Discussion
Article 254(2) provides that where a state law with respect to a matter in the Concurrent List contains any provision repugnant to the provisions of a previous central law, with respect to that matter :
Answer: B
Under Article 254(2), the state law prevails if it has been reserved for the President's consideration and has received his assent.
The general rule in Article 254(1) is that a central law prevails over a repugnant state law on a Concurrent List matter. Clause (2) creates an exception: if the state law was reserved for the President and received his assent, it prevails in that state. Parliament can still later amend or repeal it by a fresh law.
So the state law does not prevail without assent (A), it can prevail (C is wrong), and the question is which law prevails, not that neither does (D).
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