Correct answer: (d) Neither 1 nor 2
Explanation
- A
1 only
Statement 1 only. The Chief Secretary is not a Governor’s independent appointee in the sense the statement suggests; the Chief Minister chooses the officer, and there is no constitutional fixed tenure. 1 is not a safe standalone key.
- B
2 only
Statement 2 only. There is no constitutionally fixed tenure for a State Chief Secretary (experimental two-year tenure orders have not made a rigid all-India legal fixture). 2 is false.
- C
Both 1 and 2
Both. Both statements fail the standard UPSC reading: CS is picked by the CM/state government, not ‘appointed by the Governor’ as a personal power, and tenure is not fixed. Both cannot be the key.
- D
Neither 1 nor 2
Neither 1 nor 2. Appointment of the Chief Secretary is a Chief Minister–led executive choice among IAS officers; the Governor does not independently appoint. Tenure is not fixed by the Constitution. That stored letter is the official key.
Summary. Official key is (d) neither 1 nor 2. A State Chief Secretary is selected by the Chief Minister (state government), not independently by the Governor, and does not hold a constitutionally fixed term. Honour the stored letter (d).
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