Q80. Which statement about the Election Commission is INCORRECT?
[UPSC CDS-I 2022 (10 April)]
(A) It conducts Vice-Presidential elections
(B) An Election Commissioner may be removed without the CEC’s recommendation
(C) Election Commissioners are appointed by the President
(D) The Governor must provide staff to the Election Commission when constitutionally required
Answer: (B) An Election Commissioner may be removed without the CEC’s recommendation
Explanation: Article 324 protects Election Commissioners other than the Chief Election Commissioner against removal except on the CEC’s recommendation. Article 324(6) also requires Governors to make available staff requested for election duties.
Q79. Which commission recommended selecting Governors who are not intensely involved in party politics?
[SSC CGL 2022]
(A) Fazal Ali Commission
(B) Rajamannar Committee
(C) Sarkaria Commission
(D) Mandal Commission
Answer: (C) Sarkaria Commission
Explanation: The Sarkaria Commission examined Centre–State relations and recommended that a Governor be an eminent outsider, detached from active politics. It sought to reduce partisan conflict in the appointment and functioning of this office.
Q78. Who received additional charge as Governor of Meghalaya in October 2022 while serving as Governor of Arunachal Pradesh?
[SSC CGL 2022]
(A) B. D. Mishra
(B) A. K. Anil Kumar
(C) Prashant Kumar
(D) Sunil Barthwal
Answer: (A) B. D. Mishra
Explanation: Brigadier B. D. Mishra held the Arunachal Pradesh governorship and was assigned additional charge of Meghalaya in 2022. One individual can serve more than one State under the proviso to Article 153.
Q77. Mangubhai C. Patel was appointed Governor of which State in July 2021?
[SSC CGL 2022]
(A) Madhya Pradesh
(B) Himachal Pradesh
(C) Uttar Pradesh
(D) Andhra Pradesh
Answer: (A) Madhya Pradesh
Explanation: Mangubhai C. Patel became Governor of Madhya Pradesh in July 2021. He previously held ministerial responsibilities in Gujarat. The appointment was by the President under the Governor-appointment provision of Article 155.
Q76. Which constitutional authority appoints the Governor of a State?
[WBCS Main Examination 2021 (held May 2022)]
(A) Prime Minister
(B) President
(C) Vice-President
(D) Chief Minister
Answer: (B) President
Explanation: Article 155 requires the President to appoint State Governors. Neither the Chief Minister nor State Legislature conducts a formal gubernatorial election, although political conventions can inform the consultation surrounding appointments.
Q75. Who appoints the State Election Commissioner?
[MPPSC State Service 2021 (held June 2022)]
(A) Governor
(B) President
(C) High Court Chief Justice
(D) Home Minister
Answer: (A) Governor
Explanation: State Election Commissioners are appointed by Governors under Article 243K, subject to law. Their responsibility concerns local self-government elections; parliamentary and Assembly elections are supervised by the Election Commission of India.
Q74. Who appoints the chairman and members of a State Public Service Commission?
[MPPSC State Service 2021 (held June 2022)]
(A) Governor
(B) Chief Minister
(C) President
(D) UPSC Chairperson
Answer: (A) Governor
Explanation: Article 316 entrusts appointment of State Public Service Commission chairpersons and members to the Governor. The removal procedure differs: under Article 317, the President has removal powers in specified circumstances.
Q73. Assertion: Courts cannot enquire into advice given by State ministers to the Governor.
Reason: The Constitution contains no State-minister system of legal responsibility.
Choose the exam-key answer.
[CGPSC State Services Prelims 2021 (held 13 February 2022)]
(A) Both true and Reason explains Assertion
(B) Both true but Reason does not explain Assertion
(C) Assertion true and Reason false
(D) Assertion false and Reason true
Answer: (A) Both true and Reason explains Assertion
Explanation: Article 163(3) expressly prevents judicial inquiry into whether ministers gave advice to a Governor and its content. This paper linked that principle with the absence of individually enforceable legal responsibility of ministers; ministerial political responsibility nonetheless persists.
Q72. Who was serving as Governor of Sikkim in December 2020?
[RRB NTPC 2021 (31 July)]
(A) S. D. Patil
(B) Ganga Prasad
(C) V. P. Singh Badnore
(D) Banwarilal Purohit
Answer: (B) Ganga Prasad
Explanation: Ganga Prasad served as Governor of Sikkim from 2018 to 2022. The question refers to December 2020, not to a current appointment; historical incumbency must always be checked against the stated month.
Q71. Who was Governor of Maharashtra as of March 2021?
[RRB NTPC 2021 (23 July)]
(A) Bandaru Dattatreya
(B) Arif Mohammed Khan
(C) Bhagat Singh Koshyari
(D) Kalraj Mishra
Answer: (C) Bhagat Singh Koshyari
Explanation: Bhagat Singh Koshyari was Maharashtra’s Governor from 2019 until 2023. This question tests the holder at a particular historical date, not the state of appointments several years later.
