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Constitutional Provision Article 40
Asked 2 times across 2 UPSC exams over 11 years (2014–2025), peaking in 2014.
Key insights
- Most tested in CDS — 1 of 2 PYQs
- Most asked in 2014
- Recurs across 2 years (2014–2025)
How it travelled across exams
First appearance in each exam — the same idea, reframed.
CDS 2014 → CISF 2025
How the concept evolved
Long-running — most appearances (1 of 2) predate 2016, and it still returns.
Related concepts
Ideas UPSC tests alongside this one — keep exploring.
Sample questions
You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
CISF2025
Which one among the following Articles of the Constitution of India, directs the State to organise village panchayats ?
- A Article 40 ✓
- B Article 44
- C Article 243D
- D Article 329
✓ Correct answer: (A)
Polity & Governance › FR/DPSP/Duties
CDS2014
Consider the following statements about local government in India
- Article 40 of Indian Constitution provides for the State to organize village panchayats and endow them with such powers and authority as may be necessary to make them function as units of self-government
- The 73rd and 74th Constitution Amendments inserted Part IX and IX A in the Constitution
- The provisions in Parts IX and IX A of Indian Constitution are more or less parallel and analogous
- The 73rd Constitution Amendment is applicable to all states irrespective of size of population
Which of the statements given above are correct?
- A 1 and 2 only
- B 1, 2 and 3 only ✓
- C 3 and 4 only
- D 1, 2, 3 and 4
✓ Correct answer: (B)
Polity & Governance › Local Government
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