Under which Article may the Governor of a state promulgate an ordinance when the legislature is not in session?
- A.Article 123
- B.Article 200
- C.Article 213
- D.Article 356
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Explanation
The correct answer is C, Article 213. It allows the Governor to promulgate an ordinance when the Legislative Assembly of the state is not in session and he is satisfied that circumstances exist which make immediate action necessary. Such an ordinance has the same force as an Act of the legislature, but it must be laid before the House when it reassembles and ceases to operate six weeks after the reassembly unless approved earlier, and it may be withdrawn by the Governor at any time.
Option A, Article 123, is the corresponding ordinance power of the President at the Union level, and the pair 123 and 213 is a standard matching question. Option B, Article 200, deals with the assent of the Governor to bills passed by the legislature, where he may assent, withhold assent, return a bill other than a money bill for reconsideration or reserve it for the President. Option D, Article 356, is the provision for President rule in a state on the failure of the constitutional machinery, which has nothing to do with ordinances.
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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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