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MCQ 11 Mark
Garbage collection in the several, Municipal Corporations across the country is undertaken by the workers:
  • Working on contract basis.
  • B
    Working on regular basis.
  • C
    Working on higher wage.
  • D
    All the above.
Answer
Correct option: A.
Working on contract basis.
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MCQ 21 Mark
Which agency replaces the broken street lights, collects the garbage, provides water supply, keeps the market clean?
  • Municipal Corporation.
  • B
    Hospital.
  • C
    Police.
  • D
    None of these.
Answer
Correct option: A.
Municipal Corporation.
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MCQ 31 Mark
Which one is not the job of the Municipal Corporation?
  • A
    It keeps the streets and markets clean.
  • B
    It makes gardens and maintains them.
  • It builds hotels for the tourists.
  • D
    It runs schools, hospitals and dispensaries.
Answer
Correct option: C.
It builds hotels for the tourists.
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MCQ 41 Mark
$\text{VAT}$ is an example of:
  • Property tax.
  • B
    Sales tax.
  • C
    Octroi tax.
  • D
    Entertainment tax.
Answer
Correct option: A.
Property tax.
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MCQ 51 Mark
Goa is a $.......$
  • A
    Religious city.
  • Resort city.
  • C
    Commercial city.
  • D
    All the above.
Answer
Correct option: B.
Resort city.
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MCQ 61 Mark
Which of the following is not one of the features of urban community?
  • Face to face relationships.
  • B
    Complex life.
  • C
    Materialistic.
  • D
    Glamour in life.
Answer
Correct option: A.
Face to face relationships.
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MCQ 71 Mark
The local government realises $......$ from people.
  • Municipal tax.
  • B
    Professional tax.
  • C
    Land tax.
  • D
    Export tax.
Answer
Correct option: A.
Municipal tax.
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MCQ 81 Mark
The spatial feature of urbanisation in India has been:
  • Localised in nature.
  • B
    Balanced.
  • C
    Both $a\ \& \ b.$
  • D
    None of the above.
Answer
Correct option: A.
Localised in nature.
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MCQ 91 Mark
What is the system of Local Self Government on the Panchayati raj set up?
  • A
    Four tier at Sabha, Village, District and Block.
  • Three tier structure at village, Block and District level.
  • C
    Single tier at block level.
  • D
    Two tier structure at village, Block.
Answer
Correct option: B.
Three tier structure at village, Block and District level.
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MCQ 101 Mark
The worlds first cities appeared about $.......$
  • $3500 \ BC$
  • B
    $300 \ BC$
  • C
    $2000 \ BC$
  • D
    $AD \ 100$
Answer
Correct option: A.
$3500 \ BC$
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MCQ 111 Mark
$........$ looks after the health department in the district.
  • A
    Medical president.
  • B
    Inspector.
  • C
    Doctor.
  • Chief medical officer.
Answer
Correct option: D.
Chief medical officer.
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MCQ 121 Mark
Which among the following is not a cause of growth of cities?
  • A
    Trade $\&$ commerce.
  • B
    Industrialism.
  • C
    Development of transport.
  • Hygienic outlook of people.
Answer
Correct option: D.
Hygienic outlook of people.
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MCQ 131 Mark
$........$ are important for determining the rightful owner of the land.
  • A
    District collector.
  • B
    Chaukidar.
  • C
    Policemen.
  • Land records.
Answer
Correct option: D.
Land records.
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MCQ 141 Mark
In which city of Gujarat, plague spread?
  • A
    Ahmedabad.
  • B
    Kachchh.
  • Surat.
  • D
    Dwarka.
Answer
Correct option: C.
Surat.
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MCQ 151 Mark
The Panchayati Raj system was adopted to:
  • Decentralise the power of democracy.
  • B
    Educate the villagers.
  • C
    Make people aware of politics.
  • D
    None of the above.
Answer
Correct option: A.
Decentralise the power of democracy.
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MCQ 161 Mark
There are three urban local self government:
  • A
    Nagar district , Municipality and Municipal corporation.
  • Nagar Panchayat, Municipality and Municipal corporation.
  • C
    Nagar Sabha, Municipality and Municipal company.
  • D
    Nagar Panchayat, Municipality and Municipal company.
Answer
Correct option: B.
Nagar Panchayat, Municipality and Municipal corporation.
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MCQ 171 Mark
For expenditure incurred by municipality some money is obtained from:
  • A
    People.
  • B
    Gram Panchayat.
