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Punjab Municipal Corporation Act, 1976 MCQ ((For Department Of Local Government, Exam))
1. The object of the Act is:
(a) To provide law
(b) To consolidate and amend law relating to Municipalities in the State of Punjab
(c) To guide the people of the subject of Municipal Laws
(d) All of the above
2. Municipal Committee is defined in:
(a) Section 430
(b) Section 429
(c) Section 432
(d) Section 428
3. Municipal Committee means:
(a) A Municipal Committee
(b) A Municipal Council
(c) A Committee constituted or deemed to have been constituted by or under the Act
(d) All of the above
5. Director means:
(a) The Director
(b) The Director of Local Bodies
(c) The Director of Municipalities
(d) The Director of Sanitation
6. The Director is appointed by________
(a) Financial Commissioner
(b) Secretary
(c) Government
(d) Chief Minister
7. State Finance Commission means:
(a) Commission established
(b) Constituted by state Government
(c) Constituted under Article 243 I and 243Y of the Constitution of India
(d) Both (b) and (c)
8. Municipal Area means:
(a) An area covered by Committee
(b) The Territorial area of a Municipality
(c) Such area notified by the State Government
(d) Both (b) and (c)

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9. District Planning Committee means:

(a) A Committee so constituted
(b) Committee constituted under Article 243 ZD of the Constitution of India
(c) A Committee constituted under section 103-A of the Act
(d) All of the above.
10. Municipality means:
(a) an institution of self government constituted under Article 2430 of the Constitution of India
(b) Municipal Committee
(c) Municipal Council or Municipal Corporation
(d) All of the above
11. State Election Commission Constituted by:
(a) Centre Government
(b) State Government
(c) President of India
(d) Governor of India
12. State Election Commission is constituted under Article
(a) 243K of the Constitution of India
(b) 243 2A of the Constitution of India
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of the above
13. Wards Committee is defined in Section:
(a) Section 40
(b) Section 41
(c) Section 42-A
(d) Section 42-B
14. Military Cantonment is:
(a) A part of Municipality
(b) No it shall not form part of Municipality
(c) Either (a) or (b)
(d) None of the above
15. ______may, by notification, propose any local area to be a municipality under the Act.
(a) Chief Minister
(b) State Government
(c) Secretary, Local Bodies
(d) Director, Local Bodies.
16. The objection be submitted:
(a) Orally
(b) In writing only
(c) Either orally or in writing
(d) All of the above

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17. The Electoral rolls are prepared by:

(a) State Government
(b) State Election Commission
(c) Returning Officer
(d) Chief Electoral Officer
18. The State Election Commission shall have the:
(a) Superintendence
(b) Direction
(c) Control of the preparation of electoral rolls
(d) All of the above
19. The power to abolish municipality is vested with:
(a) President
(b) State Government
(c) Director
(d) Secretary.
20. Each Municipal area is divided into:
(a) Wards (b) Sabha
(c) Constituency (d) All of the above
21. The seats shall be reserved for the Scheduled Castes in every Municipality
(a) True
(b) False
22. The number of seats reserved for Scheduled Castes shall be as nearly as may be the same proportion to
the total number of seats to be filed by direct election in a municipality as the population of Scheduled
Castes in the municipal area bears to the total population of that area and such seats may be allotted to such
wards having maximum population of persons belonging to scheduled castes:
(a) True (b) False
(c) Wrong (d) In correct
23. The seats reserved for Scheduled Castes women:
(a) 1/3rd of the total seats reserved for Scheduled Castes
(b) 1/2nd of the total seats
(c) 1/4th of the total seats of the Scheduled Castes
(d) None of the above
24. How much reservation is for the woman in the direct election of the municipality:
(a) 2/3rd
(b) 1/3rd
(c) 1/3 of the total seats including the 1/3rd reserved for Scheduled Castes women
(d) All of the above

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25. How many seats are reserved for the Backward Classes:
(a) One (b) Two
(c) Three (d) Four
26. The duration of Municipality is:
(a) Five years from the date of election
(b) Five years
(c) Five years from the date appointed for its first meeting
(d) All of the above
27. Can the Municipality be dissolved during its tenure:
(a) Yes
(b) No
(c) Yes, but after affording an opportunity of hearing
(d) None
28. Who can remove an elected member of the Municipality:
(a) Deputy Commissioner
(b) Commissioner
(c) Executive Officer
(d) State Government
28. The member may be removed if____
(a) He refuses to act, in capable of acting as member
(b) Declared bankrupt or insolvent by a competent court
(c) Convicted of any such offence
(d) All of the above.
29. The office of the President is vacated during his tenure on account of______
(a) Death
(b) Resignation
(c) No confidence motion passed
(d) All of the above
30. The District Planning Committee is constituted by_______
(a) Deputy Commissioner
(b) State Government
(c) Director
(d) President
31. The State Government may dissolve the committee in case of_____
(a) Incompetence
(b) Persistent default
(c) Abuse of power
(d) All of the above

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32. Municipal services are contributed at

(a) State level only
(b) district level only
(c) both at state & district level
(d) all of the above
33. Who is to entrust the power & function to the municipalities
(a) State Government
(b) Commissioner
(c) General house
(d) President
34. State Finance commission is constituted by the
(a) Central Government
(b) State Government
(c) Chief Minister
(d) Minister of local bodies
35. The Finance commission is constituted under article.. of the constitution of India.
(a) 243
(b) 243 (I)
(c) 244 (I)
(d) 246 (I)
36. The preparation of assessment list under
(a) section 73
(b) section 173
(c) section 104
(d) section 96
37 A Municipal Corporation is set up in a city with a population of not less than:
(a) 1 Lakh
(b) 12 Lakh
(c) 10 Lakh
(d) 5 Lakh
38. Who is the executive head of a Municipal Corporation?
a) Mayor
b) Commissioner
c) Deputy Mayor
d) Secretary
39. Who is the chief executive officer of a Municipal Corporation?
(a) Mayor
(b) Commissioner
(c) Deputy Mayor
(d) Secretary

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40. The Mayor to the Municipal Corporation is elected by:

(a) all the elected representatives of the Corporation
(b) elected Councilors from amongst themselves
(c) the voters of all the constituencies in the city directly
d) elected representatives of the Corporation and the elected members of State Legislative Assemblies
41. The levying of which one of the following taxes is outside the jurisdiction of Municipal Corporation?
(a) Property Tax
(b) Income Tax
(c) Profession Tax
(d) Education Tax
42. The Municipalities get their grants from the
(a) Consolidated fund of India
(b) Consolidated fund of the state
(c) Contingency fund of India
(d) Contingency fund

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