GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

INDIAN POLITICS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The minimum age to qualify for election to the Lok Sabha is
A
25 years
B
21 years
C
18 years
D
36 years
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -What is the minimum age for becoming a candidate for Lok Sabha (House of People) or Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) election? Ans. Not less than Twenty Five Years of age on the date of scrutiny of nomination papers.

Detailed explanation-2: -Option (b.), ‘1976’, refers to a year when the minimum voting age was still 21 years in India.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Sixty-first Amendment of the Constitution of India, officially known as The Constitution (Sixty-first Amendment) Act, 1988, lowered the voting age of elections to the Lok Sabha and to the Legislative Assemblies of States from 21 years to 18 years.

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