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State and Local Administration Questions and Answers

41.

Whenever the Governor of a state has to address the State Legislature, who among the following prepares his address ?

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2023, SET Exam - 2023,

Answer: B

The address is prepared by the Chief Minister and his Council of Ministers.

Under Article 176 the Governor addresses the State Legislature at the start of the first session each year. Since the Governor acts on the advice of the Council of Ministers (Article 163), the address is a statement of the government's policy and programme. It is drafted by the government, headed by the Chief Minister, and the Governor reads it out, much as the President's address is prepared by the Union Cabinet.

The Chief Secretary's office may help in collecting material, but the content is the ministry's. The Speaker presides over the Assembly and has no role in drafting it, and the Governor does not write it personally.

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42.

The Chief Minister cannot advice the Governor regarding appointment of :

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2023, SET Exam - 2023,

Answer: C

The Chief Minister cannot advise on the appointment of the Chief Justice of High Court.

Under Article 217, judges of a High Court, including the Chief Justice, are appointed by the President, after consultation with the Chief Justice of India and the Governor of the state; in practice the Supreme Court collegium recommends them. The state government does not appoint them, so the Chief Minister has no power to advise the Governor on this appointment.

The other three are appointed by the Governor acting on the advice of the Council of Ministers headed by the Chief Minister: the Advocate General (Article 165), the Chairman and members of the State Public Service Commission (Article 316) and the State Election Commissioner (Article 243K).

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43.

Which factor is not considered for the appointment of Chief Secretary of State ?

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2023, SET Exam - 2023,

Answer: C

The factor not considered is recommendation by Central Government.

The Chief Secretary, the senior-most civil servant of a state and head of its secretariat, is chosen by the state government, in effect by the Chief Minister. The choice normally takes account of seniority in the IAS cadre of the state, the officer's service record, and the Chief Minister's own assessment of the officer, since the Chief Secretary is the Chief Minister's principal adviser.

The Union Government does not recommend the person. Unlike the Union Cabinet Secretary, the Chief Secretary is a state appointment, so a central recommendation is not one of the factors.

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44.

Who has recommended that the maximum size of the council may be fixed in a range between 10 to 15 percents of the strength of the respective Legislative Assembly ?

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2023, SET Exam - 2023,

Answer: B

The key gives the Second Administrative Reforms Commission (2005-2009).

The size of a state council of ministers is now limited by the Constitution (Ninety-first Amendment, 2003) to 15 per cent of the strength of the Legislative Assembly, with a minimum of 12 ministers. The Administrative Reforms Commissions are the bodies that examine the machinery of government, and a ceiling on council size is one of the questions they have considered.

I could not find a source that states the Second ARC's recommendation as a range of 10 to 15 per cent, so that attribution is the key's, not one I confirmed. The Sarkaria and Punchhi Commissions studied Union-state relations rather than the machinery of ministries, so the key's choice among the Administrative Reforms Commissions is the likeliest of the four, but I could not tell the First ARC from the Second on the evidence found.

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45.

Which of the following Departments at the district level is headed by the District Collector in Maharashtra ?

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2023, SET Exam - 2023,

Answer: D

The Collector heads the Revenue and General Administration Department at the district level.

In Maharashtra, as elsewhere, the District Collector is the head of the revenue administration of the district (land revenue, land records, revenue courts) and also the chief of general administration, coordinating government departments, conducting elections and managing relief and emergencies. He also serves as District Magistrate for law and order.

The police department in the district is headed by the Superintendent of Police (or a Commissioner in police commissionerates), not the Collector, and the judicial department is under the District and Sessions Judge. Every other option therefore pairs the Collector with a department he does not head.

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46.

Assertion (A) : The State Secretariat is the highest office of the state government
Reason (R) : It ensures consistency and objectivity in the administrative system

Answer the question using the below given codes :

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2023, SET Exam - 2023,

Answer: B

Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

The State Secretariat is the apex of the state's administrative structure: it is the seat of the ministers and the secretaries, it frames policy, drafts legislation, controls finance and supervises the executive departments and the districts. In that sense it is the highest office of the state government.

The secretariat also does promote consistency and objectivity, by examining proposals against rules, precedents and the government's policy as a whole. But that is one of its functions, not the reason for its position. It is the highest office because it serves the political executive, the Council of Ministers, in policy-making and control, so the reason does not explain the assertion.

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47.

Which one of the following is not the objective of PESA Act of 1996 ?

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2023, SET Exam - 2023,

Answer: D

The item that is not an objective of PESA is to create autonomous regions in tribal areas.

The Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996 extends Part IX of the Constitution to the Fifth Schedule areas with modifications. Its aims are to give tribal communities self-governance through the gram sabha, to recognise their traditional rights and customary practices over community resources, land and minor forest produce, and to protect them from exploitation, for example in land alienation and money-lending.

Autonomous district and regional councils are a feature of the Sixth Schedule, which applies to tribal areas of Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram. PESA does not create such regions.

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48.

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below :

List IList II
(a) Firka(1) Maharashtra
(b) Pargana(2) Tamil Nadu
(c) Mohakama Parishad(3) Uttar Pradesh
(d) Circle(4) Assam

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2023, SET Exam - 2023,

Answer: C

The correct matching is a-2, b-3, c-4, d-1.

  • Firka is a revenue unit (a group of villages under a revenue inspector) in Tamil Nadu (a-2).
  • Pargana survives as a revenue sub-division in Uttar Pradesh, from the Mughal system (b-3).
  • Mohkuma (Mahkuma) Parishad was the sub-divisional tier of the panchayati raj system in Assam (c-4).
  • Circle, the revenue circle under a circle officer, is the unit used in Maharashtra (d-1).

Options A and D give the firka to Uttar Pradesh, and option B sends the Mohkuma Parishad to Maharashtra, so only C fits all four.

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49.

AMRUT mission is related with :

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2023, SET Exam - 2023,

Answer: B

AMRUT is related with Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation.

AMRUT stands for the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation, launched by the Government of India in June 2015. It aims to provide basic urban infrastructure in selected cities and towns: water supply, sewerage and septage management, storm-water drainage, urban transport and green spaces. AMRUT 2.0, launched in 2021, extended it with the goal of water-secure cities.

The other options change one word of the name each: 'Rural' is wrong because AMRUT is an urban mission, and 'Transportation' replaces 'Transformation'.

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50.

Which of the following statements are correct about the Governor of the state ?

(1) The executive power of the state is vested in him
(2) He must have attained thirty-five years of age
(3) He holds office during the pleasure of the President
(4) The grounds for his removal are laid down in the Constitution

Exam Year(s)

MH SET - 2024, SET Exam - 2024,

Answer: B

The correct statements are (1), (2) and (3).

Article 154 vests the executive power of the state in the Governor (1); Article 157 requires him to have completed thirty-five years of age (2); and Article 156 says he holds office during the pleasure of the President (3).

Statement 4 is wrong: the Constitution lays down no grounds for removing a Governor. He can be removed at the President's pleasure, which is why the Supreme Court in B. P. Singhal v. Union of India (2010) said the power must not be used arbitrarily. Every option containing (4) is therefore wrong.

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