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Written on the law as it stood in October 2026. Bribery for a vote has no immunity after Sita Soren v. Union of India (2024), which overruled P.V. Narasimha Rao. On assent to State Bills, the advisory opinion of 20 November 2025 restored the Governor's discretion under article 200 and rejected court-fixed timelines and deemed assent, displacing parts of State of Tamil Nadu v. Governor of Tamil Nadu (April 2025). The validity of the 2023 Act on appointing Election Commissioners was referred to five judges on 23 September 2026 and is open, as is the scope of a Money Bill after Rojer Mathew (2019).
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The questions below are the paper as the University of Mumbai set it at the May 2026 - 75/25 examination, in the order it was set.
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The Paper as Set
The questions in this volume are the questions asked at the May 2026 - 75/25 examination, reproduced as the University of Mumbai set them, in the order it set them. Nothing has been reworded, added or left out. Only the answers are ours. See the original question paper.
Duration 2½ hours · Total marks 75 · 21 questions answered
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Q.1
Q.1: Answer any SIX questions in one or two sentences
12 Marks - 2 marks each
(1)What is meant by a Bicameral Legislature?[2]
Answer
A bicameral legislature is a legislature made up of two Houses, so that a proposal must ordinarily pass both before it becomes law. In India, Parliament is always bicameral under article 79, while a State legislature has two Houses only in the States that article 168 names.
Going deeper. Article 79 says Parliament "shall consist of the President and two Houses". They are the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) and the House of the People (Lok Sabha). The President is part of Parliament, which is why a Bill needs his assent.
The States are different. Article 168(1) gives two Houses only to the States it lists, such as Maharashtra, Karnataka, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. There, a Legislative Council sits beside the Legislative Assembly. Every other State has one House, the Legislative Assembly. That is a unicameral legislature.
A State can change its choice. Under article 169, Parliament may by law create or abolish a State's Legislative Council. It does so only if the Assembly asks for it by a special resolution. The resolution needs a majority of its total membership and two-thirds of those present and voting. Such a law is not an amendment for article 368.
Why have two Houses. The second House gives the States a voice in Parliament, allows a second look at hasty laws, and brings in experience through nomination.
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