Question

Article 188 gives provision for?
1. Oath or affirmation by members for state assembly
2. Oath or affirmation by members of Loksabha
3. Oath or affirmation by members of Rajya sabha
4. None of the above

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : Oath or affirmation by members for state assembly

The correct answer is option 1 i.e  Oath or affirmation by members for state assembly.

• Article 188 gives provision for Oath or affirmation by members for state assembly.
• According to Article 188, Every member of the Legislative Assembly or the Legislative Council of a State shall, before taking his seat, make and subscribe before the Governor, or some person appointed in that behalf by him, an oath or affirmation according to the form set out for the purpose in the Third Schedule.
• Article 178 states that Every Legislative Assembly of a State shall, as soon as may be, choose two members of the Assembly to be respectively Speaker and Deputy Speaker thereof and, so often as the office of Speaker or Deputy Speaker becomes vacant, the Assembly shall choose another member to be Speaker or Deputy Speaker, as the case may be.