Functions of Panchayat

Q.

What can be done so that more non-farm production activities can be started in villages?

Q. There are 30 Zila Panchayats, 176 Taluk Panchayats, and more than 6022 Gram Panchayats in Karnataka.

What is the role of these Panchayats?

1. Development of human resources
2. Development of facilities related to agriculture
3. Identification of needy families and individuals so that they can benefit from government schemes
4. Increase of the demand for industrial products and services, thereby increasing the income of farmers

Q. What are the two housing programmes initiated by the government of India for poverty alleviation?

1. MGNREGA
2. Ambedkar–Valmiki Housing Programme
3. Public Distribution System

4. Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna

Q. What are the different non-agricultural activities in which women have been taking part actively to support rural development?

1. Horticulture
2. Dairy farming
3. Farming
4. Fishing

Q. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 guarantees __________ days of wage employment per year to rural households.

1. 360
2. 240
3. 120
4. 100

Q. Through the ____________________, the government targets poverty by ensuring that the poor can afford essential commodities.

1. Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana
2. Public Distribution System
3. Ambedkar Valmiki Housing Programme
4. Panchayat Raj

Q. Which scheme did the central government launch to provide affordable shelter to people migrating from villages to cities?

1. Ambedkar– Valmiki Housing Programme
2. Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana
3. Rajiv Awas Yojana
4. Indira Awas Yojana

Q. The Pradhan Mantri provides houses and shelter to poor and backward families in villages.

1. Housing Programme
2. Awas Yojana
3. Housing Guarantee
4. Food and Housing

Q. Which of the following facilities does the Panchayat Raj provide to ensure human resource development in villages?

1. Infrastructure
2. Healthcare
3. Education and training
4. Housing

Q. The government targets poverty through scheme, where essential commodities are distributed to poor families at a highly subsidised rate.

1. Food & Distribution
2. Public Distribution
3. Rural Distribution
4. Targeted Distribution

Q. Ramesh is a villager in Ambedkar village in Uttarakhand. He feels there should be street lights on the village roads.

What should Ramesh do?

1. Approach the Municipal Corporation of his village
2. Approach the Panchayat Raj of his village
3. Approach the villagers
4. Install street lights by himself

Q. I am a popular poverty alleviation programme initiated in 2005. I guarantee 100 days of wage employment per year to rural households. Who am I?

1. MGNREGA
2. SHGs
3. AVHP
4. PMAY

Q. The Panchayat Raj system is responsible for providing basic facilities like roads, and agricultural facilties like irrigation systems.

1. False
2. True

Q. For whose employment has the Panchayat Raj taken initiatives?

1. Craftsmen and artisans
2. Poultry farmers
3. Cottage industries
4. Transportation workers

Q. How can development of women be ensured in a rural economy?

1. By encouraging women's participation in employment
2. By providing education and skill training to women
3. By encouraging entrepreneurship through self-help groups
4. By paying more wages to women and men

Q. Sita, Gita, and Charu are excellent embroiderers and have been sewing for the past 10 years. They now want to expand their skill and generate employment in the village where they live. They have savings but require a loan.

How can the Panchayat Raj system help these three women?

1. Help them find someone who can easily get loan from banks
2. Help them in getting the required docuements for loan
3. Help them in forming a self-help group
4. Help them by giving them property as collateral for loan

Q. Match the following developmental initiates of the central government and Panchayat Raj with its objectives.

1. Empower women
2. Housing needs
3. Subsidised rates
4. Employment gurantee

Q. Under __________, the Panchayat Raj empowers women to start their own business and become entrepreneurs.

1. Maternity Benefit Act, 1961
2. Equal Remuneration Act, 1976
3. Self-help Groups
4. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005

Q. In _____________, each member pools in a particular amount periodically, and the group uses it to give loans to the members. These loans help a lot of people in starting and developing their businesses.

1. Gram Samiti
2. Gram Sabha
3. Self-help Groups
4. Panchayat Raj

Q. State the role of Panchyat Raj system in the development of villages.

1. Increases employment in the agricultural sector to increase production
2. Prevents villagers from migrating to cities
3. Protects the environment
4. Develops human resource through education and training