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1 Panchayat Secretary Special Panchayat Raj Institutions 1. Major levels or tiers of Panchayat Raj include. (Gram Panchayat, Block Panchayat and District Panchayat) 2. Sources of income of village Panchayat include. (Share in land revenue, local tax, revenue earned from the settlement of shops, fines and penalties, fees for providing amenities, cess, tolls, house taxes etc.) 3. The strategy designed to improve the economic and social life of rural poor is. (Rural Development) 4. The main objective of rural development programme is. (To raise economic and social conditions of rural people) 5. The people with common interests living in a particular area are known as. (Community) 6. A group of people with a common characteristic or interest living together within a larger society is known as. (Community) 7. National extension programme was started by Government of India in. (1953) 8. Sriniketan project was started by. (Rabindra Nath Tagore)

2 9. The programme started by FL Brayne in (Gurgaon Experiment) 10. Sarvodaya Programme was started by. (Vinoba Bhave (in ) 11. Panchayat raj system was recommended by committee headed by. (Balwant Rai Mehta) 12. The primary unit of Panchayat Raj Institutions is. (Gram Panchayat) 13. Block Development Officer works at which level. (Taluka Or Block level) 14. ICDP is related to. (Cattle development) 15. Panchayat Raj was tried for the first time by the state of Madras as a pilot project in. (1957) 16. Gram Panchayat has tenure of. (5 years) 17. The word democracy derived from. ( Demo and Cracy ) 18. CAPART is. (Council for Advancement of Rural Technology) 19. The main objective of CAPART is. (To act as a catalyst for the development of technology appropriate for rural areas) 20. ATMA refers as. (Agricultural Technology Management Agency) 21. Meaning of BPL in the context of rural development is. (Below Poverty Line)

3 22. are the factors influencing the democracy. (Religion, Population, Development, Region and Education) 23. Grow More campaign was started in the year. (1951) 24. Which states were identified under 6 th Scheduled Areas. (Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Tripura) 25. Devolution Index was developed by. (National Council for Applied Economic Research) 26. was the chairman of the first state finance commission of Andhra Pradesh. (M. V. Lakshmana Rao) 27. Panchayat Raj system was first introduced in. (Rajasthan) 28. In, a district of Rajasthan Panchayat Raj system was first introduced. (Nagaur) 29. Calcutta Municipal Corporation was set up in. (1876) 30. State Finance Commission will be appointed for every. (5 Years) 31. Number of states identified under 5 th Scheduled Areas. (Nine) 32. Committee has recommended for setting up of District Development Boards under the chairmanship of Collector. (M.T. Raju) 33. Hyderabad Town Hall was set up in. (1913)

4 34. Balwant Rai Mehta Committee appointed by Government of India in. (January 1957) 35. Balwant Rai Mehta Committee was asked to examine. (The Working of Community Development Programme and National Extension Service) 36. The major recommendation of Balwant Rai Mehta committee is. (Establishment of 3-tier Panchayat Raj system) 37. The constitutional Act (73 rd Amendment) 1992 came into force on. (24 th April 1993) 38. Backward regions Grant Fund aim at. (Reducing development deficits of the country) 39. The main aim of Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Yojana is. (Capacity building and training of the elected representatives of Panchayat Raj Institutions) 40. The projects sanctioned under Rural Business Hubs were. ( Metal works, carpets, embroidery, bio-fuels and horticulture products) 41. Rural Business Hubs aim at. (Assist the Panchayats to empower rural labour productivity by providing forward, backward linkages)

5 42. Panchayat Mahila Evam Yuva Shakti Abhiyan aims at. (Enabling women and youth Panchayat leaders to come together to articulate their problems as women Panchayat leaders) 43. Madras local Boards Act was passed in. (1920) 44. Madras Village Panchayat Act was brought into force in. (1950) 45. Madras District Boards Act was passed in. (1950) 46. Hyderabad Gram Panchayat Act was passed in. (1956) 47. Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Samithi and ZP Act was brought in. (1959) 48. Andhra Pradesh Gram Panchayat Act was brought into force in. (1964) 49. Andhra Pradesh MPP, ZPP, ZASM act was passed in. (1986) 50. Andhra Pradesh Panchayat raj Act was passed in. (1994) 51. Andhra Pradesh PESA Act has come into force in. (2005) 52. MR Pai committee on Panchayat Raj system was set up in. (1963) 53. Reconstitution of Panchayat Samithis was recommended by. (M.R. Pai Committee) 54. Committee recommended for the abolition of District Development Boards. (Jalagam Vengala Rao)

6 55. Committee recommended for Mahila Reservations in Panchayat Raj system. (C. Narasimham) 56. C. Narasimham committee on Panchayat raj system was set up in. (1971) 57. Constitutional status for Panchayat Raj Institutions was recommended by. (C. Narasimham Committee) 58. B.P.R. Vittal Committee on Panchayat Raj system was set up in. (1991) 59. The percentage of rural population in the total population of Andhra Pradesh according to 2011 census is. (66.5) 60. The Mandal Parishad allocates 15 per cent of its grants to. (Housing construction schemes) 61. Number of standing committees set up at Gram Panchayat level according to Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Raj Act are. (Six) 62. Major source of income for both Mandal Parishad and Zilla parishad is. (Grants) 63. Number of standing committees in Zilla Parishads is. (Seven) 64. Janmabhoomi programme was introduced in. (1997) 65. Number of items included in Twelfth schedule with respect to Municipalities. (18)

7 percent of reservations for women in Panchayat raj institutions were announced by Andhra Pradesh Government on. (November 25, 2011) 67. Marthandam Project was started by. (Spencer Hatch) 68. The Royal Commission on Decentralization was set up in. (1907) 69. Chairman of the Royal Commission on Decentralization is. (CEH Hobouse) 70. Commission has identified the importance of Panchayats at village level. (Royal Commission on Decentralization) 71. Montague-Chemsford Reforms (1919) brought local self government as a. (Provincial transferred subject) 72. Ashok Mehta committee on Panchayat raj Institutions was appointed by. (Janata Government) 73. Representation of SCs and STs in the election to Panchayat Raj Institutions on the basis of their population was recommended by. (Ashok Mehta Committee) 74. G.V.K. Rao committee on various aspects of Panchayat Raj Institutions was set up in. (1985)

8 75. PRIs at district level and below should be assigned the work of planning, implementation and monitoring of rural development programmes was recommended by. (G.V.K. Rao Committee) 76. is the base of a decentralized democracy. (Gram Sabha) 77. LM Singhvi committee on Panchayat raj system was appointed in. (1986) 78. Non-involvement of political parties in Panchayat elections was recommended by. (L.M. Singhvi) 79. Constitutional status to Panchayats was opposed by. (Sarkaria Commission) 80. introduced the 64th Constitutional Amendment Bill in (Rajiv Gandhi) 81. The first major development programme introduced in 1952 was. (Community Development Programme) 82. The main objective of community development programme was. (Overall development of rural areas and people s participation) -Dr. Tamma Koti Reddy, Economics Faculty.

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