The President Part-I

Total Questions: 40

1. Which of the following are the members of the electoral college for electing the President of India? Select the correct answer from the code given below: [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2012]

1. All the members of the two Houses of Parliament.

2. All the elected members of the State Legislative Assemblies.

3. All the elected members of the U.T. Assemblies

4. All the Governors and Lt. Governors

(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
(c) 1, 2 and 3 only

Correct Answer: (c) 1, 2 and 3 only

Solution:The President of India is elected by the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote and the voting at such election shall be done by secret ballot. This is an indirect method of election. Article 54 describes the method of election of President. It says-

President shall be elected by the members of an electoral college consisting of

(a) all the elected members of both Houses of Parliament (RS +L.S.)

(b) all the elected members of the Legislative Assemblies of the States.

Here "State" involves National Capital Territory Delhi and Union Territory of Puducherry as provided by 70th Amendment Act, 1992.

Pay Attention:- Jammu & Kashmir is not included as of now.

Note : The elected members of the Legislative Assembly of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir are not yet included in the President's electoral college.

2. Electoral College for the election of the President of India consists of- [66th B.P.S.C. (Pre) (Re-Exam), 2020]

(a) All the elected members of the Rajya Sabha.
(b) All the elected members of the Lok Sabha
(c) All the members of the State Legislative Assemblies.
(d) All the elected members of both the Houses of Parliament and elected members of the State Legislative Assemblies.
( e) None of the above / More than one of the above

Correct Answer: (d) All the elected members of both the Houses of Parliament and elected members of the State Legislative Assemblies.

President shall be elected by the members of an electoral college consisting of

(a) all the elected members of both Houses of Parliament (RS +L.S.)

(b) all the elected members of the Legislative Assemblies of the States.

Here "State" involves National Capital Territory Delhi and Union Territory of Puducherry as provided by 70th Amendment Act, 1992.

Pay Attention:- Jammu & Kashmir is not included as of now.

Note : The elected members of the Legislative Assembly of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir are not yet included in the President's electoral college.

3. The members of board of election of the President of India are- [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1993]

1. Elected members of Lok Sabha

2. Elected members of Rajya Sabha

3. Elected members of Vidhan Sabha

4. Elected members of Vidhan Parishad

(a) 1 and 2
(b) 1 and 3
(c) 1,2 and 3
(d) 1,3 and 4

Correct Answer: (c) 1,2 and 3

President shall be elected by the members of an electoral college consisting of

(a) all the elected members of both Houses of Parliament (RS + L.S.)

(b) all the elected members of the Legislative Assemblies of the States.

Here "State" involves National Capital Territory Delhi and Union Territory of Puducherry as provided by 70th Amendment Act, 1992.

Pay Attention:- Jammu & Kashmir is not included as of now.

Note : The elected members of the Legislative Assembly of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir are not yet included in the President's electoral college.

4. The President of India is elected by- [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2011]

(a) Only the members of Rajya Sabha
(b) Only the members of Lok Sabha
(c) Only by the Members of State Legislative Assemblies and Lok Sabha
(d) By the Elected Members of Rajya Sabha Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies.

Correct Answer: (d) By the Elected Members of Rajya Sabha Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies.

President shall be elected by the members of an electoral college consisting of

(a) all the elected members of both Houses of Parliament (RS +L.S.)

(b) all the elected members of the Legislative Assemblies of the States.

Here "State" involves National Capital Territory Delhi and Union Territory of Puducherry as provided by 70th Amendment Act, 1992.

Pay Attention:- Jammu & Kashmir is not included as of now.

Note : The elected members of the Legislative Assembly of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir are not yet included in the President's electoral college.

5. President of India is elected by: [U.P.P.S.C. (GIC) 2017]

(a) Lok Sabha
(b) Rajya Sabha
(c) Parliament Members
(d) Members of Parliament and Members of State Legislative Assemblies
(e) None of the above

Correct Answer: (e) None of the above

President shall be elected by the members of an electoral college consisting of

(a) all the elected members of both Houses of Parliament (RS +L.S.)

(b) all the elected members of the Legislative Assemblies of the States.

Here "State" involves National Capital Territory Delhi and Union Territory of Puducherry as provided by 70th Amendment Act, 1992.

Pay Attention:- Jammu & Kashmir is not included as of now.

Note : The elected members of the Legislative Assembly of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir are not yet included in the President's electoral college.

6. Which one of the following is not correct regarding Presidential election? [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2016]

(a) Election of the successor must be held before the expiry of the term of the incumbent President
(b) The President shall hold office for a term of five years from the date on which he enters upon his office.
(c) On the expiration of his term, he continues to hold office until his successor enters upon his office.
(d) President's election may be postponed on the ground that the electoral college is incomplete.

Correct Answer: (d) President's election may be postponed on the ground that the electoral college is incomplete.

Solution:The Presidential election can not be postponed on the grounds that the electoral college is incomplete. The Legislative Assembly, which is dissolved, cannot take part in the election. Thus option (d) is not correct while other options are correct with regard to the election of the President.

