Strike out the incorrect statement about Panchayati Raj :

The correct answer is Option (3) → The 74^th Amendment provided a three-tier system of Panchayati Raj

Option (1) Panchayat Raj translates to ‘Governance by five individuals’ — True. Panchayati Raj translates literally to ‘Governance by five individuals’; the idea is a functioning democracy at the village or grassroots level.

Option (2) At the base of the structure stands ‘Gram Sabha’ — True. The structure is like a pyramid, and at its base stands the Gram Sabha, the entire body of citizens of a village, which elects the local government.

Option (3) The 74^th Amendment provided a three-tier system of Panchayati Raj — False. It was the 73rd Amendment that provided a three-tier system of Panchayati Raj for all states with a population of over twenty lakhs. The 73rd and 74th amendments are named together only for the reservation of one third of the seats for women in the rural and urban local bodies. One number changed, 73 to 74, and a true line became false; read every figure before you mark it.

Option (4) Election to these bodies are conducted every five years — True. The 73rd Amendment made it mandatory that elections to these bodies be conducted every five years.

Note: The chapter ‘The Story of Indian Democracy’ of the pre-rationalised NCERT, which NTA followed in 2023, has been renamed ‘The Constitution and Social Change’ in the NCERT book (2025-26). Its section on the Panchayati Raj, which this question is based on, is still there.