Which of the following statements is incorrect regarding the sessions of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly?

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Correct — D, 'The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly prorogues its sitting.' This is the false statement, and so the answer to an 'incorrect' question. Prorogation — the formal ending of a session — is done by the Governor under Article 174(2)(a), which also empowers him to dissolve the Legislative Assembly. The Speaker's powers stop at adjournment: he can adjourn a sitting, or adjourn the House sine die, but he cannot prorogue it. Summoning and prorogation are Governor's acts; adjournment is the Speaker's.

Why the other options are wrong — (a) This is TRUE, so it cannot be the answer. It is the practical consequence of the six-month rule in Article 174(1) — since no more than six months may pass between sessions, the House must meet at least twice a year.  (b) This is TRUE, so it cannot be the answer. Article 174(1) expressly requires that six months shall not intervene between the last sitting of one session and the first sitting of the next.  (c) This is TRUE, so it cannot be the answer. Article 174(1) empowers the Governor to summon the House to meet at such time and place as he thinks fit, subject to the six-month limit.

Concept: Article 174 governs the calendar of a State legislature. Clause (1) gives the Governor the power to summon the House and imposes the six-month ceiling between sessions; clause (2) gives him the power to prorogue the House and to dissolve the Legislative Assembly. Nothing in the Constitution fixes a minimum number of sitting days — only the maximum interval. The Speaker, by contrast, is the presiding officer inside the session: he conducts the sittings, decides whether a Bill is a Money Bill under Article 199(3), and adjourns the House, including sine die.

State PCS 2026 Q19 — Madhya Pradesh GK PYQ with Answer

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