CG SCERT Chhattisgarh State Board Class 6 Social Science (Civics) Chapter 4 Municipality and Municipal Corporation Exercises Questions and Answers.
I.) Match the following –
No. A B
1.) Nagar panchayat 15 to 60
2.) Municipality 50 to 150
3.) Municipal corporation 5,000 to 20,000
4.) Number of members in the municipality Population more than 1 lakh
5.) Number of members in the Municipal Corporation Population of 20,000-1 lakh.
ANSWER =
No. A B
1.) Nagar panchayat 5,000 to 20,000
2.) Municipality Population of 20,000-1 lakh.
3.) Municipal corporation Population more than 1 lakh
4.) Number of members in the municipality 15 to 60
5.) Number of members in the Municipal Corporation 50 to 150
II.) Answer the following questions –
1.) Who elects the members of the municipal council?
ANS: Those people having age more than 18 years elects the members of the municipal council.
2.) What are the functions of a mayor?
ANS: The elected members of municipal council attends meetings of the municipal corporation.
The mayor is the president of meeting of the municipal corporation and taking decisions.
3.) Whom will you approach if there is a problem of water or sanitation in any ward in your city?
ANS: There are many problems face peoples in their daily life. If there is problem of water or sanitation in any ward in city we are contact to our elected member of municipal council or we directly contact with Municipal Corporation.
4.) What all would you do in your ward if you were a councillor?
ANS: If I were a councillor in my ward I do following:
i) We solve water related problems.
ii) We make schools, colleges in our ward for education.
iii) We make hospitals for peoples.
5.) What are the functions of local self-governments?
ANS: There are various local self-governments such as The Nagar Panchayat, municipality and Municipal Corporation.
The functions of local self-governments are as follows:
i) It forms and maintains schools, public libraries, parks and zoos.
ii) It builds and maintains roads and bridges and taking care of it.
iii) It solve water, garbage disposal and public health related problems.
6.) What are the sources of revenue of local self-governments?
ANS: There are various sources of revenue of local self-governments are as follows:
i) Collecting various taxes from water, electricity, maintenance of cleanliness of the different parts of the city, houses, property, shops.
ii) Grants from governments.
iii) Taxes on entertainments.
III.) Find out the following from your nearby municipality –
1.) Name and population of the city ________.
ANS:
Name of Municipal Corporation: Ahmednagar Municipal Corporation.
Population of the city: 5 lakhs.
2.) Name of the mayor ________.
ANS:
Name of the mayor: Rajashri Ghule Patil.
3.) Number of councillors ________.
ANS:
Number of councillors: 145