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Which of these is a civic function of a municipal corporation?Read the answer and worked solution →What is a municipal corporation called in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar?Read the answer and worked solution →Which phrase describes the idea of 'unity in diversity'?Read the answer and worked solution →The saying 'Ekam Sat Vipra Bahudha Vadanti' comes from which text?Read the answer and worked solution →What does 'Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam' mean?Read the answer and worked solution →In which work did Jawaharlal Nehru write at length on India's unity in diversity?Read the answer and worked solution →Whom did Nehru name as two extreme examples of India's diversity?Read the answer and worked solution →Which two virtues did Vivekananda say India taught the world?Read the answer and worked solution →Which language family is spoken by about 78 percent of Indians?Read the answer and worked solution →How many languages does the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution list?Read the answer and worked solution →What does the Constitution say about a national language?Read the answer and worked solution →Article 343 makes which language official for the Union?Read the answer and worked solution →Which 1963 law allowed English to continue alongside Hindi for official purposes?Read the answer and worked solution →Which language was NOT given the status of classical language by the Government of India?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the chronological order of India's three contact languages?Read the answer and worked solution →Which language was the sole official language of Jammu and Kashmir until 2020?Read the answer and worked solution →The term panchayati raj literally refers to a council of how many officials?Read the answer and worked solution →Which body forms the block-level tier of the three-tier panchayat system?Read the answer and worked solution →How many levels of panchayats exist in a state with fewer than two million people?Read the answer and worked solution →After how many years are elections to panchayats at all levels held?Read the answer and worked solution →By law, at least what share of panchayat seats must be reserved for women?Read the answer and worked solution →Some states have raised the minimum share of panchayat seats for women to what level?Read the answer and worked solution →The date chosen for inaugurating the Nagaur panchayat in 1959 honoured whose birthday?Read the answer and worked solution →Who inaugurated the panchayat system at Nagaur in Rajasthan in October 1959?Read the answer and worked solution →Gandhi's vision of Gram Swaraj imagined villages that would be responsible for what?Read the answer and worked solution →In which year was the Balwant Rai Mehta Committee appointed?Read the answer and worked solution →On which date did the 73rd Amendment Act come into force?Read the answer and worked solution →What did the 73rd Amendment give to Panchayati Raj institutions?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these states does not have the panchayati raj system?Read the answer and worked solution →Panchayati raj is said to trace its origins to which period?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Which of these is a civic function of a municipal corporation?

  1. Issuing currency
  2. Fire services
  3. Defending borders
  4. Foreign trade
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Correct answer: B. Fire services

1. Fire services appear in the Twelfth Schedule functions. 2. Currency, border defence and foreign trade are Union subjects. 3. Corporations deal with local civic needs such as water and sanitation. _Source: Wikipedia, Municipal corporation (India), Functions of municipal corporations_

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What is a municipal corporation called in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar?

  1. Mahanagar Palika
  2. Nagar Nigam
  3. Pouro Nigom
  4. Maanagaraatchi
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Correct answer: B. Nagar Nigam

1. In Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and several other states it is called Nagar Nigam. 2. Mahanagar Palika is used in Goa, Gujarat and Maharashtra. 3. Pouro Nigom is an Assam name. _Source: Wikipedia, Municipal corporation (India), Other names for municipal corporations_

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Which phrase describes the idea of 'unity in diversity'?

  1. Unity through uniformity
  2. Diversity without any unity
  3. Unity without uniformity
  4. Tolerance of one culture
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Correct answer: C. Unity without uniformity

1. Unity in diversity means unity without uniformity and diversity without fragmentation. 2. It values differences instead of removing them. 3. It goes beyond mere tolerance to seeing that difference enriches interaction. _Source: Wikipedia, Unity in diversity, Lead section_

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