What is the minimum age prescribed for appointment as the Governor of a state?
- A.25 years
- B.30 years
- C.35 years
- D.40 years
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Explanation
The correct answer is C, 35 years. Article 157 lays down only two qualifications for the office of Governor: the person must be a citizen of India and must have completed the age of thirty-five years. Article 158 adds the conditions of office, namely that he shall not be a member of either House of Parliament or of a House of the legislature of any state, and shall not hold any other office of profit.
Option A, 25 years, is the minimum age to contest an election to a Legislative Assembly or the Lok Sabha under Article 173 and Article 84 respectively. Option B, 30 years, is the minimum age for membership of a Legislative Council and of the Rajya Sabha. Option D, 40 years, is not prescribed for any of these offices. The figure of 35 years is shared by three high offices, those of the President, the Vice-President and a Governor, and holding them together is the simplest way to avoid the mistake.
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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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