Objective Questions - Set 5

1. Which of the following state was announced as 'India's First Fully Organic State' by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on January 18, 2016?
   1. Jammu and Kashmir
   2. Himachal Pradesh
   3. Sikkim
   4. Kerala
       
2. Which state has become first to fix minimum educational qualification for panchayat polls?
   1. Rajasthan
   2. Haryana
   3. Gujarat
   4. Kerala
       
3. Who is the current Chief Economic Advisor of India?
   1. Mr. Raghuram Rajan
   2. Mr. Arvind Subramanium
   3. Mr. Arvind Panagariya
   4. Mr. C. Rangarajan
       
4. Which is the first Indian state to make voting compulsory during elections to local self governing bodies?
   1. Haryana
   2. Gujarat
   3. Rajasthan
   4. Madhya Pradesh
       
5. Which of the following is not the ground for disqualification from contesting polls under The Haryana Panchayati Raj (Amendment) Act, 2015?
   1. Minimum educational qualification
   2. Minimum income ceiling
   3. Not having a functional toilet at home
   4. Insolvency – Failure to pay arrears to any primary agriculture cooperative society or agricultural cooperative bank and failure to pay electricity bills.
       
6. Which of the following is/are the ground for disqualification from contesting polls under The Rajasthan Panchayati Raj (Amendment) Act, 2015?
   1. Minimum educational qualification
   2. Not having a functional toilet at home
   3. Insolvency
   4. Both a and b
       
7. Which of the following is/are the educational qualification set up by Haryana government as eligibility to contest panchayat election in the state?
   1. General candidate should have passed class X (matriculation) examination.
   2. Women and SC candidates need to have cleared class VIII
   3. SC Women candidate must clear class V
   4. All above are correct

Answers

1. c, Sikkim Organic Mission was started in 2003 with a target of converting Sikkim into a Fully Organic State by 2015
2. a
3. b
4. b, By The Gujarat Local Authorities Laws (Amendment) Act, 2009. However the Gujarat High Court has recently put a stay on this legislation.
5. b
6. d
7. d