{"id":93684,"date":"2025-06-01T11:55:20","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T11:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?p=93684"},"modified":"2025-06-01T11:55:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T11:55:20","slug":"consider-the-following-statements-regarding-the-election-of-the-presid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/consider-the-following-statements-regarding-the-election-of-the-presid\/","title":{"rendered":"Consider the following statements regarding the election of the Presid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Consider the following statements regarding the election of the President of India :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Every Member of Parliament can vote in the election of the President of India.<\/li>\n<li>Every elected Member of Parliament can vote in the election of the President of India.<\/li>\n<li>Every elected member of a State Legislative Assembly can vote in the election of the President of India.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Which of the above statements is\/are not correct ?<\/p>\n<p>[amp_mcq option1=&#8221;1 only&#8221; option2=&#8221;2 and 3 only&#8221; option3=&#8221;3 only&#8221; option4=&#8221;1 and 2 only&#8221; correct=&#8221;option1&#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 Combined Section Officer &#8211; 2021-22<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pyq-exam-psc-buttons\"><a href=\"\/pyq\/pyq-upsc-combined-section-officer-2021-22.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-pdf-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Download PDF<\/a><a href=\"\/pyq-upsc-combined-section-officer-2021-22\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"psc-attempt-button\" rel=\"noopener\">Attempt Online<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"pyq-correct-answer\">\nThe correct answer is A) 1 only.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-key-points\">\nThe President of India is elected by an electoral college consisting of: (i) the elected members of both Houses of Parliament; and (ii) the elected members of the Legislative Assemblies of the States. The elected members of the Legislative Assemblies of the Union Territories of Delhi and Puducherry are also included in the electoral college by virtue of the 70th Amendment Act, 1992. Nominated members of Parliament and members of State Legislative Councils do not participate in the President&#8217;s election.<br \/>\nStatement 1 is incorrect because nominated Members of Parliament do not vote.<br \/>\nStatement 2 is correct because every elected Member of Parliament (from both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha) votes.<br \/>\nStatement 3 is correct because every elected member of a State Legislative Assembly votes.<br \/>\nTherefore, only statement 1 is not correct.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"pyq-additional-information\">\nThe election is held in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of a single transferable vote, and the voting is by secret ballot.<br \/>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Consider the following statements regarding the election of the President of India : Every Member of Parliament can vote in the election of the President of India. Every elected Member of Parliament can vote in the election of the President of India. Every elected member of a State Legislative Assembly can vote in the election &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Consider the following statements regarding the election of the Presid\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/consider-the-following-statements-regarding-the-election-of-the-presid\/#more-93684\">Detailed Solution<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Consider the following statements regarding the election of the Presid<\/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":[1090],"tags":[1484,1099,1175],"class_list":["post-93684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc-combined-section-officer","tag-2021-22","tag-indian-polity-and-governance","tag-the-president","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>Consider the following statements regarding the election of the Presid<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The correct answer is A) 1 only. The President of India is elected by an electoral college consisting of: (i) the elected members of both Houses of Parliament; and (ii) the elected members of the Legislative Assemblies of the States. The elected members of the Legislative Assemblies of the Union Territories of Delhi and Puducherry are also included in the electoral college by virtue of the 70th Amendment Act, 1992. Nominated members of Parliament and members of State Legislative Councils do not participate in the President&#039;s election. Statement 1 is incorrect because nominated Members of Parliament do not vote. Statement 2 is correct because every elected Member of Parliament (from both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha) votes. Statement 3 is correct because every elected member of a State Legislative Assembly votes. 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Nominated members of Parliament and members of State Legislative Councils do not participate in the President&#039;s election. Statement 1 is incorrect because nominated Members of Parliament do not vote. Statement 2 is correct because every elected Member of Parliament (from both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha) votes. Statement 3 is correct because every elected member of a State Legislative Assembly votes. 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The President of India is elected by an electoral college consisting of: (i) the elected members of both Houses of Parliament; and (ii) the elected members of the Legislative Assemblies of the States. The elected members of the Legislative Assemblies of the Union Territories of Delhi and Puducherry are also included in the electoral college by virtue of the 70th Amendment Act, 1992. Nominated members of Parliament and members of State Legislative Councils do not participate in the President's election. Statement 1 is incorrect because nominated Members of Parliament do not vote. Statement 2 is correct because every elected Member of Parliament (from both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha) votes. Statement 3 is correct because every elected member of a State Legislative Assembly votes. Therefore, only statement 1 is not correct.","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\/consider-the-following-statements-regarding-the-election-of-the-presid\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Consider the following statements regarding the election of the Presid","og_description":"The correct answer is A) 1 only. The President of India is elected by an electoral college consisting of: (i) the elected members of both Houses of Parliament; and (ii) the elected members of the Legislative Assemblies of the States. The elected members of the Legislative Assemblies of the Union Territories of Delhi and Puducherry are also included in the electoral college by virtue of the 70th Amendment Act, 1992. Nominated members of Parliament and members of State Legislative Councils do not participate in the President's election. Statement 1 is incorrect because nominated Members of Parliament do not vote. Statement 2 is correct because every elected Member of Parliament (from both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha) votes. Statement 3 is correct because every elected member of a State Legislative Assembly votes. 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