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UPSC PYQPrelims 2025

Civil Services Examination · Question 51

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. I and II only
  2. II and III only
  3. I and III only
  4. I, II and III
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Answer: (D) I, II and III

Explanation

States with population below 20 lakh may skip the intermediate level (I false); minimum age to be a panchayat member is 21, not 30 (II false); the Governor, not the CM, constitutes the State Finance Commission (III false).