The Twelfth Schedule of the Constitution, which lists the subjects that may be entrusted to municipalities, contains how many items?
- A.11
- B.12
- C.18
- D.29
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Explanation
The correct answer is C, 18. The Twelfth Schedule was inserted by the 74th Amendment Act, 1992 and lists 18 subjects that a state legislature may entrust to municipalities under Article 243W, including urban planning and town planning, regulation of land use, water supply, public health and sanitation, slum improvement, urban poverty alleviation, fire services, burials and burial grounds, and the regulation of slaughter houses and tanneries.
Option A, 11, and option B, 12, are put there to tempt a candidate who confuses the number of items with the number of the schedule, a mistake made easy by the fact that the Eleventh Schedule and the Twelfth Schedule sit next to each other. Option D, 29, is the number of subjects in the Eleventh Schedule, which goes with panchayats and Article 243G. The safe pair to remember is panchayats, Eleventh Schedule, 29 subjects, Article 243G, and municipalities, Twelfth Schedule, 18 subjects, Article 243W.
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Practice Questions
View allThe 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act, which gave panchayati raj institutions a place in the Constitution, came into force on which date?
- A.2 October 1959
- B.24 April 1993
- C.1 June 1993
- D.26 January 1950
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The 73rd Amendment Act was passed by Parliament in 1992 and was brought into force on 24 April 1993, which is why that date is observed every year as National Panchayati Raj Day.
Read the full explanation →In Bihar, the directly elected head of a Gram Panchayat is known as the:
- A.Sarpanch
- B.Pramukh
- C.Mukhiya
- D.Adhyaksha
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Under the Bihar Panchayat Raj Act, 2006 the head of a Gram Panchayat is the Mukhiya, who is elected directly by all the voters of the panchayat area, with an Up-Mukhiya as deputy chosen by the elected ward members.
Read the full explanation →The Gram Kachahari, the village level bench that settles petty disputes in Bihar, is headed by the:
- A.Mukhiya
- B.Sarpanch
- C.Nyaya Mitra
- D.Panchayat Secretary
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The Gram Kachahari is a feature of the Bihar Panchayat Raj Act, 2006 and is a bench of the directly elected Sarpanch and the elected Panches of the panchayat area; it decides small disputes between villagers and may impose a fine in the matters the Act lists, while serious offences…
Read the full explanation →Which Article of the Constitution provides for the Gram Sabha, the body of all registered voters of a village?
- A.Article 243
- B.Article 243A
- C.Article 243D
- D.Article 243G
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Article 243A, inserted by the 73rd Amendment, says that a Gram Sabha may exercise such powers and perform such functions at the village level as the legislature of a state may by law provide, so the body is constitutional but its powers are decided by state law.
Read the full explanation →How many subjects are listed in the Eleventh Schedule of the Constitution, which may be transferred to panchayats?
- A.18
- B.22
- C.29
- D.31
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The Eleventh Schedule was added by the 73rd Amendment Act, 1992 and lists 29 subjects, among them agriculture, land improvement, minor irrigation, animal husbandry, rural housing, drinking water, roads, rural electrification, poverty alleviation programmes, primary and secondary schools, markets and fairs and public distribution.
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