The Council of Ministers shall not exceed ______% of the total number of members of the Assembly of States.

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SSC CGL 2022 Tier-I Official Paper (Held On : 08 Dec 2022 Shift 3)

Answer 1

The correct answer is 15%.

Key Points

The total number of ministers, including the Chief Minister, in the Council of Ministers in a state cannot exceed 15% of the total number of members of the Legislative Assembly of that state.
The maximum strength of a Legislative Assembly is fixed at 500 and the minimum strength at 60 depending on the population size of the states.
Some states like Arunachal Pradesh Sikkim Goa have the minimum number is fixed at 30 and in the case of Mizoram Nagaland, it is 40 and 46 respectively.
Parliament can abolish the Legislative Council or create it.
The maximum strength of a Legislative Council is fixed at one-third of the total strength of the assembly.
The Legislative Council (Vidhan Parishad) is the upper house it is also known as the house of elders.
The Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) is the lower house which is also known as the popular house.
The provisions of the State legislature are given in Articles 168 to 212 in Part VI of the constitution.
Currently, in India, only 6 States have a bicameral legislature they are Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra and Karnataka