Governor & CM — Set 3

Correct Answer: A. Governor

• **Ex-officio Chancellor** = Governor acts as Chancellor of universities in the state by virtue of holding the office of Governor. • **Statutory power** — the Chancellor role is derived from university legislation, not from the Constitution directly. • 💡 Option B (Vice-Chancellor) is appointed by the Governor-as-Chancellor, not the other way; Option C (Education Minister) has no ex-officio Chancellor role under university acts; Option D (Chief Minister) leads the government but does not hold the Chancellor position.

Correct Answer: D. Governor

• **Article 233** = Governor appoints persons to be district judges in consultation with the High Court of the state. • **Consultation mandatory** — the Governor cannot appoint district judges unilaterally; High Court consultation is constitutionally required. • 💡 Option A (Chief Minister) has no role in judicial appointments at district level; Option B (President) appoints High Court and Supreme Court judges, not district judges; Option C (Chief Justice of High Court) is consulted but does not make the appointment — the Governor does.

Correct Answer: B. Governor

• **Governor's prior recommendation** = a Money Bill can be introduced in the state legislature only with the prior recommendation of the Governor. • **Financial discipline** — this ensures the executive controls financial proposals; Governor does not return Money Bills for reconsideration. • 💡 Option A (Finance Minister) drafts the budget but cannot give the mandatory constitutional recommendation; Option C (Speaker) certifies a Money Bill as such but does not recommend its introduction; Option D (Chief Minister) advises but the constitutional recommendation must come from the Governor.

Correct Answer: D. Governor

• **Contingency Fund of the State** = placed at the disposal of the Governor to meet unforeseen expenditure without prior legislative approval. • **Temporary advance** — any advance made from this fund must be subsequently authorised by the state legislature. • 💡 Option A (Finance Secretary) administers accounts but does not control the Contingency Fund; Option B (Chief Minister) heads the government but the Fund is constitutionally placed with the Governor; Option C (State Legislature) must authorise the expenditure post-facto but does not control the Fund.

Correct Answer: D. Governor

• **State Finance Commission** = constituted by the Governor every 5 years under Article 243-I to review finances of Panchayats and Municipalities. • **73rd & 74th Amendments** — these 1992 amendments mandated creation of State Finance Commissions for devolution to local bodies. • 💡 Option A (President) constitutes the Central Finance Commission, not the State Finance Commission; Option B (Chief Minister) has no constitutional role in constituting this body; Option C (Union Finance Minister) deals with central finances, not the state-level commission.

Correct Answer: C. Governor

• **Article 356** = Governor sends a report to the President about failure of constitutional machinery in the state, enabling President's Rule. • **Discretionary power** — this is a critical discretionary function; Governor acts without the advice of the state Council of Ministers here. • 💡 Option A (High Court Chief Justice) plays no role in sending this report; Option B (Speaker) is a legislative officer with no such reporting duty; Option D (Chief Minister) cannot report the failure of his own government to the President.

Correct Answer: A. Council of Ministers

• **Article 163** = Governor shall act with the aid and advice of the Council of Ministers, except in discretionary matters. • **Non-justiciable advice** — the advice tendered by the Council of Ministers to the Governor is not subject to judicial inquiry. • 💡 Option B (Speaker) is a legislative officer, not a ministerial advisor to the Governor; Option C (President) is at the Union level and does not advise the Governor; Option D (Advocate General) gives legal advice but is not the constitutional advisory body for the Governor's functions.

Correct Answer: D. Reserving a bill for President

• **Reserving a bill for the President** = a discretionary power of the Governor under Article 200 when a bill may endanger the High Court's position or involve other constitutional concerns. • **Discretion meaning** — in these cases, Governor acts independently without being bound by ministerial advice. • 💡 Option A (Appointing Ministers) is done on CM's advice, not discretion; Option B (Summoning the House) is done on CM's advice, not discretion; Option C (Pardoning sentences) is done on ministerial advice under Article 161, not independently.

Correct Answer: C. No

• **No removal procedure** = the Constitution does not prescribe any specific grounds or procedure for removing a Governor. • **Pleasure of President** — Governor holds office at the pleasure of the President, who can remove him at any time without assigning cause. • 💡 Option A (Yes, Impeachment) — impeachment procedure exists for the President (Article 61) and judges, NOT for the Governor; Option B (Yes, by State Legislature) — state legislature has no role in removing the Governor; Option D (Yes, by Supreme Court) — Supreme Court cannot remove the Governor.

Correct Answer: D. Sarojini Naidu

• **Sarojini Naidu** = first woman Governor of independent India; served as Governor of United Provinces (now Uttar Pradesh) from 1947. • **'Nightingale of India'** — Sarojini Naidu was also a poet, freedom fighter, and the first woman President of the Indian National Congress (1925). • 💡 Option A (Sucheta Kripalani) was the first woman Chief Minister (UP, 1963), not Governor; Option B (Vijayalakshmi Pandit) was a diplomat and Nehru's sister, not the first woman Governor; Option C (Padmaja Naidu) became Governor of West Bengal later — after Sarojini Naidu.