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Prelims 2017 · Q16
Local self-government can be best explained as an exercise in
UPSC's answer: (b)
NCERT answers it: Class 11 Indian Constitution at Work, Ch 8 (Local Governments).
Indian Constitution at Work (ch 8): panchayats were seen as instruments of decentralisation and participatory democracy. So (b).
Hindi version: UPSC's official question paper (2017), question 16 ↗
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