18. Read the following passage and answer thequestions that follow:It is important to note that these reservations apply not merelyto ordinary members in Panchayats but also to the position ofchairperson or 'Adhyakshas' at all the three levels. Furtherreservation of one-third of the seats for women is not merelyin the general category of seats but also within the seatsreserved for Scheduled Castes Scheduled Tribes andbackward castes. This means that a seat may be reservedsimultaneously for a woman candidate and one belonging tothe Schedule Castes and Scheduled Tribes. Thus, a Sarpanchwould have to be a Dalit woman or an Adivasive woman.Questions:

18. Read the following passage and answer thequestions that follow:It

1.	18. Read the following passage and answer thequestions that follow:It is important to note that these reservations apply not merelyto ordinary members in Panchayats but also to the position ofchairperson or 'Adhyakshas' at all the three levels. Furtherreservation of one-third of the seats for women is not merelyin the general category of seats but also within the seatsreserved for Scheduled Castes Scheduled Tribes andbackward castes. This means that a seat may be reservedsimultaneously for a woman candidate and one belonging tothe Schedule Castes and Scheduled Tribes. Thus, a Sarpanchwould have to be a Dalit woman or an Adivasive woman.Questions:
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