Questions of Chapter 6 Rural Administration

Chapter 6 Rural Administration Questions and Answers for Grade 6 Social Science-Civics

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Grade 6 Social Science-Civics Chapter 6 Rural Administration Questions & Answer Set-1

Political Science - MCQ on Rural Administration

Class VI

Q. 1. What is full form of SHO?

a. Senior Housing Officer

b. Station House Officer

c. Security Head Officer

d. Senior Health Officer

Answer:

(b) SHO is a part of Police station who writes FIR’s

Q. 2. What does a patwari do?

a. Measures land

b. Keep land records

c. Provides credit

d. Both ‘a’ and ‘b’

Answer:

(d) Measuring land and keeping land records is the main work of the patwari. A patwari is known by different names in different states.

Q. 3. Each patwari is responsible for

a. Group of villages

b. Organising the collection of land

c. Both 'a' and 'b'

d. None of these

Answer:

(c) Each patwari is responsible for a group of villages and organising the collection of land..

Q. 4. Who does maintains and updates the records of the village?

a. Patwari

b. SHO

c. Tehsildar

d. Sarpanch

Answer:

(a) The patwari maintain and update the records of the village.

Q. 5. What do you mean by ‘tehsil’?

a. Sub-division of a district

b. Block

c. Gram Panchayat

d. None of them

Answer:

(a) Sub-division of a district is also known as Taluka.

Q. 6. Who is the head of the revenue officers?

a. Patwari

b. District collection

c. Tehsildar

d. Sarpanch

Answer:

(b) Revenue officers are also called Tehsildars.

Q. 7. What is/are function(s) of a Tehsildar?

a. They have to hear disputes

b. They supervise the work of a patwari

c. They ensure that land revenue is collected

d. All of them

Answer:

(d) They also make sure that the farmers can easily obtain a copy of their record; students can get their caste certificates.

Q. 8. Does women benefit under the new law of property?

a. Yes

b. No

c. Might be

d. Can’t say

Answer:

(a) In the new law son, daughters and their mothers can get an equal share in the land.

Q. 9. Hindu Succession Amendment Act 2005 is related to

a. Share in the family's agricultural land

b. Reservation of Hindu's children in government schools.

c. Both 'a' and 'b'

d. None of these

Answer:

(a) This law applies to all states and union territories of a country.

Q. 10. What is a bund?

a. Small boundary

b. Sweet dish

c. Crop

d. None of them

Answer:

(a) A bund divides a piece of land into two.

Q. 11. Is a constable senior to SHO?

a. No

b. Yes

c. It depends on the level of Panchayat

d. Both are equal

Answer:

(b) A constable is junior to SHO.

Q. 12. Where is the office of a Tehsildar?

a. Far away from where land disputes are heard

b. Where land disputes are heard

c. Near temples

d. None of them

Answer:

(b) The tehsildar office is where land disputes are heard so that he can easily approach them.

Q. 13. What are ‘Fair price shops’?

a. Grocery Shops

b. Food Plazas

c. Ration Shops

d. Saloons

Answer:

(c) Only people below poverty line can buy from ration shops.

Q. 14. Before the introduction of the new law, Hindu women did not get a share in the family’s _____________

a. Agricultural land

b. Income of Parent

c. House

d. All of them

Answer:

(a) After the father’s death, his property was divided equally only among his sons.

Q. 15. In which year did the Hindu Succession Amendment Act introduced?

a. 2002

b. 2003

c. 2004

d. 2005

Answer:

(d) This act provides security to women.

Grade 6 Social Science-Civics Chapter 6 Rural Administration Questions & Answer Set-2

Easy (04)

Q. 1. Identify the two things that the work of the Patwari includes:

a. Measuring land.

b. Keeping land records

c. Making the list of BPL

d. Reporting to police

Answer:

(a & b)

Add Explanation: Measuring land and keeping land records is the main work of the Patwari. He maintains and updates the records of the village. He is responsible for a group of villages.

Q. 2. What does ‘Khasra’ record of the Patwari means?

a. It identifies the plot of land owned by him.

b. It identifies the owner of the plot of land in a village.

c. It means the area in hectare.

d. It is the area of the agricultural field.

