Governor & CM — Set 6

Correct Answer: D. Governor

• **Constitutional Head** = Governor is the Constitutional Head of the State; all executive actions of the state government are formally taken in his name. • **Dual role** — Governor is both the state's constitutional head and an agent/representative of the Central Government. • 💡 Option A (Assembly Speaker) is the presiding officer of the legislature, not the constitutional head of state; Option B (Chief Justice) heads the judiciary, not the executive; Option C (Chief Minister) is the head of the government but not the constitutional head of the state.

Correct Answer: B. Central Government

• **Agent of Central Government** = the Governor acts as an agent/representative of the Central Government in the state. • **Dual role** — Governor serves both as the head of the state and as a link between the state and the Centre, ensuring national integration. • 💡 Option A (People) — Governor is nominated, not elected by the people; Option C (Supreme Court) is the apex court, not the Governor's principal; Option D (State Legislature) is the legislative body — the Governor represents the Centre, not the legislature.

Correct Answer: B. No fixed term security

• **'During pleasure of President'** = means the Governor has no fixed security of tenure; the President can remove him at any time without assigning a reason. • **Dependent office** — this phrase makes the Governor constitutionally dependent on the Central Government, unlike judges who have protected tenures. • 💡 Option A (Lifetime tenure) is incorrect — there is no lifetime appointment for Governors; Option C (Fixed 5-year term) is nominal only; 'during pleasure' overrides it and allows earlier removal; Option D (Immunity from removal) is the opposite — the phrase means there is NO immunity from removal.

Correct Answer: C. Governor

• **Governor as Chancellor appoints VCs** = the Governor, in his ex-officio capacity as Chancellor, appoints Vice-Chancellors of state universities. • **Statutory power** — this power is derived from state university acts, not the Constitution; it has been a source of disputes between Governors and elected state governments. • 💡 Option A (Education Minister) does not appoint VCs under current university acts; Option B (UGC Chairman) is a regulatory body head with no appointment power over VCs; Option D (Chief Minister) heads the government but VCs are appointed by the Governor-as-Chancellor, not the CM.

Correct Answer: B. Article 165

• **Article 165** = establishes the office of Advocate General for each state; he is the highest law officer of the state. • **State's Attorney General** — Advocate General is the state-level counterpart of the Attorney General of India (Article 76) at the Centre. • 💡 Option A (Article 177) deals with rights of Ministers and AG to speak in the legislature; Option C (Article 76) establishes the Attorney General of India at the Centre level, not state; Option D (Article 148) establishes the Comptroller and Auditor General of India — not the Advocate General.

Correct Answer: A. Yes, if CM loses majority support

• **Governor can dismiss CM** = Governor can dismiss the Chief Minister only if the CM loses majority support in the Legislative Assembly and refuses to resign. • **Floor test** — if a no-confidence motion is passed, the CM must resign; if he refuses, the Governor is constitutionally justified in dismissing him. • 💡 Option B (No, never) is wrong — dismissal is possible when majority is lost; Option C (Yes, if CM acts against Constitution) has no direct constitutional provision for such dismissal; Option D (Yes, at any time) is incorrect — Governor cannot dismiss a CM arbitrarily if he enjoys majority support.

Correct Answer: D. Inter-State Council

• **Inter-State Council** = the constitutional body (Article 263) that serves as a forum for CMs to interact with the Prime Minister on subjects of common interest. • **Federal coordination** — the Council comprises the PM, all CMs, and some Union Ministers; it discusses Centre-state and inter-state disputes. • 💡 Option A (Zonal Council) is a statutory body for regional consultation, not the primary CM-PM forum; Option B (Finance Commission) deals with fiscal devolution, not CM-PM interactions; Option C (Planning Commission) was dissolved in 2014 and replaced by NITI Aayog — neither is the CM-PM forum.

Correct Answer: C. Governor

• **Governor administers CM's oath** = the Governor administers the oath of office and oath of secrecy to the Chief Minister before he assumes office. • **Same for all ministers** — all state ministers also take their oaths of office and secrecy before the Governor. • 💡 Option A (Chief Justice) administers the Governor's oath (Article 159), not the CM's oath; Option B (President) administers oaths at the Union level, not to state CMs; Option D (Speaker) is a legislative officer who presides over the assembly but does not administer oaths to the executive.

Correct Answer: D. First session after general election and first session of each year

• **Governor's address** = Governor addresses the state legislature at the first session after each general election and at the first session of each year. • **Policy outline** — this address, like the President's address to Parliament, outlines the government's legislative agenda and policies. • 💡 Option A (Every month) is incorrect — the Constitution prescribes no monthly address; Option B (Whenever CM asks) is not the constitutional requirement; Option C (Only during Budget session) is incorrect — the address happens at defined occasions, not only during budget sessions.

Correct Answer: A. 1/6

• **Governor nominates 1/6 members** = Governor nominates 1/6th of the total membership of the State Legislative Council (Vidhan Parishad). • **Fields of knowledge** — nominees must have special knowledge or practical experience in literature, science, art, cooperative movement, or social service. • 💡 Option B (1/3) is the fraction elected by local bodies to the Legislative Council — not the Governor's nominated fraction; Option C (1/12) is not the Governor's quota; Option D (1/2) would be half the house, which is not the nominated quota.