Q1: Fill in the blanks.
(i) People who own homes have to pay a __________.
(ii) Municipal __________ functions in small towns.
(iii) In a municipal corporation the elected members are called _________.
(iv) Commissioner and the administrative staff are appointed by the _________.
Q2: Match the following
Q3: What was the result of the plague in Surat?
Q4: All cities have Municipal Corporation. Comment
Q5: Who was Yasmin Khala?
Q6: Why do you think Gangabai decided to approach the Ward Councillor?
Q7: What steps have been taken by the Municipal Corporation of Surat for the control of the plague?
Q8: Specify what an urban local body found in a big city is called?
Q9: Who decides where a park or a new hospital should go?
Q10: How is a ward councillor elected?
Q11: What do you understand by term ‘Tax’?
Q12: Why were children worried?
Q13: What did Gangabai do and why?
Q14: Why children went to Yasmin Khala’s house?
Q15: What did Gangabai say when the Commissioner said that there were not enough trucks in the city?
Q16: What could be the effects of garbage lying all over the streets?
Q17: Who broke the street light?
Q18: Who has the responsibility of replacing the street light?
Q19: Who is responsible for preparing the budget for a city?
Q20: True / False
(i) Yasmin Khala worked on accounts in the sanitation department.
(ii) Municipal Corporation builds hotels and restaurants.
(iii) Property taxes however form only 25-30 per cent of the money that a Municipal Corporation earns.
(iv) The city of Surat had a plague scare in 2014.
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