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State Legislature: 23 previous year questions

UPSC has asked 23 questions on State Legislature between 1985 and 2025: CSE 11 · CDS 10 · CISF (LDCE) 1 · NDA 1. 13 of them came after 2015, so this is a live topic examiners keep returning to. 11 were set in Civil Services Prelims; the rest come from UPSC's other papers, which draw on the same question bank.

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CDS2025 · 2State LegislatureOn card POL 8·2

Which of the following statements as per the Constitution of India is/are correct? 1. Provision for the reservation of seats for women in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha has been made vide 106th Amendment of the Constitution. 2. There are provisions for the reservation of seats for women in the Legislative Assemblies and Legislative Councils of the States. 3. There are provisions for the reservation of seats for women in Panchayats. Select the answer using the code given below :

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Answer D (official UPSC key)Reservation for women in Panchayats | NOT: 106th Amendment covers Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha | NOT: reservation in both Assemblies and Councils
CSE2025State LegislatureOn card POL 8·2

Consider the following statements: [2008] The Constitution of India provides that: 1 the Legislative Assembly of each State shall consist of not more than 450 members chosen by direct election from territorial constituencies in the State 2 a person shall not be qualified to be chosen to fill a seat in the Legislative Assembly of a State if he/she is less than 25 years of age Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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Answer B (official UPSC key)Assembly membership needs age 25 | NOT: Assembly limited to 450 members
NDA2024 · 1State LegislatureOn card POL 8·2

Under Article 191 of the Constitution of India, a person shall be disqualified for being chosen as, and for being, a member of the Legislative Assembly or Legislative Council of a state if the person holds any office of profit under: 1. the Government of India. 2. any State Government. Select the correct answer using the code given below :

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Answer C (official UPSC key)Art 191 disqualification → office of profit under the Government of India | or any State Government
CDS2022 · 2State LegislatureOn card POL 8·2

Which among the following is not the strength or chief benefit of Bicameralism ?

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Answer D (official UPSC key)NOT a strength of bicameralism → acting as a check on democratic rule when members are non-elected or indirectly elected
CDS2020 · 2State LegislatureOn card POL 8·2

A special address by the Governor refers to the address delivered by the Governor

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Answer C (official UPSC key)Governor's special address → at the first session after a general election and the first session of each year
CDS2019 · 1State LegislatureOn card POL 8·2

Which one of the following is not a correct statement regarding the provision of Legislative Council in the State Legislature?

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Answer C (official UPSC key)Legislative Council → NOT correct: one-twelfth elected by local bodies (it is one-third)
CSE2019State LegislatureOn card POL 8·2

With reference to the Legislative Assembly of a State in India, consider the following statements: 1. The Governor makes a customary address to Members of the House at the commencement of the first session of the year. 2. When a State Legislature does‘ not have a rule on a particular matter, it follows the Lok Sabha rule on that matter. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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Answer C (official UPSC key)Governor's customary address at the first session of the year | where the State Legislature has no rule, it follows the Lok Sabha rule
CSE2018State LegislatureOn card POL 8·2

Consider the following statements: 1. The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly Shall vacate his/her office if he/she ceases to be a member of the Assembly. 2. Whenever the Legislative Assembly is dissolved, the Speaker shall vacate his/her immediately. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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Answer A (official UPSC key)Assembly Speaker vacates office on ceasing to be a member | NOT: vacates immediately on dissolution
CSE2015State LegislatureOn card POL 8·2

Consider the following statements: 1. The Legislative Council of a state in India can be larger in size than half of the Legislative Assembly of that particular state. 2. The Governor of a State nominates the Chairman of the Legislative Council of that particular state. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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Answer D (official UPSC key)NOT: a Legislative Council may exceed half the Assembly | NOT: the Governor nominates the Council's Chairman
CDS2011 · 2State LegislatureOn card POL 8·1

Which of the following statements is/are correct ? Under the provisions of Article 200 of the Constitution of India the Governor of‘ a state may : 1. withhold his assent to a Bill passed by the state legislature. 2. reserve the Bill passed by the state legislature for consideration of the President. 3. return the Bill, other than a money Bill, for reconsideration of the legislature. Select the correct answer using the code given below :

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Answer D (official UPSC key)Art 200 → Governor may withhold assent | reserve the Bill for the President | return a non-Money Bill for reconsideration
CSE1997State LegislatureOn card POL 8·2

Assertion (A): Reservation of thirty-three percent of seats for women in Parliament and State Legislature does not require any Constitutional amendment: Reason (R): Political parties contesting elections can allocate thirty-three percent of seats they contest to women candidates without any Constitutional amendment. In the context of the above two statements which one of the following is correct?

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Answer D (official UPSC key)33% reservation for women in legislatures REQUIRES a constitutional amendment (A false) | parties can allot 33% of tickets to women without one (R true)
CSE1995State LegislatureOn card POL 8·2

If in an election to a State legislative assembly, the candidate who is declared elected loses his deposit, it means that: [1995]

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Answer D (official UPSC key)Elected candidate forfeiting deposit → a very large number of candidates contested
CSE1992State LegislatureOn card POL 8·2

Which one of the following correctly reflects the position of the Upper House of the State legislature as compared to the position of the Upper House of the Parliament?

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Answer B (official UPSC key)No joint sitting of the Assembly and the Council in States to resolve deadlocks, unlike Parliament

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