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NCERT Solutions for Class 6 Social Science Ch 12 Local Government in Urban Areas



Q 1. In which year the Municipal Corporation of greater Mumbai was stated?
Ans. 1865.
Q 2. Municipal councils are found in?
Ans. Small towns.
Q 3. What is tax?
Ans. A sum of money that people pay to the government for the services the government provides is called tax.
Q 4. Primary function of a ward committee in an urban area?
Ans. Conducting health camps and reporting local issues.

Q 5. Primary function of urban local bodies?
Ans. Local administration.
Q 6. What is Nagar Panchayat?
Ans. The smaller urban local bodies in towns with population below 1 lakh is called Nagar Panchayat.
Q 7. Which city has been awarded the cleanest city under the swachh survekshan scheme for seven years in a row?
Ans. Indore.
Q 8. Why is it important for urban bodies to be decentralized?
Ans. It allows local communities to make decisions.
Q 9. What is Nagar Palika?
Ans. The organization that looks after the welfare of small towns is called Nagar Palika.
Q 10. Where does the election for urban bodies take place?
Ans. In wards.
Q 11. What is the goal of decentralization in urban goverance?
Ans. Give local citizens more control over their areas.
Q 12. Function of an urban local bodies?
Ans. Garbage collection and disposal.

Q 13. Participatory democracy involves participation?
Ans. Women, children and old age people.
Q 14. What is councilor?
Ans. A member or a group of people appointed or elected to make laws or give advice is called councilor.
Q 15. Which body collects local taxes in urban areas?
Ans. Nagar palika or Municipal Corporation.
Q 16. Examples of urban local bodies?
Ans. They maintain and construct roads.
Q 17. What is the significance of urban local bodies in democracy?
Ans. They involve citizens in decision making.
Q 18. Asmin khala worked in the?
Ans. Sanitation Department.
Q 19. Name the oldest Municipal corporation in India?
Ans. Greater Chennai Corporation.
Q 20. Functions of urban local bodies?
Ans. 1.Building infrastructure
2.Collecting local taxes
3.Providing education.
Q 21. People who own homes pay?
Ans. Property tax.
Q 22. Which act gave the Madras Corporation the power of levy Municipal taxes?
Ans. Parliamentary Act 1972.

Q 23. Urban bodies are involved in checking the implementation of?
Ans. Government schemes.
Q 24. How do urban local bodies raise funds?
Ans. Through local taxes and paid services.