20 Important MCQs on Public Policy and Administration in India

1. Which constitutional amendment acts were passed to facilitate democratic decentralization in India?

a) 51^st and 52^nd amendment act

b) 61^st and 69^th amendment act

c) 73^rd and 74^th amendment act

d) None of the above

2. Local self-government can be be best explained as an exercise in —?

a) Federalism

b) Democratic Decentralization

c) Administrative delegation

d) Direct democracy

3. Which schedule of Indian constitution deals with ‘local government’?

a) 5^th schedule

b) 6^th schedule

c) 7^th schedule

d) 8^th schedule

4. Which committee recommended the establishment of ‘democratic decentralization’?

a) Balwantrai Mehta Committee

b) Ashok Mehta Committee

c) G.V.K. Rao Committee

d) L.M. Singhvi Committee

5. Which committee recommended the establishment of three-tier Panchayati raj system’?

a) L. M. Singhvi Committee

b) Balwantrai Mehta Committee

c) Ashok Mehta Committee

d) G.V.K. Rao Committee

6. Which was the first state to establish Panchayati Raj system?

a) Andhra Pradesh

b) Maharashtra

c) Gujarat

d) Rajasthan

7. Which committee recommended for two-tier Panchayati Raj system?

a) G.V.K Rao Committee

b) L. M. Singhvi Committee

c) Balwantray Mehta Committee

d) Ashok Mehta Committee

8. The Balwantrai Mehta Committee was a committee set up on :

a) Democratic-Decentralization

b) Panchayati Raj institutions

c) Community development Programme

d) Poverty alleviation programmes

9. G.V.K Rao committee  was a committee set up on:

a) Panchayati Raj elections

b) Panchayati Raj institutions

c) Community development programme

d) Poverty alleviation programmes

10. The office of District Collector was created by:

a) Robert Clive

b) Lord Cornwallis

c) Lord Warren Hastings

d) Lord Wellesley

11. L.M. Singhvi Committee was a committee on:

a) Revitalization of Panchayati Raj Institutions for Democracy and Development

b) Panchayati Raj institutions

c) Community development programme

d) Poverty alleviation programmes

12. The Panchayati Raj system was constitutionalized in India during the prime ministership of:

a) V.P Singh

b) P.V. Narasimha Rao

c) Rajiv Gandhi

d) Indira Gandhi

13. The 73^rd constitutional amendment act came into force on:

a) 22 December, 1992

b) 23 December, 1992

c) 20 April, 1993

d) 24 April, 1993

14. Panchayati Raj system added to which schedule of Indian constitution?

a) 7^th schedule

b) 9^th schedule

c) 11^th schedule

d) 12^th schedule

15. Which article of Indian constitution deals with organization of village panchayat?

a) Article 40

b) Article 41

c) Article 42

d) Article 43

16. Which article deals with the Gram Sabha?

a) Article 243

b) Article 243A

c) Article 243B

d) Article 243C

17. Article 243D is related to:

a) Election to the panchayats

b) Constitution of panchayats

c) Composition of panchayats

d) Reservation of seats

18. There are how many types of urban local governments in India?

a) 6

b) 7

c) 8

d) 9

19. The system of urban government was constitutionalized through :

a) 73^rd constitutional amendment act 1992

b) 74^th constitutional amendment act 1992

c) Both a) and b)

d) None of the above

20. Who is the head of the municipal corporation?

a) Chairman

b) Mayor

c) Councilor

d) District collector