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How often must a State appoint a State Finance Commission?Read the answer and worked solution →A town has 6,000 people, mostly in non-farm jobs, and dense housing. What minimum population makes an area urban for the Census?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the 73rd rulesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the Panchayat tiersRead the answer and worked solution →Run the local numbersRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the local bodiesRead the answer and worked solution →Rural or urbanRead the answer and worked solution →Which tierRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Local government bingoRead the answer and worked solution →A student notes the Soviet Union rewrote its constitution four times in 74 years. On what date was India's adopted?Read the answer and worked solution →The Constitution of the United States is over 200 years old. How many times has it been amended?Read the answer and worked solution →Which article lays down the procedure for amending most of the Constitution?Read the answer and worked solution →An amendment bill passed by both Houses reaches the President. Can the President return it?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the first condition of the special majority needed for a constitutional amendment?Read the answer and worked solution →The Lok Sabha has 545 members. What is the minimum support an amendment needs there?Read the answer and worked solution →The two Houses disagree on an amendment bill. Can a joint session settle it?Read the answer and worked solution →For amendments needing State consent, what majority must a State legislature give?Read the answer and worked solution →By 12 January 2019, how many times had the Constitution been amended in 69 years?Read the answer and worked solution →Ten amendments were passed in just three years during the Congress dominance era. Which years?Read the answer and worked solution →The 15th Amendment raised the retirement age of High Court judges from 60 to what?Read the answer and worked solution →Which amendment lowered the voting age from 21 to 18?Read the answer and worked solution →In which country can the people themselves initiate a constitutional amendment?Read the answer and worked solution →Which three amendments, passed during the 1975 Emergency, are considered the most controversial?Read the answer and worked solution →The 42nd Amendment extended the Lok Sabha term from five years to what?Read the answer and worked solution →Fundamental Duties were added to the Constitution by which amendment?Read the answer and worked solution →Which amendments cancelled most of the changes made by the 38th, 39th and 42nd?Read the answer and worked solution →Who is the final authority on whether an amendment violates the basic structure?Read the answer and worked solution →Is the basic structure doctrine written in the Constitution?Read the answer and worked solution →In 2000 a commission reviewed the working of the Constitution. Who chaired it?Read the answer and worked solution →

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How often must a State appoint a State Finance Commission?

  1. Once in ten years
  2. Only once ever
  3. Once in five years
  4. Every single year
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Correct answer: C. Once in five years

1. The State Finance Commission reviews local finances. 2. It is appointed once in five years. 3. It keeps fund allocation from being political. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Indian Constitution at Work, Chapter 8, Local Governments._

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A town has 6,000 people, mostly in non-farm jobs, and dense housing. What minimum population makes an area urban for the Census?

  1. 1,000
  2. 10,000
  3. 50,000
  4. 5,000
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Correct answer: D. 5,000

1. The Census needs at least 5,000 people. 2. 75 per cent of male workers must be non-agricultural. 3. Density must be at least 400 per sq km. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Indian Constitution at Work, Chapter 8, Local Governments._

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Catch the 73rd rules

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Items
  1. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    5 year term
  2. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    1/3 seats women
  3. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Polls in 6 mths
  4. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Gram Sabha must
  5. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    29 subjects
  6. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    State Elec Com
  7. Matches the category
    No
    Item
    10 year term
  8. Matches the category
    No
    Item
    No women seats
  9. Matches the category
    No
    Item
    Collector rules
  10. Matches the category
    No
    Item
    ECI runs polls
Category
73rd Amendment
Instructions
Catch the true rules from the 73rd Amendment. Let the false ones fall.
_Source: syllabus Political Science, Indian Constitution at Work, Chapter 8, Local Governments._

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