UPSC CSE Prelims 2023 | GS Paper 1 | Question - 80 | Set - A | Answer & Explanation | Rau's IAS

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🎯Question 80 : Consider the following statements in respect of election to the President of India:
l.    The members nominated to either House of the Parliament or the Legislative Assemblies of States are also eligible to be included in the Electoral College.
2.   Higher the number of elective Assembly seats, higher is the value of vote of each MLA of that State.
3.   The value of vote of each MLA of Madhya Pradesh is greater than that of Kerala.
4.   The value of vote of each MLA of Puducherry is higher than that of Arunachal Pradesh because the ratio of total population to total number of elective seats in Puducherry is greater as compared to Arunachal Pradesh.
How many of the above statements are correct?
(a)   Only one
(b)  Only two
(c)   Only three
(d)  All four
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Answer : (a)
🎯Statement 1 is incorrect as Article 55(2)(a) and 52(2)(c) limits the electoral college to only the elected members of the legislatures of the state and the parliament of India.
Article 52
(a) every elected member of the 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;
(c) each elected member of either House of Parliament shall have such number of votes as may be obtained by dividing the total number of votes assigned to the members of the Legislative Assemblies of the States under sub-clauses (a) and (b) by the total number of the elected members of both Houses of Parliament, fractions exceeding one half being counted as one and other fractions being disregarded

Statement 2 and 3 are both incorrect  but Statement 4 is correct
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