Local Government: Panchayats and Municipalities: UPSC Previous Year Questions (Polity)
2 previous year UPSC Prelims questions on Local Government: Panchayats and Municipalities (Polity). Choose an option to see the answer and explanation.
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UPSC 2016Polity · Local Government: Panchayats and Municipalities
Q1. Consider the following statements: 1. The minimum age prescribed for any person to be a member of Panchayat is 25 years. 2. A Panchayat reconstituted after premature dissolution continues only for the remainder period. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Explanation
Statement 1 is incorrect: Part IX of the Constitution deals with the Panchayati Raj System in India. The Panchayati Raj was constitutionalized in India through the 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act of 1992. As per the act, no person shall be disqualified on the ground that he is less than 25 years of ageif he has attained the age of 21 years. Therefore the minimum age is 21. The minimum age that a person should have to contest an election is 21 years.
Statement 2 is correct: Panchayat reconstituted after premature dissolution does not enjoy the full period of five years but remains in office only for the remaining period.
UPSC 2016Polity · Local Government: Panchayats and Municipalities
Q2. With reference to the ‘Gram Nyayalaya Act’, which of the following statements is/are correct? 1. As per the Act, Gram Nyayalayas can hear only civil cases and not criminal cases. 2. The Act allows local social activists as mediators/re-conciliators. Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Explanation
Statement 1 is incorrect: The Gram Nyayalayas Act, 2008 was enacted to establish Gram Nyayalayas at the grassroots level, ensuring access to justice at citizens’ doorsteps and preventing denial of justice due to social, economic, or other barriers. The Gram Nyayalaya shall be a mobile court and shall exercise the powers of both Criminal and Civil Courts. The Gram Nyayalaya shall follow summary procedure in criminal trial.
Statement 2 is correct: The Court shall try to settle disputes via conciliation between the parties and the court can make use of the conciliators(social workers) to be appointed for this purpose.
Exam tip:
For S1, Ask yourself: If the rural population is to get complete justice, should the court handle only civil cases? Aren’t criminal issues (like petty theft, assault, domestic disputes) also common in villages? So logically, limiting Gram Nyayalayas to civil cases defeats their very purpose. Hence likely false. S2 is positive, general, logical and can be corrected by common observation.
Answer key for these questions
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UPSC year
Correct answer
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2016
(b) 2 only
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2016
(b) 2 only
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This page covers 2 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.
