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Parliament can create or abolish Legislative Councils in States under Article 169, if the State Legislative Assembly passes a resolution by ______ majority.

  1. simple
  2. two-thirds
  3. three-fourths
  4. absolute

Answer: two-thirds

Article 169: Parliament can create/abolish State Legislative Council (upper house) by law, if State Assembly passes resolution by special majority (2/3 of members present and voting). Council is permanent body with 1/3 members retiring every 2 years. Currently, 6 States have Councils: UP, Bihar, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh.

Topic Parliament - Legislative Councils
Exam Relevance State legislature question for UPSC Prelims and State PSC exams