The duration of a state legislative assembly is laid down in which Article of the Constitution?
- A.Article 168
- B.Article 170
- C.Article 172
- D.Article 174
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Explanation
The correct answer is C, Article 172. Article 172(1) provides that every legislative assembly of a state shall continue for five years from the date appointed for its first meeting and no longer, with the same Emergency proviso that applies to the Lok Sabha, so an assembly term can be extended by one year at a time and not beyond six months after the Proclamation ceases. Option A is wrong because Article 168 only says which states shall have a legislature and whether it is to have one House or two. Option B is wrong because Article 170 deals with the composition of the assembly, fixing its strength between sixty and five hundred members chosen by direct election from territorial constituencies. Option D is wrong because Article 174 governs the sessions, prorogation and dissolution of the House, the dissolution being ordered by the Governor under Article 174(2)(b).
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