Choose the correct one: State Panchayat Raj Institutions Andhra Pradesh Gram…

2024

Choose the correct one:

State

Panchayat Raj Institutions

Andhra Pradesh

Gram Panchayat, Mandal Parishads, Zila Parishads

Arunachal Pradesh

Gram Panchayat, Anchal Samities, Zila Parishads

Assam

Gaon Panchayats, Anchal Panchayats, Zila Parishads

Tripura

Gram Panchayats, Panchayat Samities, Zila Panchayats

  1. A.

    a-I, b-II, c-IV, d-III

  2. B.

    a-I, b-II, c-III, d-IV

  3. C.

    a-II, b-I, c-III, d-IV

  4. D.

    a-III, b-II, c-IV, d-I

Attempted by 4 students.

Show answer & explanation

Correct answer: B

Concept

The 73rd Constitutional Amendment (1992) mandates a three-tier Panchayati Raj system in most states: a village tier, an intermediate (block) tier, and a district tier. While the structure is uniform, each state retains its OWN nomenclature for these tiers under its Panchayat Act, so the identifying clue in a matching question is the name a state uses for its INTERMEDIATE (block-level) tier.

Application

Map each state by reading its distinctive intermediate-tier name:

State

Village tier

Intermediate tier

District tier

Andhra Pradesh

Gram Panchayat

Mandal Parishad

Zila Parishad

Arunachal Pradesh

Gram Panchayat

Anchal Samiti

Zila Parishad

Assam

Gaon Panchayat

Anchal Panchayat

Zila Parishad

Tripura

Gram Panchayat

Panchayat Samiti

Zila Panchayat

Reading each state against its block-tier name gives the matching a-I, b-II, c-III, d-IV.

Cross-check

  • Andhra Pradesh is the only one of the four that uses "Mandal Parishad" for its block tier, so structure I belongs to it.

  • Assam alone uses "Gaon Panchayat" at the village level (not "Gram"), uniquely fixing structure III to Assam.

  • Arunachal Pradesh uses "Anchal Samiti" and Tripura uses "Panchayat Samiti" at the block tier, separating structures II and IV.

Explore the full course: Niacl Ao It Specialist