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Correct Answer: Option (A) — 1 only
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Standard Reference VerifiedStatement 1 is correct: Under Article 176(1), the Governor addresses the Legislative Assembly (or both Houses in a bicameral legislature) at the commencement of the first session after each general election and at the commencement of the first session of each year. Statement 2 is incorrect: Under Article 208, each State Legislature makes its own rules for regulating its procedure and conduct of business. Lok Sabha rules are not automatically binding or applicable unless the State Legislature itself adopts them.
State legislatures possess procedural autonomy under India's federal structure; assertions of automatic, mandatory fallback to Parliamentary/Lok Sabha rules are overgeneralizations and typically incorrect.
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