Time Left: 600 sec

1. Which language was identified as the official language of India?

2. How many Scheduled Languages are recognised by the Constitution?

3. In which year was the use of English for official purposes supposed to stop?

4. Which state saw a violent movement against the imposition of Hindi?

5. What political change after 1990 strengthened federalism?

6. Which institution limited arbitrary dismissal of state governments by the Centre?

7. Which state has population larger than Russia?

8. When power is given to local government from Central and State levels, it is called:

9. In which year was a major step towards decentralisation taken through constitutional amendment?

10. What is the local rural government called in India?

11. Who heads a Gram Panchayat?

12. Who supervises the work of Gram Panchayat?

13. What is the political head of Zilla Parishad called?

14. What is the political head of a Municipal Corporation?

15. At least what proportion of local body positions are reserved for women?

16. Which institution conducts panchayat and municipal elections in states?

17. How many elected representatives are there in panchayats and municipalities across India?

18. The experiment of participative budgeting is practised in which Brazilian city?

19. Which Indian state practised a similar participative planning experiment like Brazil?

20. The main principle realised through local self-government is: