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Governor of Assam & List of Governors since 1947 (Polity of Assam)

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  • The Governor of Assam is a nominal and Constitutional head of the state and is the representative of the President of India in Assam.
  • Article 154 of Indian Constitution vests the executive powers of the state in the Gover nor who exercises all powers under the Constitution on the aid and advice of the Council of Ministers
  • Governon can summon and prorogue the session of the Assam State Legislature, promulgate ordinances, assent to the bills and appoint the Council of Ministers of the Assam
  • Under Article 356, Governor exercises his discretion for sending report to the President and under Article 200 he can reserve any Bill for the consideration of the President.
  • Article 155, the Governor is appointed by the President for a term of 5 years.
  • Present Governor of Assam is Jagdish Mukhi.
Governors of Assam since 1947

1. Sir Muhammad Saleh Akbar Hydari       15 August 1947 – 28 December 1948

–              Ronald Francis Lodge                 30 December 1948 – 16 February 1949    acting

2. Sri Prakasa                                            16 February 1949 – 27 May 1950

3. Jairamdas Daulatram                             27 May 1950 – 15 May 1956

4. Saiyid Fazal Ali                                      15 May 1956 – 22 August 1959

5.  Chandreswar Prasad Sinha                  23 August 1959 – 14 October 1959

6. General (Rtrd) S M Shrinagesh            14 October 1959 – 12 November 1960

7. Vishnu Sahay                                       12 November 1960 – 13 January 1961

– General (Rtrd) S M Shrinagesh             13 January 1961 – 7 September 1962       

– Vishnu Sahay                                         7 September 1962 – 17 April 1968         

8. Braj Kumar Nehru                               17 April 1968 – 19 September 1973

9. Lallan Prasad Singh                           19 September 1973 – 10 August 1981

10. Prakash Chandra Mehrotra              10 August 1981 – 28 March 1984

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11. Justice Tribeni Sahai Misra               28 March 1984 – 15 April 1984

12. Bhishma Narain Singh                      15 April 1984 – 10 May 1989

13. Harideo Joshi                                    10 May 1989 – 21 July 1989

14. Justice Anisetti Raghuvir                   21 July 1989 – 2 May 1990

15. Justice Devi Das Thakur                     2 May 1990 – 17 March 1991

16. Loknath Mishra                                 17 March 1991 – 1 September 1997

17. Lt. General (Retired) S K Sinha          1 September 1997 – 21 April 2003

18. Arvind Dave                                       21 April 2003 – 5 June 2003

19. Lt. General (Retired) Ajai Singh         5 June 2003 – 4 July 2008

20. Shiv Charan Mathur                           4 July 2008 – 25 June 2009

21. K Sankaranarayanan                        26 June 2009 – 27 July 2009

22. Syed Sibtey Razi                              27 July 2009 – 10 November 2009

23. Janaki Ballabh Patnaik                    11 November 2009 – 11 December 2014

24. P Balakrishna Acharya                      December 2014 – 17 August 2016[2]

25. Banwarilal Purohit                              22 August 2016 – 10 October 2017[3]

26. Jagdish Mukhi                                    10 October 2017 – Incumbent

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Polity of Assam Quiz MCQ Set 1 – Assam Politics Quiz

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Polity of Assam Quiz MCQ Set 1

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Q1. Who among the following popular personalities was never a Chief Minister of Independent Assam?

  1. Gopinath Bordoloi
  2. Sir Muhammad Sadulla
  3. Bishnuram Medhi
  4. Bimala Prasad Chaliha

b. Sir Muhammad Sadulla

Q2. First Assam Legislative Council was created in which year

  1. 1912
  2. 1913
  3. 1909
  4. 1911

b. 1913 

Q3. When Assam was reconstituted into a Chief Commissioners’ province?

  1. 1909
  2. 1912
  3. 1919
  4. 1935

1912

Q4. Which Schedule of Indian Constitution deals with administrative provisions of tribal areas in Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, and Mizoram?