Answer:

(b)

Add Explanation: The Khasra record of the Patwari gives us information regarding the owner of the plot of land in every village.

Q. 3. In some states the land record of the farmers are now being ________________ and kept at the Panchayat office.

a. Regularly updated in the ‘Khasra’ record.

b. Irregularly updated

c. Computerized

d. All of them

Answer:

(c)

Add Explanation: In some states the land record of the farmers are now being computerized and kept at the Panchayat office.

Q. 4.When do you think farmers may require a copy of the land record?

a. A farmer wants a loan from the bank to dig a well in her land

b. A farmer wants to divide his land among his children

c. A farmer wants to admit his children in school.

d. He needs the record to get medical facilities.

Answer:

(a & b)

Add Explanation: He may require a copy of the land record when he wants loan from the bank.

Difficult (09)

Q.1. If there is a theft in our house which police station would we go to register our complaint?

a. Main police station in the town.

b. The police station in the next town.

c. The police station in our area of work.

d. Police station in big city.

Answer:

(c)

Add Explanation: Every police station has an area that comes under its control. All the people in that area can report cases to the police about the theft.

Q.2. Who was Mohun? And what was the dispute between Mohan and Raghu?

a. He was a farmer.

b. A few feet of Mohan’s land were taken over by Raghu.

c. Mohan was beaten up by Raghu

d. Mohan’s bicycle was taken over Raghu.

Answer:

( a & b)

Add Explanation: Mohun was a farmer and a few feet of his land were taken by Raghu. Raghu refused to accept and there was a heated argument between both of them.

Q.3. Is it important for the landowners to keep the record of their land? Why?

a. Yes. T he record will help in case of land dispute.

b. No. It is not important to maintain the land record.

c. Patwari will maintain the record.

d. All of them.

Answer:

(a)

Add Explanation: Yes. It is important that every individual has to maintain the record of their land property. The record will help them in case of any land dispute with others.

Q.4. What are the other names of the Patwari?

a. President, Panchs, Sarpanch and tehsildar.

b. Revenue collector, Sarpanch and lekhpal.

c. Lekhpal, Patwari, Kanungo, Karachari and village officer.

d. All of them.

Answer:

(c)

Add Explanation: The important work of the Patwari is measuring and keeping land records. He is known by different names in different states such as Lekhpal, Patwari, Kanungo, Karachari and village officer.

Q.5. Are there records that show who owns what land in the village?

a. Yes.

b. No

c. May be

d. Can’t say

Answer:

(a)

Add Explanation: Yes. The Khasra record of the Patwari gives information about the farmers land area. In case of any land dispute between the farmers, the Patwari will measure both the farmers’ field and compare them with the measurement on the ‘Khasra map’.

Q.6. Match the following:

1. Work of the Patwari	A. Supervise the work of the Patwaris
2. Work of Tehsildar	B. Write the complaint of the people and investigate them.
3. Work of the police	C. Measuring land and keeping land records

a. 1-B, 2-C, 3-A

b. 1-C, 2-B, 3-A

c. 1-A, 2-C, 3-B

d. 1- C, 2- A, 3- B

Answer:

1- C, 2- A, 3- B

Add Explanation: The work of the Patwari is measuring land and keeping land records. All the works of the Patwari will be supervised by the Tehsildar. The work of the police is to write the complaints from the people and investigate them.

Q.7. How many villages are there in India?

a. Twenty lakh

b. Two lakh

c. Six lakh

d. Ten lakh

Answer:

Six lakh

Add Explanation. There are more than six lakh villages in India.

Q.8. Arrange the order of division of states in India

a. States -à Taluka-à Districts

b. States-à Tehsil -à Districts

C. Districsà Tehsilà States

d. States à Districts -à Tehsils or Taluka

Answer:

(d)

Add Explanation: All states in India are divided into districts. The districts are further sub-divided into tehsil or taluka.

Q.9. A farmer wants to purchase ___________ for his field.

a. Labourers

b. Loan

c. Plot

d. Fertilizers

Answer:

(d)

Add Explanation: A farmer wants to purchase fertilizers for his field.