Centre-State Relations: UPSC Previous Year Questions (Polity)
1 previous year UPSC Prelims question on Centre-State Relations (Polity). Choose an option to see the answer and explanation.
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UPSC 2000Polity · Centre-State Relations
Q1. Which one of the following suggested that the Governor should be an eminent person from outside the State and should be a detached figure without intense political links or should not have taken part in politics in the recent past? (2019)
Explanation
1st ARC Recommendation (1966): The first ARC recommended the appointment of persons having long experience in public life and administration and non-partisan attitude as governors. Rajamannar Committee (1969): The Rajamannar Committee recommended the provision that the state ministry holds office during the pleasure of the governor should be omitted. Sarkaria Commission (1983): The "Sarkaria Commission" recommended that the Governor should be a distinguished outsider without intense political links, that he should not have recently participated in politics, and that he should not be a member of the ruling party. National Commission to Review the Working of the Constitution (2000): The committee recommended that the president should appoint the governor of a state only after consultation with the chief minister of that state.
Answer key for these questions
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2000
(c) Sarkaria Commission (1983)
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