With reference to the Legislative Assembly of a State in India, consider the following statements: I. The Governor makes a customary address to Members of the House at the commencement of the first session of the year. II. When a State Legislature does not have a rule on a particular matter, it follows the Lok Sabha rule on that matter. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Both statements are correct, so the answer is C. Statement I is straight from the Constitution. Under Article 176, the Governor addresses the House at the commencement of the first session after each general election and at the commencement of the first session of each year, and this address is customary and set out in the Constitution.

Statement II is also correct as a general principle. Most State Legislative Assembly Rules of Procedure say that matters not covered by the rules are regulated by the practice and procedure of the Lok Sabha, as far as applicable, and the Speaker or Presiding Officer decides how to apply it. The wording varies from state to state, so the exact rule text should be checked for any given state.

The core concept here is the constitutional role of the Governor as part of the legislature under Articles 174 to 176, and how procedure is borrowed from the Union Parliament. This links to Mains GS2 on federal functioning and the relationship between the Governor and the State legislature.

Trap: Students often assume the Governor's address is only for the budget session, or that the Lok Sabha rules apply automatically. Neither is correct: the address is annual, and borrowing from Lok Sabha practice depends on each state's rules and the Speaker's ruling.