  • C
    Central government.
  • State government.
Answer
Correct option: D.
State government.
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MCQ 181 Mark
Where is the relationship between the neighbours healthier?
  • In villages.
  • B
    In cities.
  • C
    In hospitals.
  • D
    In dispensaries.
Answer
Correct option: A.
In villages.
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MCQ 191 Mark
Which work is not related to the ward member?
  • A
    Garbage collection.
  • B
    Water supply.
  • C
    Cleanliness.
  • Controlling the crime.
Answer
Correct option: D.
Controlling the crime.
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MCQ 201 Mark
Which are the other tasks of a municipal corporation?
  • A
    To run the schools.
  • B
    To run hospitals.
  • C
    To maintain parks.
  • All of these.
Answer
Correct option: D.
All of these.
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MCQ 211 Mark
Who coined the term post-industrial society?
  • Bell.
  • B
    Durkheim.
  • C
    Fisher.
  • D
    Louis wirth.
Answer
Correct option: A.
Bell.
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MCQ 221 Mark
Which is not a feature of urban life?
  • A
    Loss of humanistic value.
  • B
    Impersonal relationship.
  • Informal ties.
  • D
    Competition.
Answer
Correct option: C.
Informal ties.
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MCQ 231 Mark
Who developed the concept of urbanism as a way of life?
  • Louis wirth.
  • B
    Fisher.
  • C
    Louis coser.
  • D
    None of these.
Answer
Correct option: A.
Louis wirth.
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MCQ 241 Mark
Gangabai was protesting about:
  • A
    Water problem.
  • B
    To roll back the enhance property tax.
  • C
    To make a street properly.
  • Collecting garbage.
Answer
Correct option: D.
Collecting garbage.
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MCQ 251 Mark
The main function of the municipal corporation is to look after the need of:
  • A
    Ministers
  • B
    Profession
  • C
    Officers
  • City dwellers
Answer
Correct option: D.
City dwellers
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MCQ 261 Mark
Who has given the concept of urban fringe?
  • $M.N.$ Srinivas.
  • B
    $K.M.$ Kapadia.
  • C
    $S.C$ Dube.
  • D
    None of these.
Answer
Correct option: A.
$M.N.$ Srinivas.
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MCQ 271 Mark
The municipalities are formed in $......$ while municipal corporation are formed in:
  • A
    Block, big cities.
  • B
    Small cities, Village cities.
  • Small cities, Big cities.
  • D
    Big cities, Janpads.
Answer
Correct option: C.
Small cities, Big cities.
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MCQ 281 Mark
What are Panchayat members called?
  • A
    Sarpanch.
  • Panch.
  • C
    Secretary.
  • D
    None of these.
Answer
Correct option: B.
Panch.
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MCQ 291 Mark
According to which act son, daughter and their mothers can get equals shares in the land.
  • A
    Property Succession Amendment Act.
  • Hindu Succession Amendment Act.
  • C
    Land Succession Amendment Act.
  • D
    Family Succession Amendment Act.
Answer
Correct option: B.
Hindu Succession Amendment Act.
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MCQ 301 Mark
What is the lowest rank of the local government?
  • Gram Panchayat.
  • B
    Panchayat Samiti.
  • C
    Zila Panchayat.
  • D
    District Council.
Answer
Correct option: A.
Gram Panchayat.
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MCQ 311 Mark
Which among the following is a symbolic city?
  • A
    Delhi.
  • B
    Mumbai.
  • C
    Chennai.
  • Ayodhya.
Answer
Correct option: D.
Ayodhya.
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MCQ 321 Mark
The elected head of the Municipal Corporation is known as Mayor or:
  • A
    Mahajan.
  • B
    Corporator.
  • C
    Mahapur.
  • Commissioner.
Answer
Correct option: D.
Commissioner.
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MCQ 331 Mark
Tehsildar perform the following function except:
  • A
    He supports the work of Patwari.
  • B
    Make sure that land records are properly maintained.
  • Professional tax is collected.
  • D
    It is a land revenue officer.
Answer
Correct option: C.
Professional tax is collected.
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MCQ 341 Mark
Which of the following is false related to Municipal corporation?
  • A
    The number of elected representatives varies between fifty and one hundred.
  • The cities with less population have corporation.
  • C
    The area of work is wider.
  • D
    The meeting is presided over by Mayor.
Answer
Correct option: B.
The cities with less population have corporation.
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MCQ 351 Mark
Patwari perform the following function except:
  • A
    Measures land.
