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1
In a unitary form orf government local government derives its powers from:
A
Constitution
B
Heal of the state
C
Prime Minister
D
Legislative enactments
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✅ Correct Answer: 4
2
In a federal form of government local government derives its powers from:
A
The head of the state
B
The legislature
C
The judiciary
D
The constitution
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✅ Correct Answer: 4
3
The main reason for the creation of local governments is:
A
To reduce the work of the central government
B
To effectively deal international problems
C
To strengthen a particular political system
D
To make political party system work successfully
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✅ Correct Answer: 1
4
Which one of the following is a function which local government is usually required to perform?
A
External affairs
B
Police administration
C
Defence
D
Finance
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✅ Correct Answer: 2
5
Which one of the following is a function which local government is usually required to perform?
A
Health and sanitation
B
Higher and technical education
C
Transport
D
Communication
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✅ Correct Answer: 1
6
Local governments are found only in:
A
Unitary form of government
B
Federal form of government
C
Dictatorships
D
In all form of governments
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✅ Correct Answer: 4
7
Which one of the following is true about a local government?
A
It perform functions of national importance
B
It can amend the constition
C
It can get representation in world bodies
D
It is required to help central government in discharging its obligations
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✅ Correct Answer: 4
8
Which one of the following is not true about local government?
A
It helps central government in discharging its duties
B
It helps in reducing the burden of central government
C
It helps in promoting efficiency
D
It helps in promoting political ideologies
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✅ Correct Answer: 4
9
Which one of the following is not a merit of local government?
A
It helps in promoting efficiency
B
In it more attention can be paid to local needs
C
It is expensive
D
It provides good training ground
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✅ Correct Answer: 3
10
Which one of the following is not a merit of local government?
A
It helps in the creation of harmony
B
It promotes disharmony
C
It ignores harmony
D
None of the above
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✅ Correct Answer: 2
11
Which one of the following is not true about local government?
A
These can help in promoting efficiency
B
Under these local needs are ignored
C
Under these attention of the central government is divided
D
Under these work of the central government is reduced
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✅ Correct Answer: 2
12
In these days local governments are trying to:
A
Demand more autonomy
B
Have more dependence on central government
C
Maintain status quo
D
Ignore their responsibility
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✅ Correct Answer: 1
13
Which one of the following is true statement about local government?
A
Their dependence on the centre is increasing
B
Their autonomy is increasing day by day
C
Their work-load is increasingly going up
D
Centres administrative control overthem is increasing
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✅ Correct Answer: 3
14
Which of the following is not an essential condition for the successful working of local self-government?
A
These should meet local needs
B
The people of integrity should be elected
C
Party politics should be encouraged
D
Control of central authority should not be very stiff
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✅ Correct Answer: 3
15
Which of the following is not an essential condition for successful working of local self-government?
A
Politics should not be allowed to interfere
B
Financially these should be kept dependent on the centre
C
Favourable public opinion should be created in their favour
D
More financial resources should be put at their disposal
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✅ Correct Answer: 2
16
Which one of the following is not an essential condition for maintaining public interest in local self-government?
A
Utility of these institutions should be classified
B
People should be made to realise their importance
C
People of integrity should be got elected to these bodies
D
These should be deprived of some of their powers
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✅ Correct Answer: 4
17
Which one of the following does not fall under the category of administrative control over local self-government bodies?
A
State government can appoint administrative officers
B
State government can disapprove bye-laws of these body
C
State government can appoint inspecting officers
D
State governments can propagate against the quality of their work
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✅ Correct Answer: 4
18
Which one of the following is not true about local government institutions?
A
These are useless appendage of the state
B
These are needed for efficient state working
C
These are required to reduce the work-load of the centre
D
These are needed for attending to local needs
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✅ Correct Answer: 1
19
Which one of the following is not essential for maintaining interest of the people in local self-government institutions?
A
In their favour leacture by public men should be arranged
B
Newspapers should be used in their favour
C
Close contracts between elected and electorates should be maintained
D
Very strict central control over their working should be exercised
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✅ Correct Answer: 1
20
Institutions of local government are found:
A
In democratic countries only
B
In democratic countries with parliamentary system of government only
C
In democratic countries with federal system of government only
D
In almost all the countries of the world
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✅ Correct Answer: 4
21
The local government enjoys the powers which are:
A
Bestowed by the Constitution
B
Delegated by the central government
C
Delegated by the state government
D
Bestowed by the statute
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✅ Correct Answer: 4
22
Local government is concerned with:
A
Management of affairs of the people of local areas
B
Functions which are delegated to it by the centre only
C
Developmental functions only
D
All the above types of functions
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✅ Correct Answer: 1
23
The states in a federation are:
A
The lowest units of local government
B
The highest units of local government
C
Not units of local government
D
None of the above
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✅ Correct Answer: 3
24
The local government is:
A
Not accountable to the central or state governments
B
Accountable to the central or state governments within the limits prescribed by the statute
C
Fully accountable to the central or state governments
D
Accountable only to the local representatives
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✅ Correct Answer: 2
25
The local government:
A
Raises its funds largely locally
B
Depends for the finances on the centre only
C
Depends for the funds on the state government only
D
None of the above
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✅ Correct Answer: 1
26
Which one of the followings has been wrongly listed as a feature of local government?
