Q1. With reference to the funds under Members of Parliament them with alternative sources of livelihood Local Area Development Scheme(MPLADS), which of (c) eradicate the practice of manual scavenging and rehabilitate the manual scavengers the following statements are correct?
Correct Answer: (d)
• 15 percent of MPLADS funds are to be utilized for occupied in hazardous occupations or processes. areas inhabited by SC population and 7.5 per cent for • Families of such children mentioned in the above points. areas inhabited by ST population. So, #2 is correct. b Gurupadaswamy Committee dealt with the issues of child eliminated. labour. • The funds released under the Scheme are non-
UPSC 2016-I
Q2. The nation-wide scheme of the National Child Labour 3. A highlight of the United Nations Convention against Projects (NCLP) is run by the Union Ministry of Social Transnational organized Crime (UNTOC) is the Justice and Empowerment. inclusion of a specific chapter aimed at returning 2. Gurupadswamy Committee dealt with the issues of child assets to their rightful owners from whom they had labour.
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UPSC 2009
Q3. In India, the first Municipal Corporation was set up in which (b) Two tier system of local self government at the village one among the following?
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UPSC 2004
Q4. To stabilize agricultural prices 3. Appropriations and disbursements under the Railway 2. To ensure meaningful real income level to the farmers Budget are subject to the same form of parliamentary 3. To protect the interest of the consumers by providing control as other appropriations and disbursements essential agricultural commodities at reasonable rates Which of the statements given above are c
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UPSC 2003
Q5. Which one of the following statements is NOT correct? Select the correct answer using the code given below.
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UPSC 2000
Q6. In the areas covered under the Panchayat (Extension to the agriculture, rural development, primary education and Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996, what is the role/power of Gram social forestry among other Sabha? [2012 - I] (b) Elections being made mandatory for all posts at the 1. Gram Sabha has the power to prevent alienation of time they are due land in the Scheduled Areas. (c) A statutory representa
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UPSC 1999
Q7. State Election Commissions to conduct all panchayat (a) Rajasthan (b) Tamil Nadu elections. (c) Kerala (d) Karnataka 3. Establishment of State Finance Commission. 4. In the new Panchayati Raj Bill enacted in 1993, there are Select the correct answer using the codes given below: several fresh provisions deviating from the past. Which (a) 1 only (b) 1 and 2 only one of the following is not one such
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UPSC 1999
Q8. Consider the following statements regarding the National (b) Tourism Human Rights Commission of India: (c) Science and Technology 1. Its Chairman must be a retired Chief Justice of India (d) Human Resource Development 2. It exists in each state as State Human Rights 23. Assertion (A) : The Central Rural Sanitation Programme Commission was launched in 1986 to improve the quality of life of rural 3.
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UPSC 1999
Q9. Which one of the following legislations does not deal with explanation of A. the protection of environment?
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UPSC 1996
Q10. Assam is not an independent tier in the federal system C. Tribal Councils 3. Mizoram (b) 30% of the seats in local bodies are reserved for women D. Absence of Village 4. Meghalaya (c) Local government finances are to be provided by a Panchayats Commission Codes : (d) Elections to local bodies are to be determined by a (a) A-2, B-1, C-4, D-3 (b) A-1, B-2, C-4, D-3 Commission (c) A-3, B-2, C-1, D-4