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Indian Polity UPPSC 2003 GS-I
Question

The Electoral College which elects the President of India comprises of:

I. Elected members of both the houses of Parliament.
II. Elected members of both the houses of state legislature.
III. Elected members of legislative assemblies of all the States.
IV. Elected members of the legislative assemblies of Delhi and Puducherry.

Select the correct answer from the code given below:
Code:

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option D: I, III, IV

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “I, III, IV ”.
The presidential electoral college is made up of the following:

1) Elected members of the Rajya Sabha (upper house of the Parliament of India);

2) Elected members of the Lok Sabha (lower house of the Parliament of India);

3) Elected members of each state's Legislative Assembly (lower house of the state legislature);

4) Elected members of each union territory possessing a Legislative assembly [i.e. Delh and Puducherry etc.]

Similar Questions:

The Right to Vote in India is a:
  1. A) Fundamental Right
  2. B) Constitutional Right
  3. C) Natural Right
  4. D) Legal Right
Which of the following articles of the Constitution of India have been declared by the Supreme court as the 'Inviolable basic structure' of the Constitution? Select the correct answer for the code given below:

1. Article 32
2. Article 226
3. Article 227
4. Article 245

Code:
  1. A) 1, 2 and 3
  2. B) 1, 3 and 4
  3. C) 1, 2 and 4
  4. D) 1, 2, 3 and 4
Which of the following is not necessary for the presidential candidate?
  1. A) Completed 35 years of Age
  2. B) Educated
  3. C) Have the qualification to become a member of parliament
  4. D) Should be the Citizen of the country
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  1. A) 25 August 1946
  2. B) 24 August 1946
  3. C) 23 August 1946
  4. D) 22 August 1946
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  1. A) Bihar
  2. B) Bengal
  3. C) Maharashtra
  4. D) Rajasthan
The Directive Principles of State Policy may be classified in to which of the following parts for the sake of convenient study?
  1. A) Socialist
  2. B) Liberal intellectualistic
  3. C) Gandhian
  4. D) All of the above
Which one of the following writs can be issued by a High Court to secure liberty of the individual?
  1. A) Mandamus
  2. B) Quo-warranto
  3. C) Habeas Corpus
  4. D) Prohibition
Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R).

Assertion (A): The Supreme Court of India has exclusive jurisdiction regarding Constitutional validity of Central laws.
Reason (R): The Supreme Court is the Guardian of the Indian Constitution.

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
  1. A) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
  2. B) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
  3. C) (A) is true, but (R) is false
  4. D) (A) is false, but (R) is true
Which one of the following is NOT correctly matched ?
(Provisions) - (Sources)
  1. A) Fundamental Rights – USA
  2. B) Directive Principles of State Policy – Ireland
  3. C) Residual Powers of Center – Australia
  4. D) Emergency powers – Germany
Match List-I and List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below:
List-I - List-ll

A. August Declaration - 1. Lord Linlithgow
B. August Offer - 2. Montague
C. August Resolution - 3. M.A. Jinnah
D. Direct Action - 4. Gandhi

Code:
A B C D
  1. A) 2 1 4 3
  2. B) 1 2 4 3
  3. C) 1 2 3 4
  4. D) 4 1 2 3
The concept of judicial review in India has been adopted from the constitution of
  1. A) U.K.
  2. B) U.S.A.
  3. C) U.S.S.R.
  4. D) Australia
A prime number x between 10 and 50 remains unchanged if its digits are reversed. Then, the square of such number is:
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  2. B) 484
  3. C) 1089
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