  • B
    Maintains and updates the records of the village.
  • C
    The Patwari is also responsible for organising the collection of land revenue from the farmers and parts.
  • Levying taxes.
Answer
Correct option: D.
Levying taxes.
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MCQ 361 Mark
Which urban government body administers large cities?
  • Municipal Corporation.
  • B
    State Government.
  • C
    Municipal Council.
  • D
    Town Committee.
Answer
Correct option: A.
Municipal Corporation.
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MCQ 371 Mark
Who collects the house tax?
  • Municipality or Municipal Corporation.
  • B
    State Government.
  • C
    Central Government.
  • D
    District Magistrate.
Answer
Correct option: A.
Municipality or Municipal Corporation.
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MCQ 381 Mark
The jobs of contract workers are:
  • Temporary.
  • B
    Permanent.
  • C
    Both $(a)$ and $(b).$
  • D
    None of these.
Answer
Correct option: A.
Temporary.
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MCQ 391 Mark
Mala, Shankar, Jehangir and Rehana were playing:
  • A
    Football.
  • Cricket.
  • C
    Badminton.
  • D
    None of these.
Answer
Correct option: B.
Cricket.
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MCQ 401 Mark
What was broken by the ball hit by Rehana?
  • A
    Window glass.
  • Street light.
  • C
    Glass of a car.
  • D
    None of these.
Answer
Correct option: B.
Street light.
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MCQ 411 Mark
Who represents the small administrative units of a city?
  • Ward Councillor.
  • B
    Mayor.
  • C
    Deputy Mayor.
  • D
    Municipal Commissioner.
Answer
Correct option: A.
Ward Councillor.
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MCQ 421 Mark
Community protest is the medium of:
  • To raise the problem which affect them.
  • B
    To get the financial benefit.
  • C
    Both $(a)\ \& \ (b).$
  • D
    None.
Answer
Correct option: A.
To raise the problem which affect them.
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MCQ 431 Mark
The Mayor of the Corporation is:
  • A
    Elected by the people.
  • Elected by the members of the Corporation.
  • C
    Appointed by the Chief Minister.
  • D
    Appointed by the government.
Answer
Correct option: B.
Elected by the members of the Corporation.
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MCQ 441 Mark
Patwari is also known as:
  • A
    Kanungo
  • B
    Lekhpal
  • C
    Village officer
  • All of the above
Answer
Correct option: D.
All of the above
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MCQ 461 Mark
$\text{DDA}$ acquires land and builds a bus stand. This is an example of:
  • A
    Public welfare.
  • Public regulation.
  • C
    Public safety.
  • D
    Public health.
Answer
Correct option: B.
Public regulation.
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MCQ 471 Mark
The uncollected garbage attracts dogs, rats, mosquitoes and flies, so we should:
  • Cover them.
  • B
    Keep them open.
  • C
    Throw them on to the roads.
  • D
    Throw them here and there.
Answer
Correct option: A.
Cover them.
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MCQ 481 Mark
Who prepares budget and spends the money according to this?
  • Ward Councillors.
  • B
    Ward boys.
  • C
    Nurses.
  • D
    Teachers.
Answer
Correct option: A.
Ward Councillors.
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MCQ 491 Mark
Durkheim’s concept of organic solidarity is found in:
  • A
    Tribal society.
  • B
    Agricultural society.
  • C
    Traditional society.
  • Modern society.
Answer
Correct option: D.
Modern society.
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MCQ 501 Mark
Which among the following was an exclusive university town?
  • A
    Taxila
  • B
    Pataliputra
  • Nalanda
  • D
    kashi
Answer
Correct option: C.
Nalanda
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MCQ 511 Mark
Which of the following is false regarding Municipality?
  • A
    The number of elected members is generally between fifteen and sixty.
  • B
    The cities with less population have municipalities.
  • C
    The meeting is presided over by Chairman.
  • The area of work of municipality is wider.
Answer
Correct option: D.
The area of work of municipality is wider.
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MCQ 521 Mark
Which of the following is false:
  • The main function of a municipal corporation is to look after the needs of the farmers.
  • B
    The minimum age of a voter in municipal election is $18$ years.
  • C
    The health officer is an important permanent officer of a municipality.
  • D
    Tax on houses and land is one of the main sources of the income of municipality.
Answer
Correct option: A.
The main function of a municipal corporation is to look after the needs of the farmers.
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MCQ 531 Mark
Which of the following cities can be called megalopolis?
