{"id":84791,"date":"2025-06-01T02:50:23","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T02:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?p=84791"},"modified":"2025-06-01T02:50:23","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T02:50:23","slug":"a-person-is-disqualified-for-being-chosen-as-and-for-being-a-member","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/a-person-is-disqualified-for-being-chosen-as-and-for-being-a-member\/","title":{"rendered":"A person is disqualified for being chosen as, and for being, a Member"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A person is disqualified for being chosen as, and for being, a Member of either House of the Parliament if the person<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1. holds any office of profit under the Government of India or the Government of any State other than an office declared by the Parliament by law not to disqualify its holder<\/li>\n<li>2. is an undischarged insolvent<\/li>\n<li>3. is so disqualified under the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution of India<\/li>\n<li>4. is of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent Court<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Select the correct answer using the code given below.<\/p>\n<p>[amp_mcq option1=&#8221;1, 2 and 4 only&#8221; option2=&#8221;1, 2, 3 and 4&#8243; option3=&#8221;3 and 4 only&#8221; option4=&#8221;1, 2 and 3 only&#8221; correct=&#8221;option2&#8243;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"psc-box-pyq-exam-year-detail\">\n<div class=\"pyq-exam\">\n<div class=\"psc-heading\">This question was previously asked in<\/div>\n<div class=\"psc-title line-ellipsis\">UPSC CDS-1 &#8211; 2018<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pyq-exam-psc-buttons\"><a href=\"\/pyq\/pyq-upsc-cds-1-2018.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-pdf-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Download PDF<\/a><a href=\"\/pyq-upsc-cds-1-2018\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-attempt-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Attempt Online<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"pyq-correct-answer\">\nArticle 102 of the Constitution of India specifies the grounds for disqualification for being chosen as, and for being, a member of either House of Parliament.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-key-points\">\nArticle 102(1) states that a person shall be disqualified if he:<br \/>\n1.  holds any office of profit under the Government of India or the Government of any State, other than an office declared by Parliament by law not to disqualify its holder (Covers statement 1).<br \/>\n2.  is of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent court (Covers statement 4).<br \/>\n3.  is an undischarged insolvent (Covers statement 2).<br \/>\n4.  is not a citizen of India, or has voluntarily acquired the citizenship of a foreign State, or is under any acknowledgment of allegiance or adherence to a foreign State.<br \/>\n5.  is so disqualified by or under any law made by Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Article 102(2) states that a person shall be disqualified for being a member of either House of Parliament if he is so disqualified under the Tenth Schedule (Anti-Defection Law) (Covers statement 3).<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-additional-information\">\nAll four listed conditions are explicit grounds for disqualification of a Member of Parliament as per the Constitution of India.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A person is disqualified for being chosen as, and for being, a Member of either House of the Parliament if the person 1. holds any office of profit under the Government of India or the Government of any State other than an office declared by the Parliament by law not to disqualify its holder 2. &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"A person is disqualified for being chosen as, and for being, a Member\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/a-person-is-disqualified-for-being-chosen-as-and-for-being-a-member\/#more-84791\">Detailed Solution<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A person is disqualified for being chosen as, and for being, a Member<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1087],"tags":[1114,1099,1111],"class_list":["post-84791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc-cds-1","tag-1114","tag-indian-polity-and-governance","tag-the-parliament","no-featured-image-padding"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.2 (Yoast SEO v23.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A person is disqualified for being chosen as, and for being, a Member<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Article 102 of the Constitution of India specifies the grounds for disqualification for being chosen as, and for being, a member of either House of Parliament. Article 102(1) states that a person shall be disqualified if he: 1. holds any office of profit under the Government of India or the Government of any State, other than an office declared by Parliament by law not to disqualify its holder (Covers statement 1). 2. is of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent court (Covers statement 4). 3. is an undischarged insolvent (Covers statement 2). 4. is not a citizen of India, or has voluntarily acquired the citizenship of a foreign State, or is under any acknowledgment of allegiance or adherence to a foreign State. 5. is so disqualified by or under any law made by Parliament. Additionally, Article 102(2) states that a person shall be disqualified for being a member of either House of Parliament if he is so disqualified under the Tenth Schedule (Anti-Defection Law) (Covers statement 3).\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/a-person-is-disqualified-for-being-chosen-as-and-for-being-a-member\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A person is disqualified for being chosen as, and for being, a Member\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Article 102 of the Constitution of India specifies the grounds for disqualification for being chosen as, and for being, a member of either House of Parliament. Article 102(1) states that a person shall be disqualified if he: 1. holds any office of profit under the Government of India or the Government of any State, other than an office declared by Parliament by law not to disqualify its holder (Covers statement 1). 2. is of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent court (Covers statement 4). 3. is an undischarged insolvent (Covers statement 2). 