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Which of the following is true regarding municipalities:
1. There is provision for 50 percent seat reservation for women in the municipalities elections.
2. Grants-in-aid may be given to municipalities from the Consolidated Fund of the State concerned.

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  1. 1 only is correct

  2. 2 only is correct

  3. Both 1 and 2 are correct

  4. Neither 1 nor 2 is correct

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The salient features of the 74th Amendment Act, 1992 are:

i) The Act provides for a direct election to all the local self-government bodies.
ii) 33% of seats should be reserved for women under each category of SC/ST/ Backward Classes. 

The number of constituencies in the Andhra Pradesh are _________________.

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  1. $39$

  2. $40$

  3. $41$

  4. $42$

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Correct Option: D

Who is the chairperson of Municipal Corporation?

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  1. Councilor

  2. Mayor

  3. Director

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The Mayor is the chairperson of the Municipal Corporation. The Mayor performs the work of chairing the Corporation meeting and is also associated with being the First Citizen of the city.

The Municipal Corporation deals with the State Government ___________.

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  1. Directly

  2. Indirectly

  3. Through Central Government

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A Municipal Corporation is an urban local body that administers urban area with a population of more than one million. Among all urban local bodies, the municipal corporation enjoys a greater degree of autonomy. It deals directly with the state government for its functions.

Which one of the following is not a source of income of a Municipal Council?

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  1. Income Tax

  2. Water Tax

  3. House Tax

  4. Education Tax

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A Municipal Corporation, City Corporation, Mahanagar Palika or Mahanagar Nigam is a local government in India that administers urban areas with a population of more than one million. The growing population and urbanization in various cities of India were in need of a local governing body that can work for providing necessary community services like healthcare, educational institution, housing, transport etc. by collecting property tax and fixed grant from the State Government. Its sources of income are taxes on water, houses, markets, entertainment, and vehicles paid by residents of the town and grants from the state government.

In a City 'A' the Municipal Council have established ward committees because ___________.

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  1. City 'A' is a hill station

  2. City 'A' has a population of more than three lakhs

  3. Due to provision of $74th$ constitutional amendment

  4. City 'A' has a population of more than ten thousand and less than twenty five thousand

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Municipal ward committees act as bridge between municipal government and citizens. They act as institutions of neighborhood governance. They increase proximity between elected representatives and citizens. They also provide a space for citizen participation in local level planning. Municipal Council establishes ward committees when the population of a city is more than three lakhs. Their representatives are nominated by the elected Councillors.

By what name local self government in urban area is called?

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  1. Municipality and Municipal Company

  2. Municipality and Municipal Commission

  3. Municipality and Municipal Corporation

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
  • Municipalities - Towns 
  • Municipal Corporation - Big Cities 
  • Municipal Corporation- Population more than 100,000
  • Municipal Councils - Towns with population between 25,000 and 100,000
  • Nagar Panchayat- Population between 11,000 and 25,000

Municipal Councils are meant for ___________.

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  1. Villages

  2. Smaller cities

  3. Metropolitan cities

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

A Municipal Council is an urban local body that administers a city of population one lakh or more. Generally, small districts or large towns have municipality. Its functions are almost same as municipal corporations.

Construction and maintenance of public parks, libraries, museums, theatre, akharas, picnic resorts, etc., are the ___________ functions of the Municipal Corporation.

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  1. Obligatory or Compulsory

  2. Discretionary or Optional

  3. Both A and B

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The functions of the Municipal Corporation are divided into two parts. Obligatory functions and the discretionary functions. Obligatory functions include providing proper health care facilities, proper schooling, construction of roads, safe drinking water, electricity etc. Discretionary functions, on the other hand, includes maintaining other public amenities which are optional and not that important like parks, libraries, museums, theatre, construction of orphanage and old age homes, night shelters etc.

The Municipal Corporation appoints its own staff to carry out __________.

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  1. Public health services

  2. Removal and disposal of garbage

  3. To provide electricity

  4. All of these

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

A Municipal Corporation is an urban local body that carries out the functions that are concerned with the residents of the area. The municipal corporation appoints its own staffs to carry out the functions like:-

1. Running public health services like hospitals, dispensaries, public welfare centers.
2. Provident proper sanitation and waste disposal facility.
3. Safe drinking water facility
4. Providing electricity to all the sections of the society.
5. Work for the development of cities.
6. Providing other necessity for the playground, school, proper roads etc.