NCERT Class 11 Political Science Chapter 8 Local Governments Test Mock Test
This free online test covers Chapter 8, Local Governments, from the NCERT Class 11 India Constitution at Work textbook. The 30 questions are written directly from the chapter — definitions, processes, worked examples and the points the book italicises — so a score here tells you how much of the chapter actually stuck, not how well you guess. Each answer carries an explanation that says why the right option is right and why the other three fail, which is where most of the learning happens. Attempt it after your first read of the chapter, then again before the exam. There is no negative marking, and you can review the full solution the moment you submit.
Duration
30 mins
Questions
30 MCQs
Total Marks
30 pts
Negative
0 per wrong
Topics Covered in This Paper
Sample Questions
Q1.In the Vengaivasal village case in Tamil Nadu, the Division Bench of the Madras High Court held that the government order allotting Panchayat land to government employees amounted to:
- ANot only an infringement of the powers of the Panchayats but a gross violation of the constitutional status of the Panchayats
- BA valid exercise of the Collector's power that needed no Panchayat consent
- CA dispute to be settled by the State Election Commissioner
- DA matter falling outside the jurisdiction of the courts altogether
Q2.In modern times elected local government bodies in India were first created after 1882 on the initiative of:
- AThe Indian National Congress, through a resolution urging the government to act
- BLord Rippon, then Viceroy of India, and they were called the local boards
- CMahatma Gandhi, as part of the movement for decentralisation
- DThe Government of India Act 1919, which established village panchayats
Q3.Mahatma Gandhi's argument for panchayats during the freedom movement was that:
- APanchayats should be given control over defence and foreign affairs
- BStrengthening village panchayats was a means of effective decentralisation of economic and political power, since all development initiatives must have local involvement to succeed
- CVillage panchayats should replace the State and central governments entirely
- DPanchayats should be nominated rather than elected so as to include village elders
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