Arrange the following in descending order:
(A) Block
(B) Village
(C) District
(D) Tehsil
(E) Sub-division
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (C), (E), (D), (A), (B)
(C) District — the largest unit of administration within a state.
(E) Sub-division — a district is divided into sub-divisions.
(D) Tehsil — a sub-division is made up of tehsils, the units of land revenue administration.
(A) Block — the unit of rural development work, made up of a group of villages.
(B) Village — the smallest unit, the base of the Panchayati Raj system.
Note 1: This question framed by NTA is outside the NCERT book (2025-26 edition). The book describes the three-tier Panchayati Raj system, with the Gram Sabha of the village at its base and planning at the district level, but it does not describe the units of revenue administration. This order is marked as per the NTA answer key.
Note 2: The names and sizes of these units differ from state to state; in many states a tehsil (also called a taluka or mandal) and a development block cover areas of a similar size. So the relative place of the tehsil and the block can be argued either way, and the answer follows the NTA answer key.