Question

The maximum possible strength of the Legislative Assembly of a state is ____________.
(A) 400 members
(B) 425 members
(C) 500 members
(D) 545 members

Answer 1

Hint:
 The State Legislature is the legislature of the provinces and territories of the Indian Union. In 28 provinces and 3 constituencies of unions with a legislative assembly only as the legislative body, and in six provinces it is the lower house of their state legislatures and the upper house is the State Legislative Council that act as legislature.


Complete solution:
The legislature has no more than 500 members and no less than 60. The largest state like Uttar Pradesh has 403 members in its Council. Countries with a small and small population are conditional on having a very small number of members of the Legislature. Puducherry has 30 members. Mizoram, Goa has only 40 members each. Sikkim has 32 members. All members of the Legislature are elected on the basis of adult liberty, and one member is elected from one constituency. Just as the President has the power to nominate 2 Anglo Indians in Lok Sabha, similarly, the Governor has the power to nominate one member of the Anglo Indian community as he deems fit, if he deems that they are under-represented in the Assembly.

Hence, the correct answer is option C.

Note:
Each Member of the Legislature (MLA) is directly elected to serve a term of five years by a single member state. The Constitution of India states that the State Legislature must have no less than 60 and no more than 500 members but that may not be allowed without an Act of Parliament.