Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 6 (CBSE) · Social Science
Chapter: Chapter 12 — Chapter 12: Grassroots Democracy – Part 3: Local Government in Urban Areas
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. What governs larger cities? [1]
(A) Municipal Corporations
(B) Gram Panchayats only
(C) Zila Parishads only
(D) The national government only
2. What governs smaller towns? [1]
(A) Municipalities
(B) Municipal Corporations only
(C) Gram Panchayats
(D) Zila Parishads
3. What is a responsibility of urban local bodies? [1]
(A) Managing roads and waste collection
(B) Only national defence
(C) Only foreign policy
(D) Only international trade
4. Who heads a Municipal Corporation? [1]
(A) A Mayor
(B) A Sarpanch
(C) A Prime Minister
(D) A Governor
5. Who heads a Municipality? [1]
(A) A Chairperson
(B) A Sarpanch
(C) A Prime Minister
(D) A Governor
6. Who represents city wards? [1]
(A) Elected councillors
(B) Only the Mayor
(C) Only the Chairperson
(D) No representatives
7. What do urban bodies address? [1]
(A) Challenges of dense urban populations
(B) Only rural issues
(C) Nothing specific
(D) Only agricultural issues
8. Why are urban local bodies important? [1]
(A) They maintain quality of life in cities
(B) They have no importance
(C) Only villages need governance
(D) It's not useful
9. What is a function of urban local government? [1]
(A) Maintaining roads and waste collection
(B) Only national defence
(C) Only foreign policy
(D) Only currency management
10. What public health function do urban bodies perform? [1]
(A) Vaccination drives and sanitation inspections
(B) Only banking
(C) Only teaching
(D) Only farming
11. What planning function do urban bodies manage? [1]
(A) Building permissions and urban planning
(B) National foreign policy
(C) International trade
(D) Only rural planning
12. What tax do urban bodies commonly collect? [1]
(A) Property tax
(B) Income tax only
(C) Only national tax
(D) No taxes
13. What are tax funds used for? [1]
(A) City development
(B) Personal use by officials
(C) No specific purpose
(D) Only salaries
14. What do urban functions help maintain? [1]
(A) Quality of life in cities
(B) Nothing important
(C) Only rural life
(D) Confusion
15. What challenge do urban bodies address? [1]
(A) Dense population challenges
(B) Only rural farming issues
(C) No challenges
(D) International issues
16. Why are urban government functions important? [1]
(A) They maintain city infrastructure and quality of life
(B) They have no importance
(C) Only villages need such functions
(D) No reason