A minister in a state who is not a member of the state legislature ceases to hold office after what period?
- A.Three consecutive months
- B.Six consecutive months
- C.Nine consecutive months
- D.One year
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, six consecutive months. Article 164(4) provides that a minister who for any period of six consecutive months is not a member of the legislature of the state shall at the expiration of that period cease to be a minister. The rule allows a Chief Minister or a minister to be appointed from outside the House, but only on the understanding that he will win a seat within six months.
Option A, three months, is not prescribed anywhere in this context. Option C, nine months, and Option D, one year, are equally without basis, though a year sounds plausible because the term of the House is counted in years. The same six-month rule applies to a Union minister under Article 75(5), so the two clauses can be learnt together. Note also that if such a minister fails to become a member within six months he cannot be reappointed without a fresh election, as the Supreme Court has held, which closes the obvious way round the rule.
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Practice Questions
View allOn which date did Haryana come into existence as a separate state?
- A.1 November 1956
- B.1 November 1966
- C.15 August 1966
- D.26 January 1967
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Haryana was created on that date under the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966, which divided the old state of Punjab on a linguistic basis, made Chandigarh a Union Territory to serve as the shared capital of both states, and transferred the hill areas to Himachal Pradesh.
Read the full explanation →How many elected seats does the Haryana Vidhan Sabha have at present?
- A.54
- B.81
- C.90
- D.117
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The Haryana Legislative Assembly has 90 elected seats, a strength it has had since 1977, of which 17 are reserved for the Scheduled Castes and none for the Scheduled Tribes, because no tribe is notified in the state.
Read the full explanation →Who was the first Chief Minister of Haryana?
- A.Rao Birender Singh
- B.Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma
- C.Chaudhary Bansi Lal
- D.Chaudhary Devi Lal
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The correct answer is B, Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma, who took office as the first Chief Minister of Haryana when the state was formed on 1 November 1966 under the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966.
Read the full explanation →Who was the first Governor of Haryana?
- A.Dharma Vira
- B.B. N. Chakravarty
- C.Birendra Narayan Chakravarty
- D.Ranjit Singh Narula
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The correct answer is A, Dharma Vira, a senior member of the civil service who became the first Governor of Haryana when the state was created on 1 November 1966.
Read the full explanation →What is the maximum number of ministers, including the Chief Minister, that Haryana may have?
- A.12
- B.13
- C.15
- D.18
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Article 164(1A), inserted by the Constitution (Ninety-first Amendment) Act, 2003, says that the total number of ministers including the Chief Minister in a state shall not exceed fifteen per cent of the total number of members of the Legislative Assembly.
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