Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

General Test

Chapter

General Knowledge

Question:

As per the Constitution of India, Panchayats at the intermediate level may not be constituted in a state having a population not exceeding:

Options:

twelve lakh

twenty-five lakh

fifteen lakh

twenty lakh

Correct Answer:

twenty lakh

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 4 - twenty lakh

As per the Constitution of India, Panchayats at the intermediate level may not be constituted in a state having a population not exceeding twenty lakhs.

This is according to Article 243B(2) of the Constitution which states:

"(2) Notwithstanding anything in clause (1), Panchayats at the intermediate level may not be constituted in a State having a population not exceeding twenty lakhs."