  1. First
  2. Sixth
  3. Second
  4. Twelfth

b. Sixth

Q5. Which article of the Constitution of Indian has special provision with respect to the State of Assam?

  1. Article 371
  2. Article 371B
  3. Article 273
  4. Article 300

b. Article 371B

Q6. Which Indian state has recently removed AFSPA after 18 years of enforcement in the state?

  1. Assam
  2. Tripura
  3. Nagaland
  4. Sikkim

b. Tripura

Q7. Assam’s first Panchayati Raj legislation namely Assam Rural Panchayat Act, was passed in which year?

  1. 1945
  2. 1948
  3. 1959
  4. 1993

b. 1948

Q8. What is the maximum strength of Assam Legislative Assembly?

  1. 106
  2. 126
  3. 250
  4. 545

b. 126

Q9. When was the Bodoland Autonomous Council created?

  1. 1985
  2. 1991
  3. 1993
  4. 2001

c. 1993

Q10. Which of the following district has been created in 2022 as the 35th District of Assam?

  1. Tamulpur
  2. Gossaigaon
  3. Bhergaon
  4. Bajali

a. Tamulpur

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APSC Mains – Political Science 2015 Question Paper I & Paper II

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APSC Mains Exam – Political Science 2015 Question Paper I & Paper II

It’s very important that we know the definite trend of question being recently asked in the Mains Exam. Thus, the Polity Paper I & Paper II of 2015 is given here, to give you a better idea of the areas/topics more question appears in the exam.

POLITY PAPER-I

Q. Define political science and discuss its scope.Is political science simply a study of state and government.

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Q.  What is the difference between behaviourism and post-behviouralism? Discuss the characteristics of behaviouralism in relation to  traditionalism.

Q. What is individualism ? Explain the arguments of JS Mill and herbert spencer in defence of individualism.Point out the weakness of individualism.

Q. What is laissez Faire state.In what respect does it differ from a welfare state?Discuss.

Q. Enumerate the essential features of Democracy.Bring out the distinction between democracy and Dictatorship.

Q. Explain Austin’s theory of Sovereignty.Examine the Pluralists attack on it.

Q. Plato s republic is not a work on politics but the finest treatise on education that has never been written. Explain and
Discuss.

Q. What, according to Aristotle, are the causes of revolution? Discuss the remedies he suggested.

Q. What is meant by liberty?Examine the relation between liberty and equality.

Q. Why is independent judiciary considered important in a democratic system?how can judicial independence be ensured? Discuss.

Q. Analyse Gandhi’s theory of trusteeship.Is the theory practicable.

Q. Elaborate Marxian view of state as an instrument of class domination

Q. Elaborate the function of a Socialist state

Q. Examine the challenges to sovereignty of the state in the contemporary world

Q. Discuss the nature and kinds of Authority.

Q. Write note on plato’s concept of Ideal State.

Q. Bring out plato’s view on emancipation of women.

Q. “State is prior to individual “.Discuss

Q. Write a note on Marx’s theory of class struggle.

Q. Examine Gandhi’s concept of swaraj.

POLITY PAPER-II

Q. Discuss the constitutional developments during the freedom movement highlighting the importance of Nehru Report and Lahore congress Resolution.

Q. What are the provision for constitutional protection of right to freedom of religion and how far they succeeded in promoting
secularism in India? Discuss.

Q. Is it correct to say that the Indian constitution is ‘a ragbag of borrowings’?Give reasons for your answer.

Q. Examine the significance of the directive principle of state policy as laid down in the constitution of India. To what extent have these directive been implemented

Q. What are the different ways of acquiring Indian citizenship?How can Indian citizenship be lost ? Discuss

Q. Critically evaluate the emergency powers of the president of india and justify the emergency provision of the constitution of India.

Q. Discuss the superior position of the union in respect of legislative relation between the centre and the states in India.

Q. What are the major tension areas in Union State relation in India?

Q. Examine the changing structure of Panchayati Raj institution in India with special reference to the 73rd constitution Amendment Act.”

