Panchayati Raj - Worksheets

 CBSE Worksheet 01

Ch-24 Panchayati Raj

  1. All the members of the Gram Sabha also elect a Sarpanch who is the Panchayat ________.
    1. Vice President
    2. Minister
    3. Prime-Minister
    4. President
  2. Who is responsible for calling the meeting of Gram Sabha?
    1. Secretary of Gram Sabha
    2. Panch of Gram Panchayat
    3. President of Gram Sabha
    4. None of these
  3. ________ is the third tier of the Panchayati Raj system.
    1. Zila Panchayat
    2. District Council
    3. Zila Parishad
    4. All of these
  4. Whose names should be included, in BPL families?
    1. Very poor person
    2. All of these
    3. Middle family person
    4. High-income group
  5. Village level local self-government is called________.
    1. Zila Parishad
    2. Gram Sabha
    3. Gram Panchayat
    4. None of these
  6. Match the following:
    Column AColumn B
    (i) It makes developmental plans at the district level.(a) Panchayati Raj
    (ii) It is the members of the Gram Sabha who elect them.(b) Gram Sabha
    (iii) It has all the adults who live in the area covered by a Panchayat.(c) Gram Panchayat
    (iv) System under people living in the villages.(d) Zila Parishad
  7. Fill in the blanks:
    1. Tijia was looking for some permanent solution to the problem of ________.
    2. Watershed management has ________ barren slope to a green ________.
    3. ________ is the President of the Gram Panchayat.
    4. Panchayati Raj has ________ tier system.
  8. State true or false:
    1. The work done by Gram Panchayat has to be approved by the State Government.
    2. Gram Panchayat collects local taxes.
    3. The Panchayat Samiti has many Gram Panchayats under it.
    4. The system under which all the people living in the villages are given the right of administration and development of villages is Panchayati Raj.
  9. Who prevents the Panchayat from misusing the village money?
  10. Write the different types of committees formed by Gram Sabha.
  11. Write a short note on the Gram Sabha.
  12. What Sarpanch do for the village?
  13. What are the three levels of Panchayats?
  14. What is the link between a Gram Sabha and a Gram Panchayat?

CBSE Worksheet 01
Ch-24 Panchayati Raj

Solution

  1. (d) President
    Explanation: All the members of the Gram Sabha also elect a Sarpanch who is the Panchayat President. The Ward Panchs and the Sarpanch form the Gram Panchayat. The Gram Panchayat is elected for five years.
  2. (a) Secretary of Gram Sabha
    Explanation: The Gram Panchayat and Gram Sabha have a common Secretary. He is a person whom the government appoints. Thus, he is not an elected person. The Secretary is responsible for calling the meeting of the Gram Sabha and Gram Panchayat. 
  3. (d) All of these
    Explanation: The Zila Panchayat or District Council or Zila Parishad or District Panchayat, is the third tier of the Panchayati Raj system.
  4. (a) Very poor person
    Explanation: ‘BPL’ stands for Below Poverty Line. It includes the name of a very poor person.
  5. (c) Gram Panchayat
    Explanation: Every village Panchayat is divided into wards, i.e. smaller areas. Each ward elects a representative who is known as the Ward Member (Panch). All the members of the Gram Sabha also elect a Sarpanch who is the Panchayat President. The Ward Panchs and the Sarpanch form the Gram Panchayat. The Gram Panchayat is elected for five years.
  6. (i) - (d), (ii) - (c), (iii) - (b), (iv) - (a).
    1. water shortages
    2. Transformed, meadow
    3. Sarpanch
    4. Three
    1. False. the work done by Gram Panchayat has to be approved by Gram Sabha.
    2. True
    3. True
    4. True
  9. Gram Sabha prevents the Panchayat from misusing the village money.
  10. Gram Sabha form committees like construction and development committees.
  11. The Gram Sabha is a meeting of all adults who live in the area covered by a Panchayat. This could be only one village or a few villages. In some states, a village meeting is held for each village. Anyone who is 18 years old or more and who has the right to vote is a member of the Gram Sabha.
  12. A Sarpanch or Pradhan is a decision-maker, elected by the village-level constitutional body of local self-government called the Gram Sabha in India. The Sarpanch together with other elected Panchayat members (referred to as commissioners or a Panch) constitutes the Gram Panchayat.
  13. The panchayats at the 3 levels are formed by members who are elected by the people. The levels of Panchayati Raj are as follows:
    1. Gram Panchayat or Village Level Panchayat.
    2. Panchayat Samiti or Janpad Panchayat or Block Level Panchayat.
    3. Zila Parishad or District Level Panchayat.
  14. A Gram Sabha consists of all adults living in an area covered by a Panchayat. Sarpanch, the Panchayat President, is elected by all the members of a Gram Sabha. The Gram Panchayat has a secretary who is also the secretary of Gram Sabha. The Secretary is not an elected authority but is appointed by the government. The secretary is the link between the Gram Panchayat and Gram Sabha. He is responsible for calling the meetings of Gram Sabha and Gram Panchayat. He is also the custodian of the records of the proceedings. Gram Sabha controls the functioning of the Gram Panchayat. All the points discussed above clearly states the base difference between a Gram Sabha and a Gram Panchayat.