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UPSC Prelims 2025 GS Paper 1, question 91

Topic: Polity and governance

Q91

Consider the following statements :

I. Panchayats at the intermediate level exist in all States.

II. To be eligible to be a Member of a Panchayat at the intermediate level, a person should attain the age of thirty years.

III. The Chief Minister of a State constitutes a commission to review the financial position of Panchayats at the intermediate levels and to make recommendations regarding the distribution of net proceeds of taxes and duties, leviable by the State, between the State and Panchayats at the intermediate level.

Which of the statements given above are not correct?

  1. (a) I and II only
  2. (b) II and III only
  3. (c) I and III only
  4. (d) I, II and IIICorrect answer

Solution.

Answer: (d) I, II and III

  1. Statement I is incorrect: under Article 243B(2) of the Constitution, Panchayats at the intermediate level need not be constituted in a State having a population not exceeding 20 lakhs.
  2. Statement II is incorrect: under Article 243F(1)(b), the minimum age to be eligible as a member of a Panchayat is 21 years, not 30 years.
  3. Statement III is incorrect: under Article 243I(1), the State Finance Commission to review the financial position of Panchayats is constituted by the Governor of the State, not the Chief Minister.

Trap: The question asks which statements are not correct, so all three statements (I, II and III) give option (d).