{"id":2254,"date":"2024-04-26T04:17:23","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T22:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=2254"},"modified":"2024-04-26T04:17:23","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T22:47:23","slug":"q-consider-the-following-statements-116","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-consider-the-following-statements-116","title":{"rendered":"Q. Consider the following statements:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Legislative Council of a State in India can be larger in size than half of the Legislative Assembly of that particular State.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Governor of a State nominates the Chairman of Legislative Council of that particular State.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Which of the statements given above is\/are correct?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"mcq wp-block-list\">\n<li>1 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Both 1 and 2<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Neither 1 nor 2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>(d) Neither 1 nor 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"notes-hd-662a916d277af\">Notes:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The State Legislative Council, or Vidhan Parishad, is the\u00a0<strong>upper house in those states of India that have a bicameral state legislature<\/strong>; the lower house being the State Legislative Assembly.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Its establishment is defined in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/inshorts\/article-169-of-indian-constitution-upsc\/\">Article 169<\/a>\u00a0of the Constitution of India.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Only 6 out of 28 states have a Legislative Council.<\/strong>\u00a0These are Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Telangana, Maharashtra, Bihar, and Uttar Pradesh.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>No union territory has a legislative council.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Under\u00a0Article 171\u00a0of the Constitution, the size of the State Legislative Council cannot be more than one-third of the membership of the State Legislative Assembly<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>However, the size of the<strong>\u00a0legislative council cannot be less than 40 members<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Members of a State Legislative Council (MLC) must be a citizen of India,\u00a0<strong>at least 30 years old<\/strong>, mentally sound, not an insolvent, and must be an enrolled voter of the state.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>tenure\u00a0of a\u00a0Member\u00a0of the\u00a0Legislative Council\u00a0(MLC) is\u00a0six years,<\/strong>\u00a0with\u00a0<strong>one-third\u00a0of the\u00a0members retiring every two years<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is a permanent body and is\u00a0<strong>not subject to dissolution.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>Chairman of the Legislative Council is elected by the members<\/strong>\u00a0from amongst itself.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Which of the statements given above is\/are correct? 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