A
It enjoys jurisdiction over very limited area
B
It operates on the principle that local problems can be best solved by the local people
C
It undertakes only those activities which benefit the people of area
D
None of the above
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✅ Correct Answer: 4
27
The local governments enjoy:
A
No autonomy
B
Complete autonomy
C
Autonomy within the limits prescribed by statutes
D
None of the above
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✅ Correct Answer: 3
28
The local governments are:
A
Sovereign
B
Self-created
C
Creation of central or state governments
D
None of the above
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✅ Correct Answer: 3
29
The local government institutions:
A
Can levy taxes
B
Can levy taxes with the prior approval of the state government
C
Cannot levy taxes
D
Propose taxes to the state government
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✅ Correct Answer: 1
30
Which one of the following statements is correct?
A
Local government institutions are the administrative out posts of the central or state government
B
Local bodies are subordinate wings of the state executive wing
C
The local bodies are subordinate to the law of the state or centre
D
None of the above
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✅ Correct Answer: 3
31
The enormous increase in the functions of the government in recent years has led to:
A
Increase in the functions of local bodies
B
Decline in the functions of local bodies
C
Neither increase nor decline in the functions of local bodies
D
Elimination of local bodies
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✅ Correct Answer: 1
32
Which one of the following functions is not performed by the local government bodies?
A
Health and sanitation
B
Protection of life and property
C
Construction of roads, bridges, public baths, etc
D
Maintenance of police force
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✅ Correct Answer: 4
33
Which one of the followings has been wrongly listed as a justification for state control or supervision over local bodies?
A
Control ensures greater efficiency in municipal services
B
It keeps a check on powerful local interests which may operate against the common interest
C
It provides necessary finances to the proper areas for provision of welfare services
D
It ensures diversity in municipal services
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✅ Correct Answer: 4
34
The legislative wing of the state or central government exercises control over local bodies:
A
By passing their budgets
B
By enacting necessary laws for these bodies
C
By prescribing their organizations and functions through statutes
D
Through all the above methods
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✅ Correct Answer: 3
35
The administrative departments of the state or central governments exercise control over local bodies:
A
By formulating their budgets
B
Through their power to approve or reject the bye laws, schemes and resolutions of local bodies
C
Recruiting all the official of the local bodies
D
Through none of the above methods
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✅ Correct Answer: 2
36
Which one the following has been wrongly listed as a tool for the exercise of administrative control over local bodies?
A
Through provision of advice in technical and specialized fields
B
Through inspections
C
Enactment of budgets of local bodies
D
Through grants in aid
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✅ Correct Answer: 3
37
Judicial control over local bodies aims at:
A
Ensuring that they are discharging their obligations within the limits of the statute
B
Prevention of undue interference by the executive in the working of local bodies
C
Ensuring non-intervention by political parties in local affairs
D
None of the above
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✅ Correct Answer: 1
38
The local bodies:
A
Can raise loans on their own
B
Cannot raise loans
C
Can raise loans only with the prior sanction of the state
D
None of the above
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✅ Correct Answer: 3
39
In recent years the local bodies have become:
A
Increasingly independent of the state government
B
Increasingly dependent on the state government
C
Completely sovereign
D
None of the above
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✅ Correct Answer: 2
40
Which one of the following factors has contributed to the growing dependence of the local bodies on the state?
A
Improved means of transport and communication
B
Growing tendency towards provision of uniform administration
C
Tendency on the part of state government, like any other government, to increase its powers
D
All the above factors
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✅ Correct Answer: 4
41
Given the ideals of responsible government, local government should mean:
A
Devolution of governmental duties
B
Decentralisation of administration
C
Administrative deconcentration
D
Diversification of governmental organs
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✅ Correct Answer: 1
42
Who among the following introduced local self-government in India?
A
Lord Canning
B
Raja Rammohan Roy
C
Lord Rippon
D
Lord Mountbatten
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✅ Correct Answer: 3
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