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Question

The electoral college for Presidential election consists of:

  1. All members of Union Parliament and State legislatives
  2. All members of Union Parliament and State legislative assemblies
  3. All members of Union Parliament and all elected members of State legislative assemblies
  4. All elected members of Union Parliament and state legislative assemblies

Answer:

Option D: All elected members of Union Parliament and state legislative assemblies

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “All elected members of Union Parliament and state legislative assemblies”.

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);