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v The Constitution of India has divided all powers into the Union List, the State List and the Concurrent List.
v A state legislature can comprise of one house (lower house) or two houses (lower and upper houses).
v The Vidhan Sabha or the lower house enjoys more powers than the Vidhan Parishad or the upper house.

v The state legislature comprises of the Speaker and the Vidhan Sabha (and Vidhan Parishad, if there is one).
v The state executive comprises of the Governor, the Chief Minister and Council of Ministers, assisted by the
Secretary and other officers.
v The state judiciary comprises of a High Court, headed by the Chief Justice.
v The three parts of the state government function in a coordinated manner for the welfare of the people of
the state.
v They day to day administrative work in the departments of the government is done by officials of the civil
service. These officials are known as civil servants.
v The special body called the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), which selects civil servants in each
state. The rest of the civil servants of a state are selected by the State Public Service Commission.

A. Tick (3) the right option :
1. The upper house of the state legislature is ______________ .

(a) Vidhan Sabha (b) Vidhan Parishad (c) Rajya Sabha
2. The head of the State Council of Ministers is ______________ .
(a) Governor (b) Chief Minister (c) Prime Minister

3. A person can become an MLC if he is above the age of ______________ .
(a) 18 years (b) 20 years (c) 30 years
4. MLA stands for ______________ .

(a) Member of Legal Advisor
(b) Member of Legislative Assembly
(c) Member of Lucknow Assembly

5. The state government makes laws on the subjects mentioned in the ______________ .
(a) Union List (b) State List (c) both of these
6. A ______________ state has two houses.

(a) bicameral (b) unicameral (c) both of these
7. The ______________ is appointed by the Governor who wins majority in the house.
(a) MLA (b) Speaker (c) Chief Minister

8. The senior most officer of the State Secretariat is the ______________ .
(a) Chief Secretary (b) Under Secretary (c) Senior Secretary

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