Goyal Brothers Prakashan solutions for History and Civics [English] Class 9 ICSE chapter 2.5 - Local Self-Government: Urban Local Institutions [Latest edition]

By whom are the members of a City Corporation (Municipal Corporation) elected?

Who is elected head of a Municipal Corporation? OR Name the Presiding Officer of a Municipal Corporation.

Mention any two functions of the Mayor of a City Corporation.

Who is the Chief Executive (Administrative) Officer of a Municipal Corporation?

Mention one obligatory and one discretionary function of a Municipal Corporation (or a Municipality).

What is an important function of a Municipal Corporation (or a Municipality) in the field of education?

Name two local self-governing institutions in the urban areas.

Who is elected Head (or Presiding Officer) of a Municipality?

Mention any two limitations in efficient working of local self-governments.

In which urban area is a Notified Area Committee constituted? Why is it so called?

Name the local body (authority) in an area where the armed forces personnel are living.

Under whose administrative control does a Cantonment Board function?

By whom are the Cantonment Boards funded?

What is the main function of a Port Trust?

What is the main function of an Improvement Trust?

Mention any two defects in the working of a local self­ government institutions.

With regard to the Municipal Corporation answer the following question:
What is meant by the Municipal Corporation?

With regard to the Municipal Corporation answer the following question:
What are the functions of a Mayor of a Corporation?

Describe the functions of a Municipal Corporation regarding:
Public Health and Sanitation.

Describe the functions of a Municipal Corporation regarding:
Electricity and Water Supply.

Describe the functions of a Municipal Corporation regarding:
Education and Sports.

Describe the functions of a Municipal Corporation regarding:
Public Works.

Describe the functions of a Municipal Corporation regarding:
Record of Births and Deaths.

Describe the Discretionary Functions of a Municipal Corporation.

With regard to a Municipality (Municipal Committee) answer the following question:
What is meant by a Municipal Committee?

With regard to a Municipality (Municipal Committee) answer the following question:
What are the three Discretionary functions of a Municipal Committee?

With regard to a Municipality (Municipal Committee) answer the following question:
What are the three Obligatory functions of a Municipal Committee?

With regard to the composition of a Municipality(Municipal Committee), answer the following question:
How are the members of a Municipality elected?

With regard to the composition of a Municipality(Municipal Committee), answer the following question:
Who can be elected as Members of the Board (Council)?

With regard to the composition of a Municipality(Municipal Committee), answer the following question:
Who presides over the meeting of a Municipal Board and what are his powers and responsibilities?

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?

Although a legal framework for delegating Power to the People has been established, it is yet to be given an iron content. Explain briefly the limitations inefficient working of local self-governments under the following headline:
Unethical means adopted in elections

Although a legal framework for delegating Power to the People has been established, it is yet to be given an iron content. Explain briefly the limitations inefficient working of local self-governments under the following headline:
Low rate of Literacy

Although a legal framework for delegating Power to the People has been established, it is yet to be given an iron content. Explain briefly the limitations inefficient working of local self-governments under the following headline:
Suppressed position of rural women

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

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.

Describe the shortcomings (limitations inefficient working) of the Panchayati Raj System with reference to the following:
Unethical Means adopted in elections

Describe the shortcomings (limitations inefficient working) of the Panchayati Raj System with reference to the following:
Poverty and Illiteracy in the country

Describe the shortcomings (limitations inefficient working) of the Panchayati Raj System with reference to the following:
Communal trends in voting.

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  of a Municipality, answer the following question:
What are the functions of a Municipal Committee?

With regard to the  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.