There are two villages called 'X' and 'Y' in Mysore district. The people of village 'X' were going to village 'Y' to vote during the Gram Panchayat election. One boy from village 'X' asked his father why the government did not conduct the Gram Panchayat election in their own village. What would be the father's answer?

People are illiterate in village 'X'.

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There are less than 1000 people in village 'X'.

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People are poor in 'village 'X'.

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Village 'X' doesn't have a Gram Panchayat office.

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The correct option is B There are less than 1000 people in village 'X'.
The Panchayat can be established for a village having a population of 1,000-25,000. Several small villages having population less than 1000 can be grouped into one Gram Sabha.

Here, the people from village 'X' which has a population of less than 1,000 is grouped with the Gram Sabha of village 'Y'. Therefore, people from village 'X' were going to 'Y' village for voting during the Panchayat election.

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