Q70. Which State has a special responsibility vested in its Governor for law and order under Article 371H?
[SSC CGL 2020 (held August 2021)]
(A) Nagaland
(B) Arunachal Pradesh
(C) Sikkim
(D) Mizoram
Answer: (B) Arunachal Pradesh
Explanation: Article 371H provides special responsibility concerning law and order to the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh, after consulting the Council of Ministers and using individual judgment as specified. This is a special constitutional provision.
Q69. The Governor’s authority to grant pardons, reprieves, respites and remissions is found in which Article?
[SSC CGL 2020 (held August 2021)]
(A) Article 173
(B) Article 150
(C) Article 161
(D) Article 189
Answer: (C) Article 161
Explanation: Article 161 provides the Governor’s clemency power in relation to offences against laws concerning matters within State executive power. The power differs in scope from the President’s clemency authority under Article 72.
Q68. Who may report a failure of constitutional machinery in a State, prompting consideration of President’s Rule?
[SSC CGL 2020 (held August 2021)]
(A) Prime Minister
(B) Governor
(C) Assembly Speaker
(D) Chief Minister
Answer: (B) Governor
Explanation: Under Article 356, a Governor’s report is one constitutional basis for presidential satisfaction that State government cannot be carried on in accordance with the Constitution. Such satisfaction may also be based on other material.
Q67. Mata Prasad, who died in 2021, had been Governor of which State?
[SSC CGL 2020 (held August 2021)]
(A) Arunachal Pradesh
(B) Goa
(C) Uttar Pradesh
(D) Uttarakhand
Answer: (A) Arunachal Pradesh
Explanation: Mata Prasad served as Governor of Arunachal Pradesh from 1993 to 1999. He had previously served in political and administrative positions. The name is associated with a former, not incumbent, governor.
Q66. Which Article provides immunity from criminal proceedings to a serving Governor?
[SSC CHSL 2020 (held April 2021)]
(A) Article 361
(B) Article 396
(C) Article 352
(D) Article 384
Answer: (A) Article 361
Explanation: Article 361 bars criminal proceedings in court against a serving Governor during tenure. It also provides protection from arrest or imprisonment in that period, without permanently eliminating legal accountability after office.
Q65. What minimum age must a person attain before appointment as Governor?
[SSC CHSL 2020 (held August 2021)]
(A) 25
(B) 26
(C) 42
(D) 35
Answer: (D) 35
Explanation: Article 157 fixes thirty-five as the minimum age for a Governor. The person must also be a citizen of India and satisfy the office-related incompatibility requirements under Article 158.
Q64. Who was serving as Governor of Chhattisgarh in May 2020?
[SSC CHSL 2020 (held August 2021)]
(A) Ramesh Bais
(B) Anusuiya Uikey
(C) Bhupesh Baghel
(D) Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy
Answer: (B) Anusuiya Uikey
Explanation: Anusuiya Uikey was Governor of Chhattisgarh between July 2019 and February 2023. Bhupesh Baghel was the State Chief Minister during the queried period, highlighting the separation of constitutional and elected executive offices.
Q63. Which statement about the appointment and tenure of a Governor is constitutionally correct?
[SSC MTS 2020 (held 26 October 2021)]
(A) Governor resigns to the Prime Minister
(B) Minimum appointment age is thirty
(C) Governor is appointed by the President
(D) Governor serves during the Chief Minister’s pleasure
Answer: (C) Governor is appointed by the President
Explanation: The President appoints Governors under Article 155. Article 157 requires a minimum age of thirty-five, and Article 156 governs tenure at the President’s pleasure and resignation addressed to the President.
Q62. Which Article stipulates that States shall have Governors?
[SSC MTS 2020 (held 18 October 2021)]
(A) Article 148
(B) Article 153
(C) Article 124
(D) Article 136
Answer: (B) Article 153
Explanation: Article 153 establishes the office of Governor for each State. Its proviso permits one person to hold the office for two or more States, following the Seventh Constitutional Amendment of 1956.
Q61. Who was the youngest person appointed Governor of an Indian State, as referred to in the 2020 exam?
[SSC MTS 2020 (held 26 October 2021)]
(A) Jagdish Mukhi
(B) Sharda Mukherjee
(C) Margaret Alva
(D) Swaraj Kaushal
Answer: (D) Swaraj Kaushal
Explanation: Swaraj Kaushal became Governor of Mizoram in 1990 at about thirty-seven years of age. The question is historical; the Constitution itself requires only a minimum age of thirty-five for gubernatorial office.
