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Q39·GS Paper 1 · Prelims 2018

Speaker of Legislative Assembly vacancy

PolityState LegislatureStatement-basedEasyStatic

Question

Consider the following statements:

1The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly shall vacate his/her office if he/she ceases to be a member of the Assembly.
2Whenever the Legislative Assembly is dissolved, the Speaker shall vacate his/her office immediately.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Options

a

1 only

b

2 only

c

Both 1 and 2

Answer
d

Neither 1 nor 2

Explanation

Under the Indian Constitution (applicable to state legislatures by analogy with the Lok Sabha Speaker rules), both statements are correct. Statement 1 is correct: If the Speaker ceases to be a member of the Legislative Assembly (through resignation, disqualification, or death), he/she must vacate the office as the Speaker must be an MLA. Statement 2 is correct: When a Legislative Assembly is dissolved, the Speaker's term ends and the office becomes vacant. The Speaker continues only for the duration of the assembly; dissolution of the assembly automatically results in the Speaker vacating office. Both provisions ensure that the Speaker maintains the required constitutional status and that the office is managed in accordance with the assembly's tenure.

Rules: Speaker must be MLA member + Speaker vacates when assembly dissolves.

Question details

Year

2018

Paper

GS Paper 1

Question

Q39

Subject

Polity

Sub-topic

State Legislature

Type

Statement-based

Difficulty

Easy

Nature

Static

Source hint

NCERT Polity - State Legislature

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