Q1. On 2 October 1959, who inaugurated the modern three-tier system of Panchayati Raj in Nagaur, Rajasthan?
A Lal Bahadur Shastri
B Mahatma Gandhi
C Jawahar Lal Nehru Correct
D Sarojini Naidu
Explanation
India’s modern three-tier Panchayati Raj system was inaugurated at Nagaur in Rajasthan on 2 October 1959 by Jawahar Lal Nehru, who was then the Prime Minister. Lal Bahadur Shastri later became Prime Minister, but he did not inaugurate this system at Nagaur. Mahatma Gandhi had died in 1948, long before the 1959 event, though village self-government was central to his thought. Sarojini Naidu was a national leader and poet, but she was not associated with this inauguration.