Q. How is the american President Elected?Discuss the powers and function of the president of USA.

Q. Analyse the composition and functions of the house of Lords.Do you agree that the House of Lords needs to be mended not ended.

Q. What is the composition of the security council of the UNO? What are its functions?Do you support the argument that there should be more permanent members in the security council of UNO ?Give reasons

Q. Explain the basic principles of the preamble to the constitution of India.

Q. How is the union council of minsters constituted?describe its composition.

Q. The problem of India bureaucracy is not that it is a bureaucracy, but that it carries too much baggage of the past.”Examine Discuss the role of the speaker of the Lok Sabha.

Q. Write a note on ‘role of law’ of british political system.

Q. Write a note on the powers and functions of US senate.

Q. Discuss the composition and Functions of Zilla Parishad under the Assam Panchayat Act,1994.

Q. Write a note on judicial activism in India.

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APSC Mains Exam – Political Science 2006 Question Paper I & Paper II

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APSC Mains – Political Science 2006 Question Paper I & Paper II

It’s very important that we know the definite trend of question being recently asked in the Mains Exam. Thus, the Polity Paper I & Paper II of 2006 is given here, to give you a better idea of the areas/topics more question appears in the exam.

POLITY PAPER-I

Q. Comment on any three of the following:
1.”virture is knowledge ”
2.”political science beings and ends with the state ”
3.”…all peaceful beginings of government have been laid in the consent of the people. ”
4.” The Authority of the state rests on violence. ”
5.”State exists for the sake of good life,not for the sake of life only.”
Q. Define political science and examine its scientific character.
Q. Analyse the concept of power and discuss the nature of political power.
Q. Highlight the factors leading to the emergence of the concept of welfare state.What are the major function of a welfare state?
Q. Explain the significant features of a parliamentary form of government.How to distinguish it from the presidential form
Q. Highligh the relationship between any two of the following :
1.liberty and equality
2.truth and non violence
3.state and society
4.Democracy and human personality
Q. Explain the Gandhi concept of non violence.Examine the utility of the technique of non violent resistance in a modern state.
Q. Explain the process of withering away of the state in the light of Marxian theory of state.
Q. Analyse the plato’s theory of communism.How will you distinguish it from the modern concept of communism
Q. Discuss the causes of revolution in a state as indentifiedby Aristole.
Q. Highlight the significant contribution of the following thinkers.
1.Abraham lincoln
2.jean jacques rousseau
3.John Rawls
4.Harold J laski

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POLITY PAPER-II

Q. Comment on any three of the following :
1.”India, that is Bharat ,shall be a Union of States. ”
2.”At the commencement of the contribution every person who has his domicile in the territory of India and who was born in the territory of India..shall be a citizen of India. ”
3.”No person who is a member of a Civil Services of the Union…shall be dismissed or removed by an authority subordinate to that by which he was appointed “.
Q. What is the utility of the Indian administrative service
Q. Justify the position of the Us president as the real chied executive
Q. Evaluate the role of the Civil Service in India.To what extent the civil service are commited to the welfare of the nation
Q. Discuss the areas of tension in the centre state relationship in the Indian federal system.
Q. Analyse the significant features of the American senate
Q. Write a critique on the powers and functions of the British Prime Minister.
Q. Discuss the role of the UNO in spreading human rights education amongst nations.
Q. Analyse the judicial sytem in India and justify the supreme court as the guardian of the constitution of India.
Q. Analyse the sources of the constitution of India.Is the constitution a bag of borrowing?Justify Your answer.
Q. Explain the directive principle of state policy in corporated in the constitution of India.To what extent these principles conform to the Gandhian thought.
Q. Answer any three of the following :
1.justiy Indian Democracy as a Representative democracy.
2.Forward arguments in favour of a strong centre in India.
3.Comment on the collective security of the Ministers to the Lok Sabha.
4.What is the role of the Governor of a state during President s rule .

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