Questions of Chapter 7 Urban Administration

Chapter 7 Urban Administration Questions and Answers for Grade 6 Social Science-Civics

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Grade 6 Social Science-Civics Chapter 7 Urban Administration Questions & Answer Set-1

Political Science - MCQ on Urban Administration

Class VI

Q. 1. What is a tax?

a. A sum of money that people pay to the government for the services the government provides

b. A sum of money received as revenue form exports

c. A sum of money paid as payment of imports

d. None of them

Answer:

(a) A sum of money that people pay to the government for the services the government provides

Q. 2. What are the function(s) of Municipal Corporation?

a. Taking care of street lights and garbage collection

b. Taking care of water supply

c. Keeping the streets and markets clean

d. All of them

Answer:

(d) Municipal Corporation has also put up signs around the city to inform people about Malaria.

Q. 3. What is Municipal Corporation called in smaller towns?

a. Zila Parishad

b. District Council

c. Municipal Council

d. None of them

Answer:

(c) Municipal Corporation also runs schools, hospitals and dispensaries and makes gardens and maintains them.

Q. 4. Decisions such as where a park or a new hospital should be made are usually taken by ___________

a. Ward Councilors

b. Sarpanch

c. Panch

d. Regional Officers

Answer:

(a) The city is usually divided into different wards and ward councilor get elected.

Q. 5. Who implements the decisions taken on issues by councilors committees?

a. Commissioner

b. Administrative Staff

c. Ward Councilor

d. Both ‘a’ and ‘b’

Answer:

(d) The commissioner and administrative staff are appointed and councilors are elected.

Q. 6. What is made by all the ward councilors when they meet?

a. Budget

b. Song

c. Dish

d. All of these

Answer:

(a) The money is spent according to the budget.

Q. 7. What do you mean by Sub-contracting?

a. It means that the work that was earlier being done by the government workers is now being done by a private company.

b. It means that all the work done by municipal officers is further done again.

c. It means that food crops are reused, when get damaged.

d. None of them

Answer:

(a) Sub-contracting is done in order to save money.

Q. 8. The contract workers get paid less and their jobs are __________

a. optional

b. permanent

c. temporary

d. certain

Answer:

(c) The workers have no access to safety measures and are not taken care of if they are injured while working.

Q. 9. Which city had a plague scare in 1994?

a. Kutch

b. Udaipur

c. Jaipur

d. Surat

Answer:

(d) The city of Surat had a plague scare in 1994.

Q. 10. Plague spreads through __________

a. Water

b. Air

c. Noise

d. All of them

Answer:

(b) Plague spreads through the air and people who have the disease have to be isolated.

Q. 11. Which is the cleanest city in India?

a. Chandigarh

b. Surat

c. Patna

d. Delhi

Answer:

(a) Surat is the second cleanest city till date.

Q. 12. How does the municipal corporation get its money?

a. Fund

b. Donation

c. Tax

d. None of them

Answer:

(c) Property taxes however form 25-30% of the money that a Municipal Corporation earns.

Q. 13. Rich people generally pay ___________ tax

a. General

b. Property

c. Education

d. Food

Answer:

(b) Generally, rich people have more properties.

Q. 14. Who plays a major role in recycling household plastic and paper?

a. Kabadi Wallah

b. Maid

c. Repair Worker

d. None of them

Answer:

(a) He buys ‘Kabad’ from the house and recycles it.

Q. 15. how we can renew a thing

a. dusting

b. recycling

c. washing

d. Can’t say

Answer:

(b) we can easily renew a thing .by recycling

Grade 6 Social Science-Civics Chapter 7 Urban Administration Questions & Answer Set-2

Easy (7)

Q.1. Which two of the following shows the difference between a village and a city?

a. Village is smaller in size than a city.

b. A city has crowded markets and electricity facilities.

c. Village has traffic control and hospitals

d. Villages have crowded markets with many buses.

