{"id":91425,"date":"2025-06-01T10:56:21","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T10:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?p=91425"},"modified":"2025-06-01T10:56:21","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T10:56:21","slug":"consider-the-following-statements-1-the-minimum-age-prescribed-fo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/consider-the-following-statements-1-the-minimum-age-prescribed-fo\/","title":{"rendered":"Consider the following statements :\n  1. The minimum age prescribed fo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Consider the following statements :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1. The minimum age prescribed for any person to be a member of Panchayat is 25 years.<\/li>\n<li>2. A Panchayat reconstituted after premature dissolution continues only for the remainder period.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Which of the statements given above is\/are correct?<\/p>\n<p>[amp_mcq option1=&#8221;1 only&#8221; option2=&#8221;2 only&#8221; option3=&#8221;Both 1 and 2&#8243; option4=&#8221;Neither 1 nor 2&#8243; 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 IAS &#8211; 2016<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pyq-exam-psc-buttons\"><a href=\"\/pyq\/pyq-upsc-ias-2016.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-pdf-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Download PDF<\/a><a href=\"\/pyq-upsc-ias-2016\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-attempt-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Attempt Online<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"pyq-correct-answer\">\nThe correct option is B) 2 only.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-key-points\">\n&#8211; Statement 1 is incorrect. Article 243F(1)(a) of the Constitution states that a person shall be disqualified for being chosen as, or for being, a member of a Panchayat if he is less than twenty-one years of age. Thus, the minimum age prescribed for becoming a member of Panchayat is 21 years, not 25 years.<br \/>\n&#8211; Statement 2 is correct. Article 243E(3) of the Constitution states that a Panchayat constituted upon the premature dissolution of a Panchayat shall continue only for the remainder of the period for which the dissolved Panchayat would have continued under clause (1) had it not been so dissolved. However, if the remainder period is less than six months, it shall not be necessary to hold any election for constituting the Panchayat for such period.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-additional-information\">\nThe 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1992, added Part IX to the Constitution, dealing with Panchayats. It provides for a three-tier system of Panchayats (Village, Intermediate, and District levels) and mandates their elections every five years. The age qualification for voting in Panchayat elections is 18 years, but for being a member, it is 21 years.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Consider the following statements : 1. The minimum age prescribed for any person to be a member of Panchayat is 25 years. 2. A Panchayat reconstituted after premature dissolution continues only for the remainder period. Which of the statements given above is\/are correct? [amp_mcq option1=&#8221;1 only&#8221; option2=&#8221;2 only&#8221; option3=&#8221;Both 1 and 2&#8243; option4=&#8221;Neither 1 nor &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Consider the following statements :\n  1. 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