UPSC Previous Year Question | Prelims GS | 2019

With reference to the Legislative Assembly of a State in India, consider the following statements: 1. The Governor makes a customary address to Members of the House at the commencement of the first session of the year. 2. When a State Legislature does not have a rule on a particular matter, it follows the Lok Sabha rule on that matter. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. 1 only
  2. 2 only
  3. Both 1 and 2
  4. Neither 1 nor 2

Answer

Correct Answer

1 only

Explanation

Under Article 176, the Governor addresses the Legislature at the first session after each general election and at the first session of each year. State Legislatures frame their own rules of procedure (Article 208); they do not automatically follow Lok Sabha rules, so statement 2 is incorrect.

Topics: governor's address and rules of procedure, polity, state government, state legislature