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Including the Chief Minister, what is the maximum number of ministers that the Uttar Pradesh Council of Ministers can have?

  1. A.40
  2. B.50
  3. C.60
  4. D.80

Correct answer

C. 60

Explanation

The correct answer is C, 60. Article 164(1A), inserted by the Constitution (Ninety-first Amendment) Act of 2003, limits the total number of ministers including the Chief Minister to fifteen per cent of the total number of members of the Legislative Assembly, with a minimum of twelve. The Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha has 403 elected members, and fifteen per cent of 403 works out to sixty when the fraction is dropped.

Option A, 40, and option B, 50, are below the ceiling and have no basis in the article. Option D, 80, is the number of Lok Sabha seats allotted to Uttar Pradesh and is placed here as a distractor. Remember the method rather than the figure: multiply the strength of the Assembly by 0.15 and ignore the fraction, and keep the floor of twelve in mind for the small states and the Union territories with legislatures.

Read the full article: UP Governor and Council of Ministers: Articles and Powers

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Q1.Uttar PradeshEasy

Who appoints the Governor of Uttar Pradesh?

  1. A.The Prime Minister of India
  2. B.The President of India
  3. C.The Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court
  4. D.The Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
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Correct answer: B. The President of India

Article 155 says the Governor of a state shall be appointed by the President by warrant under his hand and seal, so the office is filled by appointment and never by election.

Q3.Uttar PradeshMedium

Before whom does the Governor of Uttar Pradesh take the oath of office?

  1. A.The President of India
  2. B.The Chief Justice of India
  3. C.The Chief Justice of the High Court of the state
  4. D.The Speaker of the Vidhan Sabha
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Correct answer: C. The Chief Justice of the High Court of the state

Article 159 requires every Governor, before entering upon his office, to make and subscribe an oath in the presence of the Chief Justice of the High Court having jurisdiction in relation to that state, and in his absence before the senior-most judge of that court available.

Q4.Uttar PradeshMedium

Which of the following is outside the pardoning power of the Governor under Article 161?

  1. A.Remission of a sentence for an offence against a state law
  2. B.Suspension of a sentence of death
  3. C.Pardon of a sentence of death
  4. D.Commutation of a sentence of death
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Correct answer: C. Pardon of a sentence of death

Article 161 lets the Governor grant pardon, reprieve, respite or remission of punishment, and suspend, remit or commute the sentence of any person convicted of an offence against a law relating to a matter to which the executive power of the state extends.

Q5.Uttar PradeshEasy

Who was the first Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh?

  1. A.Sampurnanand
  2. B.Govind Ballabh Pant
  3. C.Chandra Bhanu Gupta
  4. D.Kamalapati Tripathi
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Correct answer: B. Govind Ballabh Pant

Pant headed the government of the United Provinces from 1937 as Premier, returned to office after independence and continued as the first Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh until 1954, when he moved to the Union cabinet as Home Minister.