Which one the following has been wrongly listed as a tool for the exercise of administrative control over local bodies?

A. Through provision of advice in technical and specialized fields
B. Through inspections
C. Enactment of budgets of local bodies
D. Through grants in aid

The administrative departments of the state or central governments exercise control over local bodies:

A. By formulating their budgets
B. Through their power to approve or reject the bye laws, schemes and resolutions of local bodies
C. Recruiting all the official of the local bodies
D. Through none of the above methods

The local bodies: ________________________?

A. Can raise loans on their own
B. Cannot raise loans
C. Can raise loans only with the prior sanction of the state
D. None of the above

Judicial control over local bodies aims at: _______________________?

A. Ensuring that they are discharging their obligations within the limits of the statute
B. Prevention of undue interference by the executive in the working of local bodies
C. Ensuring non-intervention by political parties in local affairs
D. None of the above

Which one of the following factors has contributed to the growing dependence of the local bodies on the state?

A. Improved means of transport and communication
B. Growing tendency towards provision of uniform administration
C. Tendency on the part of state government, like any other government, to increase its powers
D. All the above factors

In recent years the local bodies have become:

A. Increasingly independent of the state government
B. Increasingly dependent on the state government
C. Completely sovereign
D. None of the above

Given the ideals of responsible government, local government should mean:

A. Devolution of governmental duties
B. Decentralisation of administration
C. Administrative deconcentration
D. Diversification of governmental organs

The states in a federation are: _____________?

A. The lowest units of local government
B. The highest units of local government
C. Not units of local government
D. None of these

Who among the following introduced local self-government in India?

A. Lord canning
B. Raja rammohan roy
C. Lord rippon
D. Lord mountbatten

The local government enjoys the powers which are:

A. Bestowed by the constitution
B. Delegated by the central government
C. Delegated by the state government
D. Bestowed by the statute