1. Who advocated the Panchayati Raj system?
Ans: Mahatma Gandhi.
2. What is a ward?
Ans: An area with 500 people is called a ward .
3. What is Panchayati Raj?
Ans: The Panchayati Raj is a system of governance at the grass - roots level which aims at bringing power of decision - making to the people. It is based on three levels:
a) Village Panchayat
b) Block Samiti
c) Zila Parishad.
4. What is Gram Sabha?
Ans: Gram Sabha is a combination of two words.
Here , Gram means village and sabha means meeting. Gram Sabha is a meeting of all adults of the village.
5. Why are the meetings of Gram Sabha held?
Ans: Gram Sabha meeting is held in villages to decide on various issues related to the people of the village. It helps all people to take part in the activities of the village and voice their views and concerns.
6. What are the essential elements of Gram Sabha?
Ans: The essential elements of Gram Sabha are:
a) Everyone above the age of 18 is eligible to attend the meeting.
b) All people attending have equal right to express their views on matters concerning the village.
c) It is the key factor in making of the panchayat fulfil its role and functions.
d) It is the place where the proposals of the works to be taken up by the panchayat are conveyed to the people.
e) The Gram Sabha keeps a check on the functioning of the panchayat. They check that funds are not misused and there is no favouritism.
f) The Gram Sabha can remove the members of the panchayat for any wrongs committed by them.
7. Who is responsible to organise the Gram Sabha meetings?
Ans: The Secretary of the Gram Sabha.
8. What was Panchayat in centuries ago.
Ans: From centuries ago people started a system of selecting their own headman. They adopted a system of selecting five people as the head of the group. This was called the panchayat.
9. Who took decisions on all community matters regarding development and justice?
Ans: The panchayat.
10. Write about modern panchayati system.
Ans: In modern times the government of India decided that the local people are the best judges for local issues. So they formalised the system of panchayats. There could be 7 - 17 panchas depending on the number of people in an area under one panchayat.
a) The state election commission conducts elections for the Panchayats.
b) The panchas are elected for a tenure of five years.
c) Any person above the age of 21 is eligible to stand for election to the post of pancha.
d) Some seats are reserved for women and people from the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes.
e) One person can be elected from one ward which has 500 adult voters.
f) The Gram Sabha also elects the sarpanch.
g) If any member of the panchayat needs to be replaced fresh elections are held for that vacancy.
11. What are the functions of the Panchayat?
Ans: The panchayat meets regularly to consider, plan and propose development projects for their area. The functions of the Panchayat are :
a)Supply of water for domestic use through development of wells, handpumps, water tanks, etc.
b) Construction and repairs of roads, drains, etc.
c) Maintaining sanitation.
d) Running the primary health centres and ensuring public health by inoculations, vaccination, etc.
e) Construction, repairing and maintaining public buildings and grazing lands.
f)Provision and maintenance of street lights on the roads and public places.
g) Maintain records of births, deaths and marriages in the villages.
h) Organising and controlling fairs, bazaars (public market).
i) Welfare of children, primary schools and public libraries.
j) Providing support and knowledge to farmers about new agriculture techniques.
k) Watch and ward duties.
l) Collection of taxes.
12. Mention the sources of income of the panchayat.
Ans: The sources of income of the panchayat are :
a) It imposes tax on houses and shops.
b) It collects tax from village markets and fairs.
c) It imposes fee on registration of purchase of land and animals.
d) Donation collections for community work.
e)Grants from the State Government.
f) It gets share of the total revenue collected from the village.
13. Can Gram Sabha remove any member of panchayat?
Ans: Yes , Gram Sabha can remove any member of panchayat.
14. Who records the proceedings of the Gram Sabha and the Gram Panchayat?
Ans: The secretary of the Gram Sabha.
15. Who is eligible to stand for the election of panchayat?
Ans: Any person above the age of 21 is eligible to stand for election of panchayat.
16. How many adult voters are there in a ward?
Ans: 500 adult voters are there in a ward.
17. How many percent of seats are reserved for women in panchayat?
Ans: 33 percent.
18. What are the roles of reservation policy of women in panchayat?
Ans: The reservation policy of women in panchayat has two roles:
a) To uplift women and ensure they get equal share in decision making.
b) To solve women and child related problems which were overlooked by the men.
19. What does Nyaya means?
Ans: Nyaya means justice.
20. How is the Nyaya panchayat formed?
Ans: The Nyaya panchayat is formed by the panchayat by electing people from the village.
21. What are the functions of Nyaya panchayat?
Ans: The Nyaya panchayat gives decisions on all minor cases coming up to them .
It has the judicial power. It decides minor cases related to land , thefts , property disputes , etc. within its area .
22. What is the second level of Panchayati Raj system?
Ans: The Block Samiti.
