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Vidhan sabha is also known as ?
A. Lower house of the state
B. Upper house of the state
C. Lok sabha
D. None of these.

Answer
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Hint: The State Legislative assembly i.e. Vidhan sabha consists of representatives directly elected by the people.

Complete answer:
For every state, there is a legislature, which consists of a Governor and either one or two houses.Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Telangana, and Uttar Pradesh have bicameral legislatures, with the remaining states having a unicameral one.
The lower house of the state is legislative assembly i.e vidhan sabha which corresponds to Lok sabha of center government parliament.
The upper house of the state is legislative council i.e. vidhan parishad which corresponds to rajya sabha of center government parliament.
Lok sabha or house of people is the lower house of India's bicameral parliament, with the upper house being rajya sabha.
None of these could not be answer of this question

Hence the correct answer is option A.

Note: The Vidhan Sabha is the lower house or the sole house of the state legislature in the different States of India. The same name is also used for the lower house of the legislatures for two of the UnionTerritories, Delhi and Puducherry.The Legislative Assembly of a state consists of not more than 500 and not fewer than 60 members chosen by direct election from territorial constituencies in the state.