Rural Administration

 

1. What are the functions of administration?

Ans: The functions of administration are - 

a) To maintain law and order.

b) To ensure all records are properly maintained. This would be records of land, properties, births, deaths, education and so on.

 c) To provide and maintain the standards of civic amenities like health, education, water and electricity supply, infrastructure, developmental projects.

d)Rescue and relief in case of a calamity.

e) Collection of taxes and revenue.

2. Who is the highest executive officer at the district level?

Ans : District Magistrate or DM. 

3. Who is also known as the District Collector of Deputy commissioner?

Ans: District Magistrate.

4. What are the three arms of district administration?

Ans: The three arms of district administration are - 

a) The law and order

b) Maintenance of land records and collection of land revenue.

c) Maintenance of civic amenities and development.

5. Who maintains law and order in a district?

Ans: The Police.

6. Who keeps a watch on anti - social elements?

Ans: The police.

7. What are the functions of Police?

Ans: The functions of Police are :

a) Their duty is to prevent crime and ensure that people live a safe life in their area of responsibility.

b Anyone who has a complaint about being harmed by way of bodily injury, stolen property, robbery or cheating can approach the police station with his or her complaint. The police is duty bound to investigate the matter and bring the guilty to book.

c) Even if a person feels threatened by someone, he or she can seek protection from the police.

d)  The police is also responsible to ensure that no one disturbs normal peace. They take steps to check entry and exit routes in fairs, markets and keep a watch on antisocial elements. They are supposed to keep a vigil during festivities so that there is no trouble by miscreants.

e) The police maintains a jail at the district level. Anyone who commits a crime can be jailed by the magistrate. The police then ensures that the criminal remains in jail for the period of his or her punishment.

f) The police has a lock-up or a cell in the police station where they can keep a suspected criminal for a short period, till such time the investigations are on.

8. Who is Patwari?

Ans: The land and revenue collection is done by the revenue officers. At the basic village level ,a nominated employee of the revenue department maintains all records of land ownership.Such a person is known as the Patwari.The patwari is also known as Lekhpal or Karamchari.

9. What are the duties of Patwari?

Ans: The duties of Patwari are :

a) To maintain a detailed map of the area.

b)  To measure and divide it into parts called khasras.

c)  To measure, mark and record the ownership of land on a map.

d)  Use a tool of chain and links to measure land.

e)  To update the records as and when it is subdivided or the ownership is changed.

 f) To maintain a separate record of common land of the village which is for grazing, festivities, etc. No one is allowed to crop on this public land.

g)To keep a record of crops grown on the various patches of land.

h) To give information to district officials about quality and quantity of crop so that the revenue can be charged.

i) To collect the revenue from the owners of land .

j) To inform the district authorities in case there is failure of crop due to floods, famine etc. 

10. Who is tehsildar?

Ans: The Tehsildar is the revenue officer at the tehsil level.

11. What was the major function of the Patwari?

Ans: The maintenance of land records and collection of revenue.

12. How is land measured by Patwari?

Ans: Land is measured on a map.

13. Who provides information to district officials regarding the quality and quantity of crop to calculate revenue?

Ans: The Patwari.

14. Who verifies the records maintained by the Patwari?

Ans: The Tehsildar.

15. What are the functions of district collector?

Ans: The responsibilities of a district collector are :

a) To ensure the correct functioning of all Tehsildars and Patwaris in the district.

b) To hear all land disputes and to judge the same.

c) To ensure that the revenue is collected in time and deposited with the government.

d) To assess and give recommendation to the government on matters of compensation in case of crop failure or flood and famine.

e) To provide rescue and relief in case of a calamity in the district.

16. Who is responsible for providing civic amenities to the people at district level?

Ans: The District Magistrate.

17. What is the function of the Chief Medical Officer?

Ans: To looks after dispensaries.

18. Write about Hindu Succession Act,( Amendment) 2005.

Ans: The Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act, 2005 came into effect from 9 September 2005. The Government of India has issued notification to this effect. The Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act is to remove gender discriminatory provisions in the Hindu Succession Act, 1956. The highlighting features of the amendment are:

a)The daughter will be treated as equal in all respects as the son in the eyes of law of inheritance of property and land.

b)The daughter, whether married or unmarried, is allotted the same share as is allotted to a son.

 c) In case the daughter has died her share of property would go to her children.

19. Choose the correct option

1. Who maintains the land records at the village lavel? 

i) District Magistrate.        ii) patwari 

iii) Kanungo                        iv) Police Officer

Ans: District Magistrate.

2. Which one of the following work is not done by Patwari?

i) Records of ownership of Land 

ii) Keeps a record of crops grown

iii) Measures the land 

iv) Punishes the criminal

Ans: iv) Punishes the criminal

3. Who ensures that the records are maintained properly and revenue collected is deposited with the government?

i) Patwari          ii) Block Development Officer 

iii) Tehsildar      iv) Sarpanch

Ans: iii) Tehsildar.

4. Public Works Department looks after

i) roads             ii) health

iii) education     iv) none of these

Ans: i) roads.

5. Chief Medical Officer is responsible for looking after

i) dispensaries         ii)jails 

iii) buildings           iv) schools 

Ans:i ) dispensaries.

6. Hindu Succession Amendment Act was passed in 

i) 2002                ii) 2003 

iii) 2004              iv) 2005 

Ans: iv) 2005 

7. Hindu Succession Act aimed at to provide equality between 

i) rich and poor          ii) upper caste and lower caste       iii) different religions          iv) men and women.

Ans: iv. men and women.

20. Fill in the blanks.

1. Anyone who commits a crime can be jailed by the police .

2. Patwari is also known as lekhpal and karmchari.

 3. Patwari collects the revenue from the  owners of the land.

4. The Tehsildar is the revenue officer at the tehsil level.

5. The District Collector is responsible for the correct functioning of all tehsildars and patwaris in the district.

21. State whether true or false.

1. Police has a lock-up cell in the police station. 

Ans: True. 

2. Functions of the Patwari is supervised by the police. 

Ans: False.

3. Patwari uses a tool of chain and links to measure land.

Ans: True.

4. Tehsil is a subdivision of state.

Ans: False. 

5. Civil Surgeon looks after the hospitals.

Ans:  True.

22. Match column A with column B.

Column A	Column B
District Magistrate	Public Works Department
Hindu Succession Act	Law and Order
Executive Engineer	Highest Executive  Officer
Police	Land Division
Khasra	Gender equality

Ans:

Column A	Column B
District Magistrate	Highest Executive  Officer
Hindu Succession Act	Gender equality
Executive Engineer	Public Works Department
Police	Law and Order
Khasra	Land Division