UPSC GK Questions 2026

Under Article 197 the Legislative Council may hold up an ordinary bill sent by the Assembly for a maximum of three months when it comes the first time.

Article 198 says a money bill shall not be introduced in a Legislative Council, and Article 207 requires the recommendation of the Governor before a money bill or a bill dealing with the subjects named in Article 199 is introduced.

Article 173 lays down the qualifications for membership of a state legislature: a citizen of India who is at least 25 years of age for a seat in the Legislative Assembly and at least 30 years of age for a seat in the Legislative Council.

A member of a Legislative Council holds office for six years, and one-third of the members retire every second year, so the House is renewed in parts and is never dissolved as a whole.

The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council has 100 members and is the largest Legislative Council among the Indian states.

The Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly is elected from 403 territorial constituencies, which makes it the largest state assembly in India.

Article 167 gives the Chief Minister three duties: to communicate to the Governor all decisions of the Council of Ministers relating to the administration of the state and proposals for legislation, to furnish such information relating to administration as the Governor may call for, and, if the Governor so requires…

The Constitution says nothing about this office; it is the state university Acts that make the Governor of Uttar Pradesh the Chancellor of the state universities, and in that capacity he presides over convocations and is involved in the appointment of Vice-Chancellors.

Article 164(4) says a minister who for any period of six consecutive months is not a member of the legislature of the state shall at the expiration of that period cease to be a minister.

It says there shall be a Council of Ministers with the Chief Minister at the head to aid and advise the Governor in the exercise of his functions, except in so far as he is required to exercise them in his discretion, and it bars any court from enquiring into…

Sucheta Kripalani took charge of the Uttar Pradesh government in October 1963 and became the first woman to head a state government anywhere in India, a fact that is asked in both the state and the national general knowledge papers.

Pant headed the government of the United Provinces from 1937 as Premier, returned to office after independence and continued as the first Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh until 1954, when he moved to the Union cabinet as Home Minister.

Article 161 lets the Governor grant pardon, reprieve, respite or remission of punishment, and suspend, remit or commute the sentence of any person convicted of an offence against a law relating to a matter to which the executive power of the state extends.

Article 159 requires every Governor, before entering upon his office, to make and subscribe an oath in the presence of the Chief Justice of the High Court having jurisdiction in relation to that state, and in his absence before the senior-most judge of that court available.

Article 164(1A), inserted by the Constitution (Ninety-first Amendment) Act of 2003, limits the total number of ministers including the Chief Minister to fifteen per cent of the total number of members of the Legislative Assembly, with a minimum of twelve.

Article 157 lays down only two qualifications for the office of Governor: the person must be a citizen of India and must have completed thirty-five years of age.

Article 155 says the Governor of a state shall be appointed by the President by warrant under his hand and seal, so the office is filled by appointment and never by election.

Kishore Kumar was born there on 4 August 1929, sang for Hindi films across four decades and remains the name the state's general knowledge papers pair with the town.

Born at Babai in the Narmadapuram district, Makhanlal Chaturvedi received the award in 1955 for his collection Him Taringini, the first time the Akademi honoured a work in Hindi.

He was born at Bhopal on 19 August 1918, headed the government of the former Bhopal state, later held Union office and the governorship of three states, served as Vice-President of India and was the ninth President of India from 1992 to 1997.