23. Who are the representatives of Block Samiti?
Ans: The Block Samiti has the following representatives.
a)The Sarpanchas of the Gram Panchayats.
b) Members of Parliament (MP), Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) and Members of the Legislative Council (MLC) who belong to that block. They have some nominated members of scheduled castes and scheduled tribes.
c)Block Development Officer or B.D.
24) What are the functions of the Block Samiti?
Ans: Block Samiti performs following functions:
a) It makes plans for the overall development of the entire block. It engages teams of experts and specialists in various fields like agriculture, veterinary sciences, health and education to help the people.
b) It supervises the functioning of the Village Panchayat.
c) It projects the requirement of funds to the state and central government for developmental activities.
d) It draws the attention of the state and central government towards major problems faced by the people of their block if they are unable to manage them.
25. What is the source of income of block samiti?
Ans: The block samities are funded by the government of the state.
26. What is the third level of Panchayati Raj system?
Ans: Zila Parishad.
27. Who are the members of Zila Parishad?
Ans: The Zila Parishad has following members:
a) Heads or pramukhs of the Block Samitis.
b) MPs and MLAs as well as MLCs from that district.
c) Chairperson of the municipal boards.
d) Representatives of scheduled castes and scheduled tribes.
The members elect a chairperson and a vicechairperson among themselves who presides over their meetings. The District Commissioner is the chief executive officer of the Zila Parishad.
28. What are the functions of the Zila Parishad?
Ans: The Zila Parishad is responsible for overall supervision of all works in the district.
a) It makes developmental plans for the district.
b) It informs and forwards its recommendations to the state government on all matters regarding development in the district.
c)It supervises and implements all projects funded by the state and central government.
d)It regulates fund allotments to the blocks.
29. What are Sources of Income of Zila Parishad?
Ans: The Zila Parishads are usually funded by the government of the state and also the revenues collected through local levies and taxes.
30. What are the different names used for Block Samiti in different states?
Ans: The different names used for Block Samiti in different states are - panchayat samiti, block samiti, khand samiti, kshetriya samiti, etc.
31. Choose the correct option:
1. Our country is divided into
i) 25 states and 7 union territories ii) 26 states and 6 union territories iii) 27 states and 7 union territories iv) 28 states and 9 union territories .
Ans: iv) 28 states and 9 union territories .
2. Ward consists of an area with
i) 500 people ii) 600 people iii) 700 people iv) 800 people
Ans: 500 people.
3. Panchayati Raj system has
i) two levels ii) three levels iii) four levels iv) five levels
Ans: ii) three levels .
4.The meeting of the Gram Sabha can be attended by
i) everyone of the village ii) everyone above 16 years of age
iii) everyone above 18 years of age iv) only men above 18 years of age.
Ans: iii) everyone above 18 years of age .
5. The secretary of the Gram Sabha is appointed by
i) Gram Panchayat ii) Block Samiti iii) State government
iv) Zila Parishad
Ans: iii) State government.
6. The secretary is responsible for calling the meeting of
i) Gram Sabha ii) Panchayat Samiti iii) Zila Parishad
iv) Gram Sabha and Gram Panchayat.
Ans: iv) Gram Sabha and Gram Panchayat.
7. Elections for the panchayats are conducted by
i) District commissioner ii) Chief Minister
iii) State Election Commission iv) none of these
Ans: iii) State Election Commission .
8. The age requirement to contest the election to the post of Panchas is
i) 18 years ii) 21 years iii) 25 years iv) 30 years
Ans: ii) 21 years .
9. The Sarpanch is elected by
i) Zila Parishad ii) Gram Sabha iii) Election Commission
iv) District Collector
Ans: ii) Gram Sabha .
10. Who keeps a check on the functioning of Panchayat?
i) Zila Parishad ii) Gram Sabha iii) District Magistrate
iv) Panchayat Samiti.
Ans: ii) Gram Sabha .
11. Chairperson of the municipal boards are members of
i) Village Panchayat ii) Block Samiti iii) Zila Parishad
iv) None of these.
Ans: iii) Zila Parishad .
32. Fill in the blanks.
1. The gram Sabha can remove the members of the panchayat for any wrongs done by them.
2. In the modern panchayati system, the number of panchas varies from 7 to 17.
3. Panchas are elected for a tenure of 5 years.
4. 33 percent of seats are reserved for women.
5. Block samiti is also known as panchayat samiti and khand samiti.
6. Zila parishad is the third level of Panchayati Raj system.
7. The District Commissioner is the chief executive officer of the Zila Parishad.
33. State whether true or false.
1. The government at the centre level can look after the requirements of every village.
Ans: False.
2. Panchayati Raj is the lowest level of the government.
Ans: True.
3. Each district has many blocks.
Ans: True.
4. Gram Panchayat does not get any grant from the government.
Ans: False.
5. Pramukhs of the Block Samitis are members of the Village Panchayat.
Ans: False.
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