The elected head of a Zila Panchayat in Uttar Pradesh is designated as:
- A.Pradhan
- B.Pramukh
- C.Adhyaksh
- D.Apar Mukhya Adhikari
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Explanation
The correct answer is C, Adhyaksh. In Uttar Pradesh the Zila Panchayat, the district tier of panchayati raj, is headed by an elected Adhyaksh, with an Up-Adhyaksh as the deputy, under the Uttar Pradesh Kshettra Panchayats and Zila Panchayats Adhiniyam, 1961.
Option A, Pradhan, is the head of the Gram Panchayat, the village tier, under the Uttar Pradesh Panchayat Raj Act, 1947. Option B, Pramukh, is the head of the Kshettra Panchayat at the block level, usually called the Block Pramukh, so A and B are the right names for the wrong tiers, which is how this question is set. Option D, Apar Mukhya Adhikari, is not an elected office at all: he is the executive officer of the Zila Panchayat, an appointed official who carries out its decisions, and confusing the elected head with the appointed officer is the deeper trap. The chain of three names, Pradhan, Pramukh and Adhyaksh, from the village upwards, is worth memorising as a unit.
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