UPPCS GS-II · 12 marks · 200 words

How do the Governor's discretionary powers affect the federal structure of the Constitution? Discuss.

राज्यपाल की विवेकाधीन शक्तियाँ संविधान के संघीय ढाँचे को किस प्रकार प्रभावित करती हैं? विवेचना कीजिए।

What “Discuss” demands

present several distinct facets of the issue and connect them into an argument, giving the competing views real weight rather than one line each.

The characteristic failure: a list of points with no argument running through them.

What a top answer must contain

These are the checkable specifics from the marking standard for this question — the actual case, committee, datum or thinker, not an instruction to “give examples”.

  • Article 163 — Governor's discretion
  • Article 356 & S.R. Bommai (1994)
  • Appointment of CM in a hung assembly
  • 2nd ARC recommendations on Centre-State relations

The band thresholds and the pre-scored sample answers behind this standard stay private — they are the calibration your copy is placed against.

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