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With reference to ‘Scheduled Areas’ in India, consider the following statements

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With reference to ‘Scheduled Areas’ in India, consider the following statements :
1. Within a State, the notification of an area as Scheduled Area takes place through an Order of the President.
2. The largest administrative unit forming the Scheduled Area is the District and the lowest is the cluster of villages in the Block.
3. The Chief Ministers of the concerned States are required to submit annual reports to the Union Home Ministry on the administration of Scheduled Areas
in the States.
How many of the above statemnents are correct?

(a)

Only one

(b)

Only two

(c)

All three

(d)

None

Answer:

(a)

Core Books/NCERT

Explanation

Statement 1 is correct: article 244(1)- President may by order declare to be Scheduled areas after consultation with the Governor of the state. Statement 2 is incorrect: the lowest administrative unit is the gram sabha and not the cluster of villages at the block level. Statement 3 is incorrect: The Governor presents the report. Therefore the answer is [A]