Who is to conduct the elections to the Panchayats and Municipalities?

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• Consider the following tasks: [IAS 2004] 1) Superintendence, direction and conduct of free and fair elections. 2) Preparation of electoral rolls for all elections to the Parliament, State-Legislatures and the Office of the President and the Vice-President. 3) Giving recognition to political parties, allotting election symbols to political parties and individuals contesting the election. 4) Proclamation of final verdict in the case of election disputes. Which of the above are the functions of the Election Commission of India?
• Which of the following statements regarding 74th Amendment of the Constitution are correct? 1. It provides for the insertion of a new schedule to the Constitution. 2. It restructures the working of the municipalities. 3. It provides for the reservation of seats for women and scheduled castes in the municipalities.
• The elections to Panchayats are to be held:
• The members of the Legislative Council are appointed through: I. Direct elections II. indirect elections III. Nomination
• A political party is recognised by the Election Commission only if: 1. it has been engaged in political activity for a continuous period of five years. 2. has returned at least one member of the Lok Sabha for every 2Smembers of that House or any fraction of that number elected from that State. 3. has polled not less than six percent of the total number of valid votes polled by all contesting candidates at the general elections. 4. has contested election in four or more States in three consecutive general elections.
• Which of the following is correct regarding booth capturing? 1. It has been defined in the Constitution after the 61st amendment. 2. It includes the seizure of a polling booth to prevent the orderly conduct of elections. 3. It is also committed when any elector is threatened and prevented from going to the polling station to cast his vote. 4. It has been declared a cognizable offence punishable by imprisonment.
• The Election Commission does not conduct the elections to the:
• The Constitution (Seventy-Third Amendment) Act, 1992, which aims at promoting the Panchayati Raj Institutions in the country, provides for which of the following? 1. Constitution of District Planning Committees. 2. State Election Commissions to conduct all panchayat elections. 3. Establishment of State Finance Commissions. Select the correct answer using the codes given below: [CSAT 2011]
• Which of the following functions are obligatory in all municipalities? 1. Registration of births and deaths. 2. Supply of potable water. 3. Planting and maintenance of road side trees. 4. Provision of transport facilities within the municipality.
• The framers or the Constitution decided to live importance to Panchayati Raj and directed the State to take steps to organize village panchayats as units or self-government under Article