Which of the following statements relating to the duties of the Governor is/are correct? 1. The duties of the Governor as a constitutional Head of the State do not become the subject matter of questions or debate in the Parliament. 2. Where the Governor t

examrobotsa's picture

Submitted by examrobotsa on

Q: 82 (CDS-II/2018)

Which of the following statements relating to the duties of the Governor is/are correct?
1. The duties of the Governor as a constitutional Head of the State do not become the subject matter of questions or debate in the Parliament.
2. Where the Governor takes a decision independently of his Council of Ministers or where he acts as the Chief Executive of the State under President’s rule, his actions are subject to scrutiny by the Parliament.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.

question_subject: 

Polity

question_exam: 

CDS-II

stats: 

0,27,46,19,15,29,10

keywords: 

{'governor': [5, 1, 0, 6], 'duties': [0, 0, 1, 1], 'chief executive': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'ministers': [2, 1, 2, 3], 'constitutional head': [1, 0, 0, 0], 'president': [4, 0, 2, 1], 'questions': [2, 0, 5, 3], 'parliament': [15, 1, 3, 8], 'scrutiny': [1, 0, 0, 2], 'debate': [0, 0, 0, 4], 'actions': [1, 0, 2, 5], 'council': [0, 0, 1, 0]}

Statement 1 is incorrect because the duties of the Governor as a constitutional Head of the State can be a subject matter of questions or debate in the Parliament.

Statement 2 is correct because when the Governor takes a decision independently of his Council of Ministers or when he acts as the Chief Executive of the State under President's rule, his actions are subject to scrutiny by the Parliament. This is because in such cases, the Governor is not acting on the advice of his Council of Ministers, and therefore, his actions can be seen as going against the principles of parliamentary democracy. As a result, the Parliament has the power to examine and even censure the actions of the Governor in such cases.

Practice this on app