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Class 6 History & Civics — Urban local bodies

Say what an urban local body is and what decentralised means, work out which body a city gets from its population, and describe what wards and ward committees do.

Name: ________________________

Before you start

One city, divided into wards.

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  1. 1. One ward
  2. 2. Another ward
  3. 3. A third ward
  4. 4. A fourth ward

The heavy lines cut the city into four smaller units. Each of those is a ward, and each has its own ward committee — running health camps, campaigning against single-use plastics, and keeping an eye out for a water leak, a blocked drain or a damaged road to report to the authorities.

  1. 1.A city has a population of 18 lakhs. Which body will sit at the top of its urban local government?

    • a) Nagar Panchayat
    • b) Municipal Council
    • c) Municipal Corporation
    • d) Ward Committee

  2. 2.Put the urban side of the governance pyramid in order from the bottom up, starting from the People of the Ward.

    • The People of the Ward
    • The Ward Committee
    • The Municipal Corporation, Municipal Council or City Council

  3. 3.A Parliamentary Act gave the Madras Corporation the power to levy municipal taxes, which is when its municipal administration properly began. In which year? Answer with a number.

  4. 4.What kind of activities does the chapter say ward committees facilitate?

    • a) Planning the city's economic development
    • b) Conducting health camps and campaigning against single-use plastics
    • c) Levying property tax and issuing trade licences
    • d) Electing the members of the Municipal Corporation

  5. 5.A town has a population of 60,000. Which body will sit at the top of its urban local government?

    • a) Municipal Corporation
    • b) Nagar Panchayat
    • c) Municipal Council
    • d) Zila Parishad

  6. 6.Sort each urban local body by the population band the chapter gives it.

    Groups: Above 10 lakhs · Between 1 and 10 lakhs · Below 1 lakh

    • Municipal Council
    • Nagar Panchayat
    • Municipal Corporation

  7. 7.Which of these is named among the functions of urban local bodies?

    • a) Running the State's police force
    • b) Issuing the country's currency
    • c) Deciding the school syllabus for the State
    • d) Garbage collection and disposal, and collecting local taxes and fines

  8. 8.Match each term to what the chapter says it means.

    • urban local bodies
    • decentralised
    • wards
    • the smaller units a city or town is divided into
    • local communities have a direct say instead of a central authority
    • local government structures in urban areas

Answer key — Class 6 History & Civics — Urban local bodies

  1. 1. c) Municipal Corporation
  2. 2. 1. The People of the Ward 2. The Ward Committee 3. The Municipal Corporation, Municipal Council or City Council
  3. 3. 1792
  4. 4. b) Conducting health camps and campaigning against single-use plastics
  5. 5. b) Nagar Panchayat
  6. 6. Municipal Corporation → Above 10 lakhs; Municipal Council → Between 1 and 10 lakhs; Nagar Panchayat → Below 1 lakh
  7. 7. d) Garbage collection and disposal, and collecting local taxes and fines
  8. 8. urban local bodies → local government structures in urban areas; decentralised → local communities have a direct say instead of a central authority; wards → the smaller units a city or town is divided into