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(i) c 

(ii) d 

(iii) e 

(iv) a 

(v) b

Jodhpur is the biggest division of Rajasthan with the point of view of area.

Supply of essential commodities such as food items, kerosene, diesel, petrol, household gas cylinders to all.

There is Treasury Officer and Sub – District Treasury Officer at district level and Sub -Treasury Officer at tehsil level.

The court below the Supreme Court of India is High Court.

Correct option is (a) independent.

Correct option is (b) State

1. District administration 

2. District Collector 

3. Superintendent of Police 

4. District Collector 

5. Lok Adalats

1. 29, 7 

2. 7, 33 

3. First Information Report (FIR)

The Supreme Court of India is at the apex of the judiciary.

Answer: Maintaining law and order in the district is the primary duty of the district magistrate. For this, he has a large police department under the Superintendent of Police (S.P.). The Superintendent of Police is the chief of the Police Department who controls and supervises the department. There are many other officers to help the S.P. They are the Additional Superintendent (ASP), the Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Circle Inspectors and Sub Inspectors, Head Constables and Constables.

There are Additional District Magistrates (ADMs), Sub- Divisional Magistrates (SDMs) and Tehsildars to maintain law and order in their respective areas. In case of disruption in the law and order system in any part of the district, the police department takes administrative action under the supervision of the Superintendent of Police. It examines the basis of FIR and performs the work of providing punishment to the culprits. At times, it also takes help of other departments in arresting law affenders and order breakers and provides punishment to them.

Resloving disputes.

There are separate primary education and secondary education officers at district level. Block primary education officers work at block level to provide primary education. 

Following are the functions of district level educational administration:

1. Supervising the proper\working of schools in the district, 

2. Implementing the provisions of the Free and Compulsory Child Education Act, 

3. Giving recognition to private schools, 

4. Organizing sports and games tournaments at district level and other festivals and programmes.

As a judicial officer he gives judgements to resolve conflicts at the local level, he also has the responsibility of maintaining peace and order in Taluka.

(i) City

(ii) Floods

(iii) Criminal cases

Panchayati Raj system.

State Government.

(c) Lok Adalats

District courts, Taluka courts, Revenue courts.

Disasters leads to loss of lives and displacement of people besides tremendous financial losses.

Correct option is (b) Disaster management.

Disaster management is a process which enables one to face a disaster in a scientific and organised manner.

We can be forewarned about floods and storms

(a) Sometimes, we may have to face a calamity. It could be a natural disaster like floods, fire, a cloudburst, cyclone, earthquake, landslide or problems like riots, bomb blasts, breaking of a dam, epidemics, etc.

(b) These disasters lead to loss of human lives and displacement of people beside tremendous financial losses.

(c) Therefore, the issues of rehabilitation becomes important.

(d) Disaster management is a process which enables one to face a disaster in a scientific and organized manner. The entire machinery of a district is involved in the process.

(a) The District Collector is the head of the district administration. 

(b) He has to perform many functions from collecting agricultural tax to maintaining law and order in the district. To ensure smooth conduct of elections and disaster management.

Note – The students may complete the table according to their respective district.

Sikar is in the north of our district Jaipur, Alwar and Dausa are in the east, Tonk is in the south and Ajmer and Nagaur districts are in the west.

Seven divisional headquarters of Rajasthan are the following : 

1. Ajmer division 

2. Bharatpur division 

3. Bikaner division 

4. Jodhpur division 

5. Jaipur division 

6. Kota division 

7. Udaipur division

Headquarters of these divisions are in Ajmer, Bharatpur, Bikaner, Jodhpur, Jaipur, Kota and Udaipur, respectively.

We are residents of Jaipur district. Jaipur district comes under Jaipur division.

(c) To conduct elections

Answer is: (b) Bikaner

(c) District Supply Officer

(c) District Education Officer

1. Poverty Eradication Programme 

2. Literacy Programme 

3. Development and Upliftment of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes

4. Irrigation schemes, etc.

(c) Revenue court

Jan Aabhav Abhiyog and Satarkta Samiti (Public Lack Indictment and Vigilance Committee) looks into the complaints made by the people and the problems faced by them. This committee examines complaints regarding electricity, water, telephone, transport, pension cases, encroachment on government land and helps in resolving them.

There is a system of lok adalats in the country. These courts have been set up for the settlement of disputes through mutual consent outside the formal structure of the courts. There is a permanent lok adalat in every district, and they can also be held at lower level, in accordance with a schedule. The judge, with the help of some prominent persons of the area, seeks to settle the dispute by mediation and counselling. Any agreement that is arrived at, is accepted by the regular courts. Lok adalats are very popular in Rajasthan. Mutual disputes are eliminated through mutual consent and cheap and quick justice is obtained.

