1 previous year UPSC Prelims question on Local Government: Panchayats and Municipalities (Polity). Choose an option to see the answer and explanation.
Explanations state facts as of the year each question was asked; words like “recently” refer to that year.
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Option (a) is correct: Panchayat Raj was first introduced in India in October 1959 in the state of Rajasthan. The state took the lead in implementing the Panchayat Raj system with the implementation of the Panchayati Raj Act in Nagaur district of Rajasthan. This was the beginning of decentralized governance in rural India, aimed at promoting grassroots democracy.
| Q | UPSC year | Correct answer |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1998 | (a) Rajasthan |
This page covers 1 previous year UPSC Prelims GS Paper-I questions on Local Government: Panchayats and Municipalities (Polity), asked from 1996 to 2025. Each has the correct answer and an explanation.
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Questions on Local Government: Panchayats and Municipalities (Polity) are available for 16 years, from 1996 to 2025. Use the Year filter to practise a single paper.
