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Pop the new StatesRead the answer and worked solution →Run the yearsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the articlesRead the answer and worked solution →Border or riverRead the answer and worked solution →Who fights whomRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Federalism bingoRead the answer and worked solution →A villager says her Gram Panchayat now has constitutional status. Since which year?Read the answer and worked solution →The word Panchayat comes from an assembly of how many persons?Read the answer and worked solution →Elected local boards were first created in India after 1882 by which Viceroy?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Act of the British period led to village panchayats being set up in many provinces?Read the answer and worked solution →Before 1992, where in the Constitution did local government appear?Read the answer and worked solution →Which 1952 programme first sought people's participation in local development?Read the answer and worked solution →Which States adopted elected local bodies around 1960, before most others?Read the answer and worked solution →In 1989 which committee recommended constitutional recognition for local bodies?Read the answer and worked solution →The 73rd Amendment deals with rural bodies. What does the 74th Amendment cover?Read the answer and worked solution →After the 73rd Amendment, how long did States get to bring their laws into line?Read the answer and worked solution →Which body sits at the apex of the three-tier Panchayati Raj structure, covering a whole district?Read the answer and worked solution →Smaller States may skip one tier of Panchayati Raj. Which one?Read the answer and worked solution →Every adult voter in a village is part of one body created by the 73rd Amendment. Which?Read the answer and worked solution →A State dissolves a Panchayat early. Within how long must fresh elections be held?Read the answer and worked solution →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 →

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Pop the new States

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Other terms
  1. Gujarat
  2. Haryana
  3. Karnataka
  4. Kerala
Matching terms
  1. Chhattisgarh
  2. Uttarakhand
  3. Jharkhand
  4. Telangana
Instructions
Pop the States created in 2000 or later.
_Source: syllabus Political Science, Indian Constitution at Work, Chapter 7, Federalism._

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Run the years

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Questions
  1. Correct
    1953
    Choices
    1. 1953
    2. 1963
    3. 1973
  2. Correct
    1960
    Choices
    1. 1950
    2. 1960
    3. 1970
  3. Correct
    1966
    Choices
    1. 1956
    2. 1960
    3. 1966
  4. Correct
    2000
    Choices
    1. 2000
    2. 2010
    3. 2014
  5. Correct
    2014
    Choices
    1. 2004
    2. 2014
    3. 2019
  6. Correct
    1988
    Choices
    1. 1978
    2. 1983
    3. 1988
Instructions
Pick the lane with the right year for each event.
_Source: syllabus Political Science, Indian Constitution at Work, Chapter 7, Federalism._

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Slice the articles

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Does not match the category
  1. Art 999
  2. Art 0
  3. Art 500
Matches the category
  1. Art 1
  2. Art 356
  3. Art 257
  4. Art 370
  5. Art 33
Instructions
Slice only the articles about centre-State relations named here.
_Source: syllabus Political Science, Indian Constitution at Work, Chapter 7, Federalism._

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