{"id":84684,"date":"2025-06-01T02:46:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T02:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?p=84684"},"modified":"2025-06-01T02:46:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T02:46:10","slug":"to-be-eligible-to-contest-election-under-the-haryana-panchayati-raj-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/to-be-eligible-to-contest-election-under-the-haryana-panchayati-raj-a\/","title":{"rendered":"To be eligible to contest election under the Haryana Panchayati Raj (A"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To be eligible to contest election under the Haryana Panchayati Raj (Amendment) Act, 2015, a candidate should<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1. have a functional toilet at home<\/li>\n<li>2. have payment slips of power bills<\/li>\n<li>3. not be a cooperative loan defaulter<\/li>\n<li>4. have studied minimum matriculation irrespective of category<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Select the correct answer using the code given below.<\/p>\n<p>[amp_mcq option1=&#8221;1, 2 and 3 only&#8221; option2=&#8221;1, 2 and 4 only&#8221; option3=&#8221;1, 2, 3 and 4&#8243; option4=&#8221;3 and 4 only&#8221; correct=&#8221;option1&#8243;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"psc-box-pyq-exam-year-detail\">\n<div class=\"pyq-exam\">\n<div class=\"psc-heading\">This question was previously asked in<\/div>\n<div class=\"psc-title line-ellipsis\">UPSC CDS-1 &#8211; 2017<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pyq-exam-psc-buttons\"><a href=\"\/pyq\/pyq-upsc-cds-1-2017.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-pdf-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Download PDF<\/a><a href=\"\/pyq-upsc-cds-1-2017\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-attempt-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Attempt Online<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"pyq-correct-answer\">\nStatements 1, 2, and 3 are correct eligibility criteria introduced by the Haryana Panchayati Raj (Amendment) Act, 2015. Statement 1 is correct; having a functional toilet at home was made mandatory. Statement 2 is correct; the Act required candidates to not be defaulters of electricity bills, implying having paid bills or no arrears. Statement 3 is correct; not being a cooperative loan defaulter was also a specified condition. Statement 4 is incorrect; the educational qualification was set at Matriculation (Class 10) for the General category but Middle Pass (Class 8) for Women and Scheduled Castes contesting for the post of Panch, so it was not irrespective of category.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-key-points\">\n&#8211; The Act introduced minimum qualifications related to hygiene, debt repayment, and education.<br \/>\n&#8211; Having a functional toilet was a key requirement.<br \/>\n&#8211; Being a defaulter of electricity or cooperative loans was a disqualification.<br \/>\n&#8211; Educational qualifications varied by category.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-additional-information\">\nThe Haryana Panchayati Raj (Amendment) Act, 2015, was controversial and challenged in court. The Supreme Court upheld the validity of the educational qualification criteria but struck down the criteria regarding the number of children. Other criteria like functional toilet and non-defaulting status were generally accepted or upheld.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To be eligible to contest election under the Haryana Panchayati Raj (Amendment) Act, 2015, a candidate should 1. have a functional toilet at home 2. have payment slips of power bills 3. not be a cooperative loan defaulter 4. have studied minimum matriculation irrespective of category Select the correct answer using the code given below. &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"To be eligible to contest election under the Haryana Panchayati Raj (A\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/to-be-eligible-to-contest-election-under-the-haryana-panchayati-raj-a\/#more-84684\">Detailed Solution<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">To be eligible to contest election under the Haryana Panchayati Raj (A<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1087],"tags":[1101,1229],"class_list":["post-84684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc-cds-1","tag-1101","tag-haryana-gk","no-featured-image-padding"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.2 (Yoast SEO v23.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>To be eligible to contest election under the Haryana Panchayati Raj (A<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Statements 1, 2, and 3 are correct eligibility criteria introduced by the Haryana Panchayati Raj (Amendment) Act, 2015. 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