7. Minimum number of electors needed to be proposer of the presidential candidate is - [U.P.P.C.S. (Spl) (Mains) 2004]

(a) Ten electors
(b) Twenty electors
(c) Five electors
(d) Fifteen electors
(e) Fifty electors

Correct Answer: (e) Fifty electors

Solution:For the nomination of a person for the election of the President, minimum 50 electors, need to be proposers, and further 50 electors need to be the seconders of the nomination paper.

8. Consider the following statements: In the electoral college for Presidential Election in India. [U.P.S.C. (Pre) 2003]

1. The value of the vote of an elected Member of Legislative Assembly equals State Population divided by Number of elected Member of the state assembly x 100

2. The value of the vote of an elected Member of Parliament equals the total value of the votes of all elected MLAs divided by total number of elected MP's

3. There were more than 5000 voters in the latest elections.

Which of these statement(s) is/are correct?

(a) 1 and 2
(b) Only 2
(c) 1 and 3
(d) Only 3

Correct Answer: (b) Only 2

Solution:According to Article 55 of the Constitution, as far as practicable, there shall be uniformity in the scale of representation of different States in the election of the President. Every elected Member of Legislative Assembly of a State shall have as many votes as there are multiples of one thousand in the quotient obtained by dividing the population of the State by the total number of the elected members of the assembly. So, in above statements only statement 2 is correct, therefore option (b) is correct.

9. With reference to the election of the President of India, consider the following statements: [U.P.S.C. (Pre.) 2018]

1. The value of the vote of each MLA varies from State to State.

2. The value of the vote of MPs of the Lok Sabha is more than the value of the vote of MPs of the Rajya Sabha.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2

Correct Answer: (a) 1 only

Solution:*The Constitution provides that there shall be uniformity in the scale of representation of different states as well as parity between the states as a whole and the Union in the election of the President. Hence it can be expressed as -

(i)Value of the vote of an MLA= Total Population of the State ÷ Total numbers of elected members in the state legislative assembly × 1000

The vote-value of each MLA varies from the state to state due to the different population of each state and the total number of the elected members. For example, the value of vote of each MLA of the Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly is 8, Whereas the value of vote of each MLA of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly is 208. Hence, statement (1) is correct. (ii) The following formula is used to calculate the vote value of a member of Parliament-

Sum of vote value of elected members of all state Legislative Assemblies ÷ Number of elected members of both houses (Lok Sabha + Rajya Sabha) of the Parliament

Therefore, it is clear that the value of each member of the Lok Sabha and each member of the Rajya Sabha is the same. If, the vote value of one member is to be counted, the value of the vote of each member of both houses is the same. Hence statement (2) is wrong.

10. In the Presidential Election, 2022, the vote value of each member of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly was: [Raj. P.C.S. (Pre) 2023]

(a) 149
(b) 132
(c) 129
(d) 116
(e) Question not attempted

Correct Answer: (c) 129

Solution:The President of India is elected by an electoral college. According to Article 54, the electoral college consists of 1. the elected members of both the Houses of Parliament; 2. the elected members of the legislative assemblies of the States; and 3, the elected members of the legislative assemblies of the Union Territories of Delhi and Puducherry (added by the 70 Constitutional Amendment Act of 1992). In the Presidential election of 2022, Former Jharkhand Governor and National Democratic Alliance candidate Droupadi Murmu was elected by defeating the opposition's candidate, Yashwant Sinha as the 15 President of India. She is also the first tribal woman (who hails from the Santhal tribe) to be elected to the position and the youngest as well.

The Constitution provides that there shall be uniformity in the scale of representation of different States. The Value of the vote of an MLA can be expressed as: ÷ ×

Total population of state ÷ Total number of elected members in the state legislative assembly × 1 ÷ 1000

Population for this purpose is ascertained from the 1971 census by the 84" Constitutional Amendment Act of 2001. The population of Rajasthan in the year 1971 was 2,57,65,800. In this, dividing the total number of 200 MLAs gives the number 1,28,829.00 while dividing this again by 1000, the number comes to 128.82. In this way, the value of the vote of Rajasthan MLA was fixed at 129.

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The President Part-I

1. Which of the following are the members of the electoral college for electing the President of India? Select the correct answer from the code given below: [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2012]

2. Electoral College for the election of the President of India consists of- [66th B.P.S.C. (Pre) (Re-Exam), 2020]

3. The members of board of election of the President of India are- [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1993]

4. The President of India is elected by- [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2011]

5. President of India is elected by: [U.P.P.S.C. (GIC) 2017]

6. Which one of the following is not correct regarding Presidential election? [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2016]

7. Minimum number of electors needed to be proposer of the presidential candidate is - [U.P.P.C.S. (Spl) (Mains) 2004]

8. Consider the following statements: In the electoral college for Presidential Election in India. [U.P.S.C. (Pre) 2003]

9. With reference to the election of the President of India, consider the following statements: [U.P.S.C. (Pre.) 2018]

10. In the Presidential Election, 2022, the vote value of each member of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly was: [Raj. P.C.S. (Pre) 2023]

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