, which deals with Municipalities in an article 243 P to 243 ZG. It was passed to accord formal recognition to ULBs in the Constitution and make them more autonomous and participatory. States were put under constitutional obligation to adopt municipalities as per system enshrined in the constitution.

Nothing in Article 13 of Constitution shall apply to any amendment made under this Article'. This provision was inserted in Article 368 by _________________.

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  1. Constitution [Twenty-fifth Amendment] Act

  2. Constitution [Forty-second Amendment] Act

  3. Constitution [Twenty-fourth Amendment] Act

  4. Constitution [Seventy-fifth Amendment] Act

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Correct Option: C

The sources of revenue of the Municipal Council include property tax, grants from State Government, ________________.

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  1. Water tax

  2. Education tax

  3. Tax on markets

  4. All of these

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The source of revenue of the Municipal Council are mentioned below:

1. Taxes on water, houses, markets, and vehicles.
2. Grants from State Government.
3. Taxes on education.
4. Taxes on agricultural land for the specific purpose.
5. Professional taxes.

The Municipal Councils deal with the State Government _________.

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  1. Directly

  2. Through the District Administration

  3. Through Central Government

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The 74th Constitutional Amendment Act of Constitution 1992 made the provision of Local self Government. Municipal Council (Municipality) is an urban local Body. The size of the Municipality is determined by the State Government. The town is divided into wards according to population and members are elected from each ward. The Executive Officer appointed by the State government to conduct administrative work. It interacts directly with state government through its administrative part in the District.

The chairperson of a municipality is _________.

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  1. Nominated by the State Government

  2. Directly elected by the voters

  3. Elected in the manner provided by the State legislature

  4. To be a person with experience in municipal administration

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

According to the Article 243R, the manner of election of Chairpersons of municipalities has been left to be specified by the State Legislature. 

A town faces the following problems. Which one of them should be given priority over others by the municipality of that town ?

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  1. Bottlenecking of traffic on roads

  2. Poor system of drainage

  3. Lack of roads and bridges

  4. Scarcity of drinking water

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:
  • Scarcity of drinking water should be given priority over the other issues.
  • Road bottlenecks / blocks , poor system of drainage and bad roads and bridges issues will have alternative choices to carry out operations but water doesn't have any alternative.
  • Water should be given ultimate preference over any alternative by the government.