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