State governments (legislative oversight): How do members of a state legislature exercise control over the Council of Ministers? Identify the principal parliamentary devices used to hold the executive accountable. Choose the correct option.

Given data

• Asks mechanisms by which the legislature controls the executive at the state level.

Concept/Approach
Legislative control is exercised through multiple tools: question hour, motions (adjournment/censure/no-confidence), debates, budgetary control, committee oversight, etc.

Step-by-step reasoning
All three listed items—questions, policy criticism via debates, and adjournment motions—are standard instruments of control → the inclusive option applies.

Final Answer
All of the above