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Class 6 Grassroots Democracy: Local Government in Rural Areas worksheet
CBSE Social Science. Gram Sabha, Gram Panchayat, Panchayat Samiti and Zila Parishad, their work and funds. Every sheet has 20 questions in three sections and an answer key, and the numbers change every time.
Sample questions
Real questions from this chapter, as the app sets them. Tap Answer to see the answer and working.
Section A · multiple choice
- 1.
The Gram Sabha is made up of:
- only the government officers
- only the children of the village
- only the Sarpanch
- all adult voters of the village
Answer
(d) all adult voters of the village
- 2.
The panchayat at the village level is the:
- Gram Panchayat
- Lok Sabha
- Municipal Corporation
- Gram Sabha
Answer
(a) Gram Panchayat
- 3.
What is the name for the elected head of the Gram Panchayat?
- Zila Parishad
- Gram Panchayat
- Gram Sabha
- Sarpanch
Answer
(d) Sarpanch
Section B · short answer
- 4.
What is the Gram Sabha?
Answer
A meeting of all the adult voters of a village, where they discuss the work and spending of the Gram Panchayat.
- 5.
Write the correct term: (a) the elected body that does the village’s day-to-day work (b) all the adult voters of a village
Answer
(a) Gram Panchayat (b) Gram Sabha
Section C · long answer
- 6.
Explain the three-tier panchayat system.
Answer
At the village level the Gram Panchayat looks after local needs; at the block level the Panchayat Samiti plans for a group of villages; and at the district level the Zila Parishad plans for the whole district and links it to the state government.
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In the app, every Grassroots Democracy: Local Government in Rural Areas sheet is new: the app remembers the questions your child has already had and leaves them out. Print the sheet as a PDF, or use notebook mode and write the answers in a notebook.
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