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What share of seats in every Panchayat body is reserved for women?Read the answer and worked solution →A Sarpanch seat is reserved for both a woman and a Scheduled Caste member. Is this allowed?Read the answer and worked solution →How many subjects were listed in the Eleventh Schedule for transfer to Panchayats?Read the answer and worked solution →Which article empowers a State legislature to give Panchayats powers over Eleventh Schedule matters?Read the answer and worked solution →In 1996 a separate Act extended Panchayats to Adivasi areas with extra powers for the Gram Sabha. Why?Read the answer and worked solution →Who conducts elections to Panchayati Raj institutions in a State?Read the answer and worked solution →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 →

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What share of seats in every Panchayat body is reserved for women?

  1. One third
  2. One half
  3. One fourth
  4. One tenth
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Correct answer: A. One third

1. One third of positions go to women. 2. This includes chairperson posts. 3. It applies within SC and ST seats too. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Indian Constitution at Work, Chapter 8, Local Governments._

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A Sarpanch seat is reserved for both a woman and a Scheduled Caste member. Is this allowed?

  1. Only in the tribal areas
  2. Yes, both can apply at once
  3. No, only one reservation
  4. Only in the urban bodies
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Correct answer: B. Yes, both can apply at once

1. Women's reservation runs within SC and ST seats. 2. So a seat may be reserved for a Dalit woman. 3. Chairperson posts are covered too. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Indian Constitution at Work, Chapter 8, Local Governments._

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How many subjects were listed in the Eleventh Schedule for transfer to Panchayats?

  1. 12
  2. 42
  3. 29
  4. 18
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Correct answer: C. 29

1. Twenty-nine State List subjects were identified. 2. They are in the Eleventh Schedule. 3. States decide how many to actually transfer. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Indian Constitution at Work, Chapter 8, Local Governments._

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