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Article 168: Constitution of Legislatures in States.
(1) For every State there shall be a Legislature which shall consist of the Governor, and—
(a) in the States of Andhra Pradesh, Telengana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra and Karnataka two Houses .
(b) in other States, one House.
(2) Where there are two Houses of the Legislature of a State, one shall be known as the Legislative Council and the other as the Legislative Assembly, and where there is only one House, it shall be known as the Legislative Assembly.
Article 169: Abolition or creation of Legislative Councils in States. Notwithstanding anything in article 168, Parliament may by law provide for the abolition of the Legislative Council of a State having such a Council or for the creation of such a Council in a State having no such Council, if the Legislative Assembly of the State passes a resolution to that effect by a majority of the total membership of the Assembly and by a majority of not less than two-thirds of the members of the Assembly present and voting.
Article 170: Composition of the Legislative Assemblies.
1. Subject to the provisions of article 333, the Legislative Assembly of each State shall consist of not more than five hundred, and not less than sixty, members chosen by direct election from territorial constituencies in the State.
(2) For the purposes of clause (1), each State shall be divided into territorial constituencies in such manner that the ratio between the population of each constituency and the number of seats allotted to it shall, so far as practicable, be the same throughout the State.
Article 171: Composition of the Legislative Councils.
The total number of members in the Legislative Council of a Statehaving such a Council shall not exceed one third of the total number of members in the Legislative Assembly of that State:
Provided that the total number of members in the Legislative Council of a State shall in no case be less than forty.
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Article 172: Duration of State Legislatures.
Every Legislative Assembly of every State, unless sooner dissolved, shall continue for five years from the date appointed for its first meeting and no longer and the expiration of the said period of five years shall operate as a dissolution of the Assembly:
Provided that the said period may, while a Proclamation of Emergency is in operation, be extended by Parliament by law for a period not exceeding one year at a time and not extending in any case beyond a period of six months after the Proclamation has ceased to operate
Article 173: Qualification for membership of the State Legislature.
A person shall not be qualified to be chosen to fill a seat in the Legislature of a State unless he—
(a) is a citizen of India, and makes and subscribes before some person authorised in that behalf by the Election Commission an oath or affirmation according to the form set out for the purpose in the Third Schedule;
(b) is, in the case of a seat in the Legislative Assembly, not less than twenty-five years of age and, in the case of a seat in the Legislative Council, not less than thirty years of age; and
(c) possesses such other qualifications as may be prescribed in that behalf by or under any law made by Parliament
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Article 174: Sessions of the State Legislature, prorogation and dissolution.
(1) The Governor shall from time to time summon the House or each House of the Legislature of the State to meet at such time and place as he thinks fit, but six
months shall not intervene between its last sitting in one session and the date appointed for its first sitting in the next session.
(2) The Governor may from time to time—
(a) prorogue the House or either House;
(b) dissolve the Legislative Assembly.
Article 176: Special address by the Governor.
(1) At the commencement of the first session after each general election to the Legislative Assembly and at the commencement of the first session of each year, the Governor shall address the Legislative Assembly or, in the case of a State having a Legislative Council, both Houses assembled together and inform the Legislature of the causes of its summons.
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Table of Contents
STATE LEGISLATIVE FOR POLITY
1. Presently, how many Indian States have a bicameral state legislature?
A. 12
B. 6
C. 18
D. 3
2. Which Articles in the Constitution deal with the topic of state legislatures?
A. Articles 168 to 212
B. Articles 26 to 78
C. Article 370
D. Article 1 to 25
3. Who among the following in the state legislature decides whether a bill is a Money Bill or not?
A. Speaker of Legislative Assembly
B. Chief Minister
C. Chairman of Legislative Council
D. Leader of Majority party
4. What is the maximum gap between the two sessions of state legislature?
A. 3 months
B. 4 months
C. 6 months
D. 8 months
5. What among the following is the common procedure for both the Parliament and the state legislature?
1. A bill (not a money bill) can be passed in either Houses
2. Money Bill can only originate in the lower house (Lok Sabha and Vidhan SabhA.
3. An ordinary Bill can be introduced either by the minister or private members
4. At the point of a deadlock between the Houses over an ordinary Bill, there can be a joint sitting of both Houses
A. Only 1
B. Only 2
C. Only 3 and 4
D. Only 4
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6. How soon should the elections to be held in the state after the end of the Emergency?
A. 1 month
B. 3 months
C. 6 months
D. 12 months
7. Member of the Legislative Council submits his resignation to ….
A. Chairman
B. President
C. Chief Minister
D. Governor
8. Who does not participate in the election of the Legislative Council?
A. Graduates
B. Members of the municipality
C. Teachers of secondary schools
D. District Panchayat members
9. Which of the following statements is not correct?
A. Finance Bill cannot be submitted in the Legislative Council
B. The Finance Bill is presented by the Chief Minister of the state
C. The Legislative Council has no right to change the Finance Bill
D. None of the above
10. In which of the following states there is no Legislative Council?
A. West Bengal
B. Telangana
C. Karnataka
D. None of the Above
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11. In which one of the following states, it is not constitutionally obligatory for the Governor to appoint a minister in-charge of tribal affairs?
A. Bihar
B. Madhya Pradesh
C. Odisha
D. None of the Above
12. Who of the following is not appointed by the Governor?
A. State Council of Ministers
B. State Advocate General
C. State Director General of Police
D. None of the above
13. The Governor of a State may be removed from the office by the President:
A. At the request of the Chief Minister
B. On the advice of the Lok Ayukta
C. On the advice of the Union Cabinet
D. On the advice of the Attorney-General of India
14. Under which Article of the Constitution of India, the State Governor can reserve a Bill for the consideration of the President?
A. Article 169
B. Article 200
C . Article 201
D. All of the above
15. Rules for more convenient transaction of business of the State Government are made by:
A. The Chief Secretary
B. A Committee of Secretaries
C. The Department of Home of the concerned State Government
D. The Governor
16. Which one of the following Constitutional Amendments made it possible to appoint one person to hold the office of the Governor in two or more states simultaneously?
A. Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956
B. Constitution (Forty-second Amendment) Act, 1976
C. Constitution (Forty-third Amendment) Act, 1977
D. None of the above
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17. Which one of the following is not correct in respect of the Governor’s Ordinance-making power?
A. It is exercised only when the Legislature is not in session
B. It is a discretionary power which need not be exercised with the aid and advice of Ministers
C. The Governor himself is competent to withdraw the Ordinance at any time
D. None of the above
18. Assertion (A.: Reservation of a State Bill for the assent of the President is a discretionary power of the Governor. Reason (R): The President of India can disallow a Bill passed by a State Legislature or return it for reconsideration.
Codes:
A. Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A
B. Both A and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A
C. A is true but R is false
D. A is false but R is true
19. Which is the smallest legislative assembly (capacity) in India?
A. Goa
B. Telangana
C. Chattisgarh
D. Sikkim
20. If the legislative assembly dissolves while any bill is pending, then what becomes of the bill?
- Bill lapses
- Bill remains till another session
- The Bill is sent to legislative council
- None of the above
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Answer key
| 1. b 2. a 3. a 4. c 5. d 6. c 7. a 8. d 9. b 10. a | 11. a 12. c 13. c 14. b 15. d 16. a 17. b 18. b 19. a 20. a |
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