Morning Star solutions for Total History and Civics [English] Class 9 chapter 19 - Local Self-Government: Urban [Latest edition]

Define the term Urban area.

Mention any two salient features of the Constitution (74th Amendment Act), 1992.

How is a Municipal Corporation set up?

Who is known as Mayor? State one of his most important functions?

Who is the Municipal Commissioner? How is he appointed?

Name one compulsory and one optional function of the Municipal Corporation

What is known as Municipal Committee? Who is its head?

Who is the Chief Executive Officer of a Municipal Committee?

Give two points of difference between a Municipal Committee and a Municipal Corporation.

State one important function of a Municipal Committee.

Name the self-government body in an area having military establishment.

What is the minimum age to be eligible to stand for Municipal Elections?

Give one point of difference between a Town area Committee and the Notified Area Committee

Where can you find a Cantonment Board? How is a Cantonment Board set llP?

What is known as Improvement Trust?

What are the functions of the Improvement Trust?

Differentiate between Local Self-Government and Local Government.

Mention any two advantages of Local Self-Government.

What is meant by Three-tier system of Panchayati Raj?

Name any two institutions of Local Self-Government in rural areas.

Explain the term ‘Gram Sabha’.

Mention any two functions of a Gram Sabha.

Who elects the members of a Gram Panchayat?

What is the Head of a Village Panchayat called?

Name any two ex-officio members of a Gram Panchayat.

Mention any two Civic and Welfare functions of a Gram Panchayat

Mention any two Developmental functions of a Gram Panchayat.

Mention any two Regulatory or General Administrative functions of a Village Panchayat.

What is the function of a Nyaya Panchayat?

Mention any two sources of income of a Gram Panchayat.

Name the intermediate level institution of the Panchayati Raj.

Who are the ex-officio members of a Panchayat Samiti?

Mention any two Civic and Development functions of a Panchayat Samiti.

Mention any two Supervisory functions of a Panchayat Samiti.

Give two sources of income of a Panchayat Samiti.

Name the highest organ of the Panchayati Raj institutions at the district level.

Mention any two Civic and Welfare functions of a Zila Parishad.

Mention any two Supervisory functions of a Zila Parishad.

Give two sources of income of a Zila Parishad.

With reference to Municipal Corporation, answer the following question:

State its composition.

With reference to Municipal Corporation, answer the following question:

State the functions of the Mayor.

With reference to Municipal Corporation, answer the following question:

State the functions of the Corporation.

Give the role of the following in Municipal Corporation:

General Council of the Corporation 

Give the role of the following in the Municipal Corporation.

Standing Committees.

Give the role of the following in the Municipal Corporation.

Municipal Commissioner.

With regard to the working of a Municipal Corporation answer the following question.

Giving examples, state how are compulsory functions distinguished from optional functions.

With regard to the working of a Municipal Corporation answer the following question:

What organizational system exists for carrying out these functions?

With regards to the municipal corporation:

Distinguish between Municipal Corporation and Municipal Committee.

With regards to the municipal corporation:

Describe the three wings of the Municipal Committee.

Give a brief account of the following local self­ government bodies:

Town Area Committee.

Give a brief account of the following local self­ government bodies:

Notified Area Committee.

Give a brief account of the following local self­ government bodies:

Cantonment Board.

With regard to the functions and sources of income of a Municipality, answer the following question;

What are the functions of a Municipal Committee?

With regard to the functions and sources of income of a Municipality, answer the following question:

What are the sources of income of a Municipality?

There are many defects in the working of local self ­government institutions. Analyse them under the following headline:

Role of Money in Elections

There are many defects in the working of local self ­government institutions. Analyse them under the following headline:

Paucity of funds.