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What is essential for citizens to take responsibility for transforming society?
What is essential for citizens to take responsibility for transforming society?
- Strong central government
- Effective participative democracy (correct)
- Passive citizens
- Authoritarian rule
What is the key role of citizens in governance according to the text?
What is the key role of citizens in governance according to the text?
- Supporting authoritarian regimes
- Blind obedience to authority
- Having no role in governance
- Active participation in public duty (correct)
How can the new architecture of governance be effectively established based on the text?
How can the new architecture of governance be effectively established based on the text?
- Limiting citizen involvement
- Autocratic decision-making
- Devolution, decentralisation, and democratisation (correct)
- Centralization of power
What is the primary concern raised about primary school teachers seeking promotion from a distant education director?
What is the primary concern raised about primary school teachers seeking promotion from a distant education director?
Which level of government should have direct supervision over the functions, finances, and functionaries of development and public welfare programs?
Which level of government should have direct supervision over the functions, finances, and functionaries of development and public welfare programs?
What is the proposed role of District Councils in managing cadres of school teachers, supervisors, and administrators according to the text?
What is the proposed role of District Councils in managing cadres of school teachers, supervisors, and administrators according to the text?
What is the main structural problem identified with the Indian Administrative Service and the Indian Police Service?
What is the main structural problem identified with the Indian Administrative Service and the Indian Police Service?
Why does the present structure of the All India Services pose a challenge to full-fledged democratic representative government at the district level?
Why does the present structure of the All India Services pose a challenge to full-fledged democratic representative government at the district level?
What does the Commission recommend regarding the relationship between the State and associations, NGOs, and voluntary bodies?
What does the Commission recommend regarding the relationship between the State and associations, NGOs, and voluntary bodies?
Why does the text suggest that State and civil society are complementary rather than antithetical?
Why does the text suggest that State and civil society are complementary rather than antithetical?
