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(1) Which of the following Amendment Act of the Constitution added provisions regarding Muncipalities?
[A] The Constitution ( Seventy-second Amendment ) Act, 1992
[B] The Constitution ( Seventy-Third Amendment ) Act, 1993
[C] The Constitution ( Seventy-Fourth Amendment ) Act, 1993
[D] The Constitution ( Seventy-Sixth Amendment ) Act, 1994
Answer: The Constitution ( Seventy-Fourth Amendment ) Act, 1993
(2) Which of the following Articles contains provisions regarding Muncipalities?
[A] 243 to 243L
[B] 243B to 243M
[C] 243P to 243ZG
[D] 243S to 243ZA
Answer: 243P to 243ZG

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(3) Which of the following part of the constitution contains provisions regarding Muncipalities?
[A] Part XII
[B] Part IXA
[C] Part X
[D] Part XI
Answer: Part IXA
(4) Which of the following Article of the Constitution dealt with the establishment of the Nagar Panchayats, Municipal Councils and Municipal Corporations?
[A] Article 243Q
[B] Article 243R
[C] Article 243S
[D] Article 243T
Answer: Article 243Q
(5) Which of the following Article of the Constitution dealt with the reservation of seats to SCs and STs?
[A] Article 243R
[B] Article 243S
[C] Article 243T
[D] Article 243U
Answer: Article 243T
(6) Financial securities issued by the local and state governments are classified as
[A] municipal bonds
[B] reserve bonds
[C] state bonds
[D] federal bonds
Answer: municipal bonds
(7) Municipal bonds are the securities issued by local and state
[A] schools
[B] governments
[C] city and country
[D] all of the above
Answer: all of the above
(8) Marginal income tax rate is 35% and before tax rate of return is 12.5% then the after tax rate of return is
[A] 0.0613
[B] 0.0713
[C] 0.08125
[D] 0.0913
Answer: 0.08125
(9) For a taxable security, the tax exempted interest rate on municipal bonds used to determine the
[A] tax equivalent rate of return
[B] local rate of return
[C] withholding tax rate
[D] general sales tax rate
Answer: tax equivalent rate of return
(10) Municipal bonds are more considerable to
[A] full price investors
[B] household investors
[C] corporation investors
[D] clean price investors
Answer: household investors
(11) Which of the following Article deals with the National Commission for Scheduled Castes ?
[A] Article-336
[B] Article-337
[C] Article-338
[D] Article-339
Answer: Article-336
(12) For Election of Members to Lok Sabha and Legislative Assembly, electoral constituencies comprise wholly or partly of which area ?
[A] A Transitional area
[B] Municipal area
[C] Legislative Council
[D] None of the above
Answer: Municipal area
(13) The three-tier system of Panchayati Raj was initially recommended by :
[A] Balwant Raj Mehta Committee
[B] Ashok Mehta Committee
[C] LM Singhvi Committee
[D] GVK Rao Committee
Answer: Balwant Raj Mehta Committee
(14) Provisions regarding Municipalities and Panchayats was made in the India Constitution in which year ?
[A] 1991
[B] 1993
[C] 1995
[D] 2000
Answer: 1993
(15) A Municipal Council is situated in the area which :
[A] larger urban area
[B] urban area
[C] smaller urban area
[D] None of the above
Answer: smaller urban area
(16) Town Area Committee is constituted and governed by :
[A] Governor
[B] Municipal Council
[C] State Legislature
[D] District Board
Answer: State Legislature
(17) A Panchayat Samiti at the block level is :
[A] an advisory body
[B] an administrative body
[C] a consultant committee
[D] a supervisory authority
Answer: an administrative body
(18) Where ward committees are found ?
[A] Gram Sabha
[B] Gram Panchayat
[C] Municipalities
[D] None of the above
Answer: Municipalities
(19) The Panchayati Raj is based on the Principle of :
[A] de centralisation
[B] devolution
[C] democratic de-concentration
[D] democratic decentralization
Answer: democratic decentralization
(20) Which of the following are functional items in the Twelfth Schedule of the Constitution?

1) Roads and bridges.

2) Urban forestry.

3) Urban poverty alleviation.

4) Non-conventional energy sources.

5) Regulation of land use.

[A] 1, 2, 5
[B] 1, 2, 3, 5
[C] 2, 3, 4
[D] 1, 3
Answer: 1, 2, 3, 5

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