CLASS-6TH SST-CIVICS- CHAPTERE-7
Question –Answer worksheet:-
Mark the sentences as True or False . Correct the sentence that are false .
C-1. False:- A mayor is the chief executive officer of the municipal corporation .
2. False :- A municipal commissioner is selected by the state government.
3. True
4. False:- providing a cheap public transportation system to common peopal is a optional function of municipal corporation.
ANSWER IN ONE OR TWO SENTENCES.
D-1. The local self governing bodies that administer urban areas / cities with a population less than 10 lakhs but more than 20 thousand is know as a Municipality or municipal Councile.
2. A municipal Corporation is headed by the Mayor . The mayor is elected by the members of the Municipal corporation from amongst themselves.
3. For ease of administration , cities are divided into wards. The peopal of each ward elect a Councillor to the Municipal corporation.
4. palnting and maintenance of roadside trees.
Providing housing for low income groups.
5. Those area s which are in the process of changing from rural to urban are governed by special bodies known as Nagar Panchayats.
ANSWER IN A PARAGRAPH.
E-1. A Municipal Corporation is the body in charge of the administration of cities that have a population of 10 lakh or more. Big cities such as Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Chennai are governed by Minicipal Corporation.
2. Compulsory function of the Municipal Corporation:-
1) Supply clean drinking water
2) Construction and maintenance of public building
3) Collection .management and disposal of garbage.
Etc
3. The source of income of a municipal corporation to perform all its duties:-
Taxes collection from the peopal, such as water tax, road tax , property tax , vehicle tax etc. and Grants recived form the state government.
4. Advantages of local self – Government is that :-
It ensures effective utilsation of local resources.
Efficient management of local affairs.
The benefits of democracy to the grassroots.
Result can be fast and development will be more balanced of an area.
etc
