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State and Local Administration Questions and Answers

31.

Under which Article of the constitution the Council of Ministers is collectively responsible to the Legislative Assembly ?

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2021, SET Exam - 2021,

Answer: C

Collective responsibility to the Legislative Assembly is provided in Article 164(2).

Article 164 deals with other provisions as to ministers in a state. Clause (2) says that the Council of Ministers shall be collectively responsible to the Legislative Assembly of the State. This is the state counterpart of Article 75(3) for the Union.

Article 163 provides for a Council of Ministers headed by the Chief Minister to aid and advise the Governor, and 163(2) protects the Governor's decision on whether a matter is within his discretion. Article 164(3) deals with the oath of office administered to ministers.

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32.

Who submits the annual report of the State Public Service Commission to the State Legislature ?

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2021, SET Exam - 2021,

Answer: C

The annual report of a State Public Service Commission is submitted to the state legislature by the Governor.

Under Article 323(2), the State Public Service Commission presents an annual report on its work to the Governor. The Governor then causes a copy to be laid before the state legislature, with a memorandum explaining, where the Commission's advice was not accepted, the reasons for non-acceptance.

The Commission's chairman presents the report to the Governor, not to the legislature. The Chief Minister and Chief Secretary have no constitutional role in laying it. For the Union Public Service Commission, the report goes to the President, who lays it before Parliament.

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33.

The Legislative Council can be created by :

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2021, SET Exam - 2021,

Answer: D

The key's answer is according to Article 169.

Article 169 provides that Parliament may by law create (or abolish) the Legislative Council of a state if the Legislative Assembly of that state passes a resolution to that effect by a majority of its total membership and two-thirds of those present and voting. Such a law is expressly not treated as an amendment of the Constitution under Article 368.

So a Council is not created by a constitutional amendment, and a resolution of the Lok Sabha plays no part. The Assembly's resolution is necessary but not sufficient, since Parliament must then pass the law. The option that refers to the whole Article 169 procedure is therefore the complete answer.

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34.

Which one of the following statements is incorrect about the Chief Secretary of a State ?

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2021, SET Exam - 2021,

Answer: D

The incorrect statement is that the Chief Secretary does not supervise the execution of Cabinet decisions.

The Chief Secretary is the head of the state civil service and the senior-most officer in the state. He acts as secretary to the state cabinet, prepares its agenda and keeps its records, and is the principal adviser to the Chief Minister on administrative matters. As secretary to the cabinet, he is also responsible for coordinating the departments and supervising the implementation of cabinet decisions.

The first three statements describe these roles correctly. The fourth denies one of his central functions, so it is the incorrect one.

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35.

Which one of the following was recommended by the Taxation Enquiry Commission (1953-54) ?

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2021, SET Exam - 2021,

Answer: D

The Taxation Enquiry Commission recommended the segregation of certain taxes for exclusive utilisation by local government.

The Commission (1953-54), chaired by John Matthai, examined the finances of local bodies and recommended that certain taxes, such as taxes on land and buildings, octroi, and taxes on professions, vehicles and entertainment, be reserved exclusively for local bodies so that they would have assured, independent sources of revenue.

The constitution of state-wise cadres of municipal employees was recommended by the Committee on Service Conditions of Municipal Employees (1965-68), which is the subject of question 37. The other two options are general aims of later urban reform rather than this Commission's characteristic recommendation.

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36.

The Municipal Council can not levy tax on one of the following :

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2021, SET Exam - 2021,

Answer: D

The keyed answer is the professional tax.

In Maharashtra the tax on professions, trades, callings and employments is levied by the State under the Maharashtra State Tax on Professions, Trades, Callings and Employments Act, 1975, and collected by the State, so a municipal council does not levy it. Article 276 of the Constitution allows such a tax to be levied by a State or by a municipality, but in this State it is the State that does.

A tax on houses (property tax) is the main tax of a municipal council. I could not confirm from a source what the paper means by an environment tax or an education tax, so the question rests on the key that these are municipal levies and the professional tax is not.

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37.

Assertion (A), Reason (R) Pattern :

Assertion (A) : The post of District Collector was first created in 1781.
Reason (R) : The District Collector is the Kingpin of district administration.

Answer the question using the below given codes :

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2021, SET Exam - 2021,

Answer: D

The answer is (A) is false but (R) is true.

The post of District Collector was created in 1772, when Warren Hastings, as Governor of Bengal, introduced the office to collect land revenue and administer justice in the districts. The date 1781 in the assertion is therefore wrong. (In 1781 the collectors' revenue functions were reorganised, which is why the year sometimes appears, but it is not the date the post was created.)

The reason is a standard description: the Collector is the kingpin, or pivot, of district administration, combining revenue, magisterial, development and coordination roles. With the assertion false and the reason true, the options treating the assertion as true are ruled out.

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38.

Which one of the following was recommended by the committee on service conditions of Municipal Employees (1965-68) ?

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2021, SET Exam - 2021,

Answer: C

The Committee recommended the constitution of a state-wise cadre of municipal employees.

The Committee on Service Conditions of Municipal Employees (1965-68) found that municipal staff were poorly paid, had little prospect of promotion and were exposed to local pressures. It recommended state-level cadres for key municipal posts, so that officers could be transferred between municipalities, recruited on merit and given better career prospects.

The segregation of taxes for local bodies was the Taxation Enquiry Commission's recommendation (question 34). Widening the tax base of urban bodies and revitalising urban government are broader themes of other committees.

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39.

Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :

List IList II
(a) Governor(1) Article 167
(b) Council of Ministers(2) Article 169
(c) Duties of Chief Minister(3) Article 155
(d) Legislative Council(4) Article 163

Codes : (a) (b) (c) (d)

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2021, SET Exam - 2021,

Answer: D

The correct matching is a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2.

  • The Governor: Article 155 provides that the Governor is appointed by the President (3).
  • The Council of Ministers to aid and advise the Governor: Article 163 (4).
  • The duties of the Chief Minister to furnish information to the Governor: Article 167 (1).
  • The abolition or creation of Legislative Councils: Article 169 (2).

Only the last code gives (3), (4), (1), (2). The third code wrongly pairs the Council of Ministers with Article 169.

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40.

Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission was launched by the Prime Minister ......................

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2021, SET Exam - 2021,

Answer: A

The JNNURM was launched by Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh.

The Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission was launched on 3 December 2005, under the UPA government, as a seven-year programme to improve urban infrastructure, basic services to the urban poor and urban governance in selected cities, with reforms such as implementing the 74th Amendment as a condition of central assistance.

Narendra Modi's government replaced it from 2015 with AMRUT and the Smart Cities Mission. P.V. Narasimha Rao was Prime Minister when the 74th Amendment was passed (1992), and Rajiv Gandhi's government first introduced the municipalities bill, but neither launched JNNURM.

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