URBAN ADMINISTRATION
I. NAME THE FOLLOWING:
1. The head of a municipal corporation: ________________________
2. The first municipal corporation of India: ______________________________
3. Tax on bridges and roads: ________________________
4. The chief executive officer of a municipal corporation: ___________________
5. It is signed by adult citizens to register their complaint against local bodies: ____________________________
6. The tax we pay to watch a movie in theaters: __________________________
7. The elected representative to govern a local area in a city: ____________________________________________________
8. A big organisation that takes care of street lights, garbage collection, water supply, keeping the streets and the market clean in cities: ________________
9. The local body administering towns and smaller cities: __________________
10. The problems within a ward to be resolved by: _________________________
11. ______________ refers to the attempt made by the local bodies to create a transparent and easy form of interaction between the local bodies and the people.
II. FILL IN THE BLANKS:
1. The city is divided into different wards for the purpose of electing ward ______
2. The ___________________________________ is formed in big cities having population more than one million.
3. The cities are divided into different ___________ for the purpose of elections.
4. The municipal bodies are elected for a period of _________________ years.
5. The councilors form different ____________________ to take care of different aspects of city administration.
6. The main sources of income of corporations are ________ and ________from the State Government.
7. Now-a-days people can use their ____________________________ and get information on any issue.
8. After the plague of 1994, ________________ continues to remain the second cleanest city in India after Chandigarh.
9. The Municipal Corporation is also responsible for ensuring that ___________ do not break out in the city.
10. The decisions like where a park or a new hospital should go are usually made by the ______________________________
11. While the Councillor's Committees and the councillors decide on issues, the _______________________ and the administrative staff implement the plans.
12. All of the Ward Councillors meet and they make a _______________ and the money is spent according to it.
III. WHICH DIFFERENT LOCAL BODIES WORK IN THESE AREAS?
IV. MATCH THE FOLLOWING:
No . A B Responses
1. Concillors a. Provides basic amenities 1._____
2. Commissioner b. Collected by corporation 2._____
3. Municipal Corporation c. Elected repreetatives 3._____
4. Property tax d. Chandigarh 4._____
5. Hit by plague in 1994 e. Appointed by State Government 5._____
f. Surat
V. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING IN 2 POINTS:
1. Briefly explain urban local bodies.
2. How do ward councilors’ decisions result in betterment of the cities?
3. How the problems within wards are resolved? Explain with an example:
4. What is Sub-contracting and how it works in municipalities?
VI. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING IN 3 POINTS:
5. Who are the important office bearers of a municipal corporation?
VII. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING IN 4 POINTS:
6. What functions are performed by a municipal corporation?
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