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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Explanation
The correct answer is B, Article 243A. 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.
Option A, Article 243, is only the definition clause of Part IX and tells us what district, Gram Sabha, intermediate level, panchayat and village mean; it defines the Gram Sabha but does not provide for its powers. Option C, Article 243D, deals with the reservation of seats for the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes and women in panchayats, and is the article behind Bihar's fifty per cent reservation for women. Option D, Article 243G, empowers the legislature to endow panchayats with the powers and authority needed to work as institutions of self-government, including the subjects of the Eleventh Schedule. Learn the short chain 243 definitions, 243A Gram Sabha, 243B constitution of panchayats, 243C composition and 243D reservation.
Read the full article: Panchayati Raj and Urban Local Bodies of Bihar: Tiers and Articles
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 →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.
Read the full explanation →From which panchayat election did Bihar reserve fifty per cent of the seats for women, becoming the first state in India to do so?
- A.2001
- B.2006
- C.2011
- D.2016
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Bihar amended its panchayat law and held the panchayat elections of 2006 with fifty per cent of the seats, and of the posts of Mukhiya, Sarpanch, Pramukh and Adhyaksha, reserved for women, which took it well beyond the one-third floor fixed by Article 243D and made it the first state…
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