4. is not a citizen of India, or has voluntarily acquired the citizenship of a foreign State, or is under any acknowledgment of allegiance or adherence to a foreign State. 5. is so disqualified by or under any law made by Parliament. Additionally, Article 102(2) states that a person shall be disqualified for being a member of either House of Parliament if he is so disqualified under the Tenth Schedule (Anti-Defection Law) (Covers statement 3).\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/a-person-is-disqualified-for-being-chosen-as-and-for-being-a-member\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"MCQ and Quiz for Exams\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-06-01T02:50:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"rawan239\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"rawan239\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"A person is disqualified for being chosen as, and for being, a Member","description":"Article 102 of the Constitution of India specifies the grounds for disqualification for being chosen as, and for being, a member of either House of Parliament. Article 102(1) states that a person shall be disqualified if he: 1. holds any office of profit under the Government of India or the Government of any State, other than an office declared by Parliament by law not to disqualify its holder (Covers statement 1). 2. is of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent court (Covers statement 4). 3. is an undischarged insolvent (Covers statement 2). 4. is not a citizen of India, or has voluntarily acquired the citizenship of a foreign State, or is under any acknowledgment of allegiance or adherence to a foreign State. 5. is so disqualified by or under any law made by Parliament. Additionally, Article 102(2) states that a person shall be disqualified for being a member of either House of Parliament if he is so disqualified under the Tenth Schedule (Anti-Defection Law) (Covers statement 3).","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/a-person-is-disqualified-for-being-chosen-as-and-for-being-a-member\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"A person is disqualified for being chosen as, and for being, a Member","og_description":"Article 102 of the Constitution of India specifies the grounds for disqualification for being chosen as, and for being, a member of either House of Parliament. Article 102(1) states that a person shall be disqualified if he: 1. holds any office of profit under the Government of India or the Government of any State, other than an office declared by Parliament by law not to disqualify its holder (Covers statement 1). 2. is of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent court (Covers statement 4). 3. is an undischarged insolvent (Covers statement 2). 4. is not a citizen of India, or has voluntarily acquired the citizenship of a foreign State, or is under any acknowledgment of allegiance or adherence to a foreign State. 5. is so disqualified by or under any law made by Parliament. Additionally, Article 102(2) states that a person shall be disqualified for being a member of either House of Parliament if he is so disqualified under the Tenth Schedule (Anti-Defection Law) (Covers statement 3).","og_url":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/a-person-is-disqualified-for-being-chosen-as-and-for-being-a-member\/","og_site_name":"MCQ and Quiz for Exams","article_published_time":"2025-06-01T02:50:23+00:00","author":"rawan239","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"rawan239","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/a-person-is-disqualified-for-being-chosen-as-and-for-being-a-member\/","url":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/a-person-is-disqualified-for-being-chosen-as-and-for-being-a-member\/","name":"A person is disqualified for being chosen as, and for being, a Member","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/#website"},"datePublished":"2025-06-01T02:50:23+00:00","dateModified":"2025-06-01T02:50:23+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/#\/schema\/person\/5807dafeb27d2ec82344d6cbd6c3d209"},"description":"Article 102 of the Constitution of India specifies the grounds for disqualification for being chosen as, and for being, a member of either House of Parliament. Article 102(1) states that a person shall be disqualified if he: 1. holds any office of profit under the Government of India or the Government of any State, other than an office declared by Parliament by law not to disqualify its holder (Covers statement 1). 2. is of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent court (Covers statement 4). 3. is an undischarged insolvent (Covers statement 2). 4. is not a citizen of India, or has voluntarily acquired the citizenship of a foreign State, or is under any acknowledgment of allegiance or adherence to a foreign State. 5. is so disqualified by or under any law made by Parliament. Additionally, Article 102(2) states that a person shall be disqualified for being a member of either House of Parliament if he is so disqualified under the Tenth Schedule (Anti-Defection Law) (Covers statement 3).","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/a-person-is-disqualified-for-being-chosen-as-and-for-being-a-member\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/a-person-is-disqualified-for-being-chosen-as-and-for-being-a-member\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/a-person-is-disqualified-for-being-chosen-as-and-for-being-a-member\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"UPSC CDS-1","item":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/category\/upsc-cds-1\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"A person is disqualified for being chosen as, and for being, a Member"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/#website","url":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/","name":"MCQ and Quiz for Exams","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/#\/schema\/person\/5807dafeb27d2ec82344d6cbd6c3d209","name":"rawan239","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/761a7274f9cce048fa5b921221e7934820d74514df93ef195a9d22af0c1c9001?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/761a7274f9cce048fa5b921221e7934820d74514df93ef195a9d22af0c1c9001?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"rawan239"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com"],"url":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/author\/rawan239\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84791\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}