Question

The district collector is the chief executive officer of the_____.
A. State
B. Religion
C. Division
D. District

Answer 1

Hint:The basic unit of administration in the area is District collector. An IAS officer becomes district magistrate or district collector on the basis of the work he is doing. Many times the district magistrate also handles the work of the district collector.

Complete answer:
Administration at the district level is done by the district collector, so the district collector is the chief executive officer of the district.
The main functions and responsibility of District Magistrate are-
- Revenue administration
- Law and order administration
- Development administration.
In revenue administration, the district collector collects land revenue, connects other government dues, maintains land and records, distributes and recovers taccavi loans.
Also maintaining land records exercise the power of the land acquisition officer that is acquiring land for the purposes of colonisation, industry commerce, slum clearance and so on, he also implements land reforms.

In law and order administration control and supervisor subordinate magistracy, issue orders when there is threat to public peace and order under section 144 of The Criminal Procedure Code, release prisoners and inspect the jails and many more functions on the basis of law and order are done by district magistrate.
In the Development administration he presides over the district plan implementation Committee, supervising the municipal administration in the district, responsible for the supplies of food and other essential commodities in the district.

Hence the correct answer is option D.

Note:A district collector is not an elected body, he/she comes to power after clearing civil services exam and then they are appointed by the state government.
Ramsay MacDonald once said that the district collector is a tortoise on who's back stood the elephant of the Government of India.