PYQ Vault · Paper 1 · Organs of Government
Legislative Council is a house without any effective powers. Comment.
How the answer moves
The flow snapshot — the routes in, the body, the counter-view and the routes out.
Flow snapshot — how the answer moves
Intro routes
R1 Art 169 (creation /abolition) + Art 171 (composition) → secondary chamber, weaker than even the Rajya Sabha → charge has force, but “without any” overstates R2 Take the claim head-on → test the absolute “without any” → concede weakness on decisive power, deny total powerlessness
Body flow
Critique holds → ordinary Bills: delay only (3 months → 1 month, Assembly final say) → Money Bills: cannot originate, only recommend → no no- confidence, no control over executive → but not powerless → revising + deliberative chamber, checks hasty legislation (Ambedkar) → members can be ministers / Chief Minister → political weight
Counter-view
Wheare + Austin: weak duplication → others: a costly refuge for defeated politicians
Conclusion routes
Rr! Powers limited, not absent → advisory worth is real → turns on better rosé composition + genuine scrutiny R2 Claim true on decisive power, overstated as a whole → value is deliberative, contingent on reform
Model answer
Handwritten, in the form it would be written in the examination hall.
