Question

How many states in India have a legislative council?
A.6
B.12
C.15
D.21

Answer 1

Hint: India is a democratic country which has 28 states and 8 Union Territories. India follows a bicameral legislature at the center but at the state level not all the states follow bicameral structure.

Complete answer: India follows the bicameral system of legislature. At the centre, the parliament has two houses, in the same way, the state can also have legislative assembly(lower house) and legislative council(upper house) which is mentioned in article 169 of the Indian constitution. But at present only six Indian states have a legislative council, they are Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra and Karnataka. The Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Council has been abolished through the J&K reorganisation Bill of 2019. The constitution provides the parliament with the power to create or abolish a legislative council by a simple majority (Ar 169). The legislative council should not have more than one-third of the total members of the state assembly. It should also not be less than 40 members.
Therefore the correct answer is “A”.

Note: India adopted its bicameral legislature system from the British Constitution. Moreover, the concepts of single citizenship and rule of law are also a derivation of the British Constitution.