state government quiz set 10 MCQ Questions & Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (c)

Pensions of High Court judges are charged on the consolidated Fund of the India.

Answer: (b)

The Vidhan Parishad (or Legislative Council) is the upper house in those states of India that have a bicameral legislature. As of 2011, six (out of twenty-eight) states have a Legislative Council: Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Uttar Pradesh.

In 2010 the Parliament of India passed an Act to re-establish a Legislative Council for a seventh state, Tamil Nadu, but the implementation of the Act has been put on hold pending legal action; the state government has also expressed its opposition to the council’s revival.

Answer: (a)

Answer: (b)

Sarkaria Commission was set up in June 1983 to examine the relationship and balance of power between state and central government.

Answer: (c)

According to Article 243 (K), the superintendence, direction and control of the preparation of electoral rolls for, and the conduct of, all elections to local bodies shall be vested in a State Election Commission consisting of a State Election Commissioner to be appointed by the Governor.

Answer: (a)

The Legislative Council elects its Chairman and Deputy Chairman from amongst its memebers. A member holding office as Chairman or Deputy Chairman of a Legislative Council may be removed from his office by a resolution of the Council passed by a majority of all the then members of the Council.