Multiple choice

Which of the following were the recommendations of the Sarkaria Commission on the qualification of a Governor?

  1. He should be eminent in some walk of life.
  2. He should be a person from outside the State.
  3. He should be a detached figure without intense political links.
  4. He should not be a member of the ruling party.

  1. Only 1 and 3

  2. Only 1, 2 and 3

  3. Only 1 and 2

  4. All of these
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Explanation

With a view to reviewing the working of the existing arrangements between the Union and the States in the changed socio-economic scenario, the Government constituted a Commission on June 9, 1983 under the Chairmanship of Justice R.S. Sarkaria.

The following recommendations were made by the Sarkaria Commission on the qualification of a Governor:

1. He should be eminent in some walk of life.
2. He should be a person from outside the State.
3. He should be a detached figure without intense political links. 4. He should not be a member of the ruling party.

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