Which of the following is NOT the work of the legislature?
- A.Making law
- B.Budgeting
- C.Passing of budget
- D.Control on the executive
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, Budgeting. Preparing the budget, that is estimating the receipts and the expenditure of every department and putting the estimates together, is the work of the executive: in Madhya Pradesh the Finance Department prepares it and the Finance Minister presents it. The legislature comes in only after that.
Option A, making law, is the first function of a legislature and includes the Appropriation Act and the Finance Act of the budget itself. Option C, passing of the budget, is squarely the work of the legislature, which votes the demands for grants and then passes the Appropriation Bill under Article 204, without which no money can leave the Consolidated Fund of the State. Option D, control on the executive, is also the legislature’s work and is exercised through questions, motions, cut motions on demands and committees such as the Public Accounts Committee and the Estimates Committee. The division asked here is simple: the executive prepares and spends, the legislature authorises and audits the use of money through its committees and the Comptroller and Auditor General’s report.
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Practice Questions
View allThe legislature of Madhya Pradesh, before which the state budget is laid, consists of:
- A.Only the Vidhan Sabha, with the Governor
- B.The Vidhan Sabha and the Vidhan Parishad
- C.Only the Vidhan Parishad
- D.The Vidhan Sabha and a joint council of districts
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Madhya Pradesh has a unicameral legislature: the Governor and one House, the Vidhan Sabha, whose strength is 230. The annual financial statement under Article 202 is therefore laid before that single House, which votes the demands for grants and passes the Appropriation Bill.
Read the full explanation →Madhya Pradesh is the only state in India that produces which mineral?
- A.Diamond
- B.Gold
- C.Petroleum
- D.Uranium
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The Majhgawan pipe near Panna is the only working diamond mine in the country, which makes Madhya Pradesh India’s sole diamond-producing state, and the stones are sold through the government diamond office at Panna.
Read the full explanation →Madhya Pradesh is the largest producer in India of which crop, because of which it is called the soya state?
- A.Groundnut
- B.Soyabean
- C.Mustard
- D.Sunflower
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The black soil of the Malwa plateau and the Narmada valley suits soyabean, and the districts around Indore, Ujjain, Dewas and Sehore grow so much of it that the state is called the soya state and Indore became the centre of the soyabean oil and cake trade.
Read the full explanation →The Malanjkhand mine of Madhya Pradesh, which holds the largest copper ore reserves in India, is in which district?
- A.Balaghat
- B.Panna
- C.Jhabua
- D.Shahdol
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The Malanjkhand copper project of Hindustan Copper Limited, in Balaghat district on the eastern edge of the state, works the largest copper ore deposit in the country, and its concentrate feeds smelters outside the state.
Read the full explanation →The Bank Note Press, which prints currency notes, is located at which place in Madhya Pradesh?
- A.Dewas
- B.Satna
- C.Katni
- D.Rewa
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The Bank Note Press at Dewas prints currency notes, and the Security Paper Mill at Hoshangabad, now Narmadapuram, makes the special paper used for notes and other security documents, so two links of the currency chain lie in Madhya Pradesh.
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