Indian Polity

STATE GOVERNMENT [LEGISLATURE AND EXECUTIVE] MCQs

Total Questions : 294

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Question 1. Which of the statements given below is/are correct?

  1. The Speaker immediately vacates his/her office whenever the State Legislative Assembly is dissolved.

  2. No Member of a State Legislative Assembly shall be liable to any proceeding in any court in respect of anything said or any vote given by him/her in the legislature.


Select the correct answer using the code given below:
  1.    1 only
  2.    2 only
  3.    Both 1 and 2
  4.    Neither 1 nor 2
 Discuss Question
Answer is Option B. -> 2 only
Answer: (b) members of state legislative assembly are not liable to any proceeding in any court.
Question 2. The membership of a State Legislative Council:
  1.    shall not be less than 2/3rd of total membership of Lok Sabha
  2.    shall not be more than membership of the Assembly
  3.    Both A and B are true
  4.    shall not be less than 40
 Discuss Question
Answer is Option C. -> Both A and B are true
Answer: (c)
Question 3. Which of the following state/Union territories have a common High Court?
  1.    Assam and Bengal
  2.    Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir
  3.    Uttar Pradesh and Bihar
  4.    Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh
 Discuss Question
Answer is Option D. -> Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh
Answer: (d)Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh share a high court under the High Court (Punjab) Order, 1947.
Question 4. The Legislative Council in a State in India can be created or abolished by the
  1.    Governor of the state on the recommendation of the Council of Ministers.
  2.    Parliament after the state assembly passes the resolution of that effect.
  3.    Parliament on the recommendation of a Governor of the state.
  4.    Parliament alone
 Discuss Question
Answer is Option B. -> Parliament after the state assembly passes the resolution of that effect.
Answer: (b)Legislative council in state can created or abolished by Parliament after the state assembly passes the resolution.
Question 5. Which one of the following States of India does not have a Legislative Council even though the Constitution? (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956 provides for it?
  1.    Maharashtra
  2.    Bihar
  3.    Karnataka
  4.    Madhya Pradesh
 Discuss Question
Answer is Option D. -> Madhya Pradesh
Answer: (d)There are only five states with bicameral legislature (Legislative assembly as well as Legislative Council) - UP, Bihar, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Jammu & Kashmir
Question 6. How many members of the State Legislative Council are elected by the Assembly?
  1.    $1/3$ of the members
  2.    $1/6$ of the members
  3.    $1/12$ of the members
  4.    $5/6$ of the members
 Discuss Question
Answer is Option A. -> $1/3$ of the members
Answer: (a) The Legislative Council or the Vidhan Parishad is the Upper Chamber of the State Legislature. As mentioned in the constitution the total membership of the Legislative Council shall not be less than forty and more than one-third of the total number of members of the Legislative Assembly of the concerned state. One-third of the members of this House are elected by the Legislative Assembly from amongst persons who are not its members. One-third of its members “are elected by the local bodies like Municipalities or District Boards or any other local authority as specified by the law of the Parliament. One-twelfth of the members are elected by graduates of at least three years standing. One-twelfth of the members are elected by teachers of secondary schools having at least three years of experience. About one-sixth of the members are nominated by the Governor from among persons possessing special knowledge and experience in the field of art, science, literature, social service and the cooperative movement.
Question 7. The functions of which of the following bodies in India are limited to advisory nature only?
  1.    Legislative Assembly
  2.    Lok Sabha
  3.    Legislative Council
  4.    Rajya Sabha
 Discuss Question
Answer is Option C. -> Legislative Council
Answer: (c)The Provincial Legislative Councils established were mere advisory bodies by means of which Government obtained advice and assistance. The Provincial Legislative Council could not interfere with the laws passed by the Central Legislature.
Question 8. The minimum age limit for the membership of the Vidhan Parishad is _____ .
  1.    25 years
  2.    21 years
  3.    30 years
  4.    35 years
 Discuss Question
Answer is Option C. -> 30 years
Answer: (c) The minimum age limit for the membership of the Vidhan Parishad (Legislative Council) is 30 years. Besides, to be chosen as a member, a person should be a citizen of India, mentally sound, not an insolvent, and on the voters’ list of the state for which he or she is contesting an election. In contrast with a state’s Vidhan Sabha, the Vidhan Parishad is a permanent body.
Question 9. The State Legislative Assembly participates in the election of:

  1. President

  2. Vice-President

  3. Rajya Sabha members

  4. Members of Legislative Council of the State


  1.    I and III
  2.    I, II and III
  3.    I, II, III and IV
  4.    I, III and IV
 Discuss Question
Answer is Option D. -> I, III and IV
Answer: (d)
Question 10. An ordinance issued by Governor is subject to approval by
  1.    The State Legislature
  2.    The President
  3.    The State Council of Ministers
  4.    The Parliament
 Discuss Question
Answer is Option A. -> The State Legislature
Answer: (a) Article 213 of the constitution provides that the Governor of the state can promulgate an ordinance. The same article states that once an ordinance is passed, it should be placed before the Legislative assembly of the state or where there is a legislative council, before both the houses and approved by then within six weeks of their respective dates of reassembly.