Answer:

(a & b)

Add Explanation: A city is bigger than a village. It has crowded markets, many buses, and water and electricity facilities. But, a village does not have any of these facilities.

Q.2. What are the works of the Municipal Corporation in a city? Choose any two of the following:

a. Keeps the markets and streets clean.

b. Takes care of street lights and water supply.

c. Providing and running so many services

d. a & b

Answer:

A & b

Q.3. Who is a Municipal Councillor?

a. Administrative Staff of a city.

b. The person who keeps the record of agricultural land.

c. Member of a Councillor Committee.

d. In a city the elected ward Councillor is a Municipal Councillor.

Answer:

(d)

Add Explanation: The Municipal councilor is an elected member. Each councilor is in charge of a particular ward. He has to solve the problem of his ward people. Example: If there are any dangerous electrical wires hanging down than the councilor has to contact the electricity authority.

Q.4. The City is divided into several_______________.

a. Districts

b. States

c. wards

d. Tehsils

Answer:

(C)

Add Explanation: The city is divided into wards and the ward councilors are elected to look after it.

Q.5. While the councilors make decisions the administrative staff led by the commissioner _______________ these.

a. Cancel the decisions.

b. Approve the decisions.

c. Implement the decisions.

d. All of them.

Answer:

(c)

Add Explanation: While the Councillor’s Committees and the councilors decide on issues, the Commissioner and the administrative staff implement the decisions of the council.

Q.6. In a Panchayat the elected members are called ____________.

a. Patwari.

b. Panchs.

c. Sarpanch.

d. Councillor.

Answer:

(b)

Add Explanation: Every village Panchayat is divided into wards. Each ward elects a representative called Panch (ward member)

Q.7. How does the Municipal Corporation earn the money to do its work?

a. Earn money by collecting different taxes from the people.

b. Collect money from the people.

c. Get fund from the government.

d. All of them

Answer:

(a)

Add Explanation: The Municipal Corporation collects different taxes from the people in return for the services it provides.

Difficult (6)

Q.1. What are the other functions of the Municipal Corporation?

a. To run schools, hospitals and dispensaries

b. To Measure and keep the land record.

c. To collect taxes from the people.

d. All of them.

Answer:

(a)

Add explanation: Municipal Corporation is also responsible for ensuring the health of the people. It also runs schools, hospitals and dispensaries.

Q.2. What is meant by Sub-Contracting?

a. Commissioners of several Municipalities.

b. Municipal Corporation Office.

c. Municipal Councillor.

d. Private contractors to collect and process garbage.

Answer:

(d)

Add Explanation: The Commissioners of several municipalities in the country had hired private contractors to collect and process garbage. This is called Sub-Contracting. Earlier the work was done by the government workers now by the private company.

Q.3. Does the work of the private contractors are permanent? How they are paid?

a. No. They are less paid.

b. Yes. They are more paid.

c. Few contractor jobs are permanent.

d. The salaries of the private contractors are more.

Answer:

( a)

Add Explanation: The jobs of the private contractors are temporary and their salary is very less.

Q.4. Which is the second cleanest city in India?

a. Mumbai.

b. Calcutta

c. Chandigarh

d. Surat

Answer:

(d)

Add Explanation: Surat continues to be the second cleanest city in India after Chandigarh. This is because the Municipal council completely cleaned the city.

Q.5. In a city where do the hotels and restaurants dump their garbage?

a. In a nearby well.

b. In to the nearest drain or street.

c. In the dustbin.

d. In the house.

Answer:

(b)

Add Explanation: Houses, hotels and restaurants dump their garbage into the nearest drain or street . This made difficult for the sweepers to collect and transfer the garbage into selected dumps.

Q.6. Is it important to collect garbage often from our neighborhood?

a. No

b. Can’t say

c. Might be

d. Yes

Answer:

Yes. It is important to collect garbage from our neighbourhood otherwise the locality would become worse and it would lead to spread of diseases.