USA CITIZENSHIP TEST
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20
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12
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18
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30
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Detailed explanation-1: -Through the 61st amendment Act, 1988 of the Constitution read with Act 21 of 1989 amending the R.P. Act, 1950, the minimum age of registration of a voter has been brought down to 18 years. This has been made effective from 28/03/1989.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Sixty-first Amendment of the Constitution of India, officially known as The Constitution (Sixty-first Amendment) Act, 1989, lowered the voting age of elections to the Lok Sabha and to the Legislative Assemblies of States from 21 years to 18 years.
Detailed explanation-3: -India was one of the first countries in the world to allow all adults above the age of 21 years to vote from the very first democratic election that was held. The voting age was reduced from 21 to 18 in the year 1989.
Detailed explanation-4: -Every citizen who is or above 18 years of age has a right to vote without any discrimination of caste, race, religion, sex, literacy, etc. The voting age was reduced from 21 to 18 by the Parliament in the year 1989 by the 61st Constitutional Amendment Act of 1988.