  • A
    Kochi.
  • B
    Chennai.
  • Mumbai.
  • D
    Ahmadabad.
Answer
Correct option: C.
Mumbai.
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MCQ 541 Mark
Who is the chief executive officer of the Municipal Corporation?
  • A
    President.
  • B
    Chairman.
  • Commissioner.
  • D
    Mayor.
Answer
Correct option: C.
Commissioner.
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MCQ 551 Mark
Which work is related to the Municipal Corporation?
  • A
    Collecting the house tax.
  • B
    Supply of water.
  • C
    Controlling the diseases.
  • All the above.
Answer
Correct option: D.
All the above.
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MCQ 561 Mark
If any house keeping staff does not do his duty, whom should we contact?
  • Sanitation engineer.
  • B
    Local police station.
  • C
    Councillor.
  • D
    Chief Minister.
Answer
Correct option: A.
Sanitation engineer.
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MCQ 571 Mark
Which of the following is false regarding Gram Panchayat?
  • A
    It levees and collects local taxes.
  • It is the place where all plans for the work of the gram panchayat are placed before the people.
  • C
    Seats are reserved for women, $SC$ and $ST$ in the Panchayat.
  • D
    Their main task is to implement development programmes for all villages that come under it.
Answer
Correct option: B.
It is the place where all plans for the work of the gram panchayat are placed before the people.
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MCQ 581 Mark
The responsibility of replacing the street lights belong to:
  • Municipal Corporation.
  • B
    Police Department.
  • C
    Revenue Department.
  • D
    None of these.
Answer
Correct option: A.
Municipal Corporation.
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MCQ 591 Mark
The Municipal Corporation collects maximum tax in the head of:
  • A
    Water charges.
  • B
    Developmental charges.
  • Property tax.
  • D
    None.
Answer
Correct option: C.
Property tax.
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MCQ 601 Mark
The workers working with garbage can prevent themselves from the diseases by
  • Adopting security measures.
  • B
    Avoiding security measures.
  • C
    There is no chances for diseases.
  • D
    Simply washing the hands.
Answer
Correct option: A.
Adopting security measures.
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MCQ 611 Mark
What was Gangabai protesting about?
  • The garbage was not removed for several days.
  • B
    She wanted to open a hospital.
  • C
    She wanted to open a school.
  • D
    None of these.
Answer
Correct option: A.
The garbage was not removed for several days.
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MCQ 621 Mark
Which of the following is false regarding Gram Sabha:
  • There is no system of reservation and it levees and collects local taxes.
  • B
    The Gram Sabha prevents the Panchayat from doing wrong things like misusing money or favouring certain people.
  • C
    It is the place where all plans for the work of the Gram Panchayat are placed before the people.
  • D
    None of the above.
Answer
Correct option: A.
There is no system of reservation and it levees and collects local taxes.
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MCQ 631 Mark
What type of game were Mala and her friends playing in the street?
  • A
    Hockey.
  • Cricket.
  • C
    Football.
  • D
    Badminton.
Answer
Correct option: B.
Cricket.
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MCQ 641 Mark
Every municipal corporation has $....$ appointed by the government.
  • A
    Talukdar
  • Chief executive officer
  • C
    Major Officer
  • D
    Patwari
Answer
Correct option: B.
Chief executive officer
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MCQ 661 Mark
In which of the following are lives faster?
  • A
    In village.
  • In city.
  • C
    In both $(a)$ and $(b).$
  • D
    In none of these.
Answer
Correct option: B.
In city.
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MCQ 671 Mark
Who takes the complicated decisions that affect the entire city?
  • A group of councillors.
  • B
    A group of teachers.
  • C
    A group of doctors.
  • D
    None of these.
Answer
Correct option: A.
A group of councillors.
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MCQ 681 Mark
Why was Gangabai loved and respected?
  • For her being active citizen.
  • B
    For her being lazy citizen.
  • C
    For helping the poor.
  • D
    For all of these.
Answer
Correct option: A.
For her being active citizen.
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MCQ 691 Mark
The big city like Delhi is divided into several:
  • Districts.
  • B
    Janapads.
  • C
    Samitis.
  • D
    All of these.
Answer
Correct option: A.
Districts.
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MCQ 701 Mark
$......$ is responsible for maintaining law and order in the district.
  • A
    Law
  • B
    Officer
  • C
    Inspector
  • Superintendent
Answer
Correct option: D.
Superintendent
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