Murder, assault, theft, violation of law and disturbing peace, are all criminal acts and are tried in criminal courts. In a criminal case, the complainant has to first inform the nearest police station under whose area the crime took place. This is called the First Information Report (FIR). The police then investigate the case and collect relevant evidence, and then present the challan of the case in court. The court examines the evidence, hears the witnesses, also examines both the sides concerned and then delivers the judgment.

Rajasthan has been divided into seven divisions. 

Following are the districts included in each division :

1. Ajmer Division – Ajmer, Tonk, Bhilwara and Nagaur. 

2. Bharatpur Division – Bharatpur, Dholpur, Karauli and Sawai Madhopur. 

3. Bikaner Division – Bikaner, Sri Ganganagar, Hanumangarh and Churu. 

4. Jodhpur Division – Jodhpur, Jaisalmer, Banner, Pali, Jalore and Sirohi. 

5. Jaipur Division – Jaipur, Dausa, Alwar, Sikar and Jhunjhunu. 

6. Kota Division – Kota, Bundi, Baran and Jhalawar.

7. Udaipur Division – Udaipur, Dungarpur, Pratapgarh, Banswara, Rajsamand and Chittorgarh.

Following are the major duties of the District Collector: 

1. Maintaining peace, law and order throughout the district. 

2. Maintaining land records, and collection of revenue. 

3. Maintaining food supplies and other goods in the district. 

4. Providing facilities of education, health and medical care, drinking water, electricity, transportation, etc. 

5. Drawing up and implementing plans and projects for the development of the district. 

6. Organizing and implementing plans and projects for the development of the district. 

7. Providing protection against natural calamities and relief in case of natural calamities. 

8. Acting as a link between the government and the people. 

9. Coordinating the working of the rural panchayati raj system and its administration. 

10.Identifying and solving the problems faced by the people.

Following are the major functions of a patwari : 

1. Classifying various types of land in the village into the prescribed forms 

2. Keeping the measure of lands and making their maps 

3. Keeping complete record of the land and the name of the proprietor of that land 

4. Preparing the detail of crops at the time of harvest 

5. Collecting land revenue from farmers, etc.

Following are the four major functions of district administration : 

1. Maintenance of peace, law and order, 

2. Maintenance of land records and collection of land revenue, 

3. Providing public facilities, 

4. Working as a link between the government and the people, etc.

(i) b 

(ii) a 

(iii) d 

(iv) e 

(v) c

True. 

The Constitution of India has established an independent judiciary. At the apex of the system is the Supreme Court of India. Below this are the High Court, and below them, the lower courts. These include District Courts, Taluka Courts and Revenue Courts.

Following officers are employed in the district to provide facilities to the citizens – District Supply Officer, district Forest Officer, District Chief Medical and Health Officer, District Education Officer, District Planning Officer, officers of various departments at district level, etc.

Apart from departmental functions, the district administration fulfills the responsibility of making arrangements for the visit of the President, the Prime Minister, the Governor, the Chief Minister, etc. in the district.

The Chief Medical and Health Officer takes assistance from his subordinator medical officers at block level, doctors, nurses, midwives, etc. and provides large number of medical and health services in the district such as vaccination, family welfare, woman and child healthcare, etc. He also organizes de-addiction camps, and helps in running dispensaries and hospitals for public welfare.

The Constitution has provided a judiciary for the settlement of disputes and for their appropriate analysis. 

The following three types of disputes after arise, among people in general form:

1. Civil Disputes – Disputes regarding property, money or land, purchase of goods, marital disputes, rents and contracts, come under this category and the civil courts are there to deal with them. 

2. Criminal Disputes – Murder, assault, theft, violation of law and disturbing peace, are all criminal acts and are tried in the criminal courts. 

3. Revenue Disputes – Disputes regarding ownership of agricultural land, transfer of agricultural land, tenancy and land revenue or lagaan, are all revenue cases.

Here, the deputy tehsildar, tehsildar, and additional collector are the judicial authorities and such revenue cases are produced in their courts at the lower level. The district collector is the final court of appeal in these cases. Apart from these, there are some special types of courts which hear cases associated with some special issues. These include family court, court for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes, labour court, motor vehicles’ accident court and district consumer forum, etc.

Each state is divided into divisions, and divisions into districts, districts into development blocks and tehsils and tehsils into patwar circles.