Class 6 Civics : Rural administration
Questions and answers – Rural administration
Q 1. What is the work of police?
Ans. The work of police are :
1. To maintain law and order.
2. To register the cases of theft, injury, accident, and fight etc.
3. To enquire, investigate, and take actions on the cases within the area.
Q 2. List two things that the work of a Patwari includes.
Ans. 1. To measure the land and keep land records.
2. To collect land revenue in the village.
Q 3. What is the work of Tehsildar?
Ans. The work of Tehsildar is :
1. To hear the disputes regarding land.
2. To supervise the work of Patwari.
3. To get the revenue collected.
Q 4. What issue is the poem trying to raise? Do you think it is an important issue?
Ans. The issue that is raised in the poem is about a daughter who wants to have a share in the property of her father.
Yes, this is an important issue because earlier women didn’t get any share in her father’s property and it was equally divided among his sons.
Q 5. In what ways are the work of the Panchayat that you read about in the previous chapters, and the work of the Patwari related to each other?
Ans. The work of Village Panchayat and Patwari are related to each other because they equally work for the welfare of villages.
The revenue collected by Patwari is spent upon the welfare of people by Panchayat.
Q 6. Write the work that the police have to do to prevent crime and maintain law and order in their area especially during festivals, public meetings etc.
Ans. 1. They ensure that violence does not take place.
2. They appoint an additional police force.
3. They deploy quick communication techniques.
4. The police keep proper eyes on the criminals.
Q 7. Who is in charge of all the police stations in a district? Find out.
Ans. Senior Superintendent of Police (S.S.P)
Q 8. How do women benefit under the new law?
Ans. Hindu Succession Amendment Act 2005 is a new law. Under it women can get an equal share in the property of her father.
