What is the maximum number of ministers, including the Chief Minister, that Madhya Pradesh can have?
- A.30
- B.34
- C.36
- D.48
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, 34. Article 164(1A), inserted by the Constitution (Ninety-first Amendment) Act of 2003, says 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 its Legislative Assembly, and shall not be fewer than twelve. Fifteen per cent of the 230 members of the Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha is 34.5, and since a fraction of a minister is impossible the ceiling is thirty-four.
Option C, 36, is the corresponding ceiling for Bihar, whose Assembly has 243 members, and is placed here to catch a candidate who has learnt the formula but attached it to the wrong House. Option A, 30, is simply a round number below the limit. Option D, 48, is what fifteen per cent of 320 would roughly give, which is to say the answer for the undivided state before 2000 and not for Madhya Pradesh today. The lesson is to work the percentage out from the current strength of the Assembly every time.
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Practice Questions
View allHow many members are elected to the Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha?
- A.200
- B.224
- C.230
- D.320
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The Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly returns 230 members from single-member territorial constituencies, of which thirty-five are reserved for the Scheduled Castes and forty-seven for the Scheduled Tribes.
Read the full explanation →How many Assembly constituencies went to Chhattisgarh when it was created in November 2000?
- A.81
- B.90
- C.95
- D.100
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The Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Act of 2000 created Chhattisgarh on 1 November 2000, and ninety of the 320 constituencies of the undivided Madhya Pradesh Assembly fell within the new state and became its Legislative Assembly.
Read the full explanation →Who was the first Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh?
- A.Kailash Nath Katju
- B.Pandit Ravishankar Shukla
- C.Dwarka Prasad Mishra
- D.Shyama Charan Shukla
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He became Chief Minister when the reorganised state of Madhya Pradesh came into being on 1 November 1956, having already headed the government of the earlier Central Provinces and Berar, and he died in office in December 1956, only weeks into the new state.
Read the full explanation →Who administers the oath of office to the Governor of Madhya Pradesh?
- A.The President of India
- B.The Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court
- C.The Chief Justice of India
- D.The Speaker of the Vidhan Sabha
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Article 159 requires the Governor, before entering upon his office, to make and subscribe an oath before the Chief Justice of the High Court exercising jurisdiction in relation to the state, or in his absence before the senior-most judge of that court available.
Read the full explanation →How many Houses does the legislature of Madhya Pradesh have?
- A.One
- B.Two
- C.Three
- D.None; it is governed by the Governor alone
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Madhya Pradesh has a unicameral legislature: under Article 168 the legislature of the state consists of the Governor and a single House, the Vidhan Sabha.
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