What is the minimum age for a person to contest an election to a panchayat?
- A.18 years
- B.21 years
- C.25 years
- D.30 years
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, 21 years. Article 243F says that a person shall be disqualified for being chosen as, and for being, a member of a panchayat if he is so disqualified under any law relating to elections to the legislature of the state, but adds a proviso that no person shall be disqualified on the ground that he is less than twenty-five years of age if he has attained the age of twenty-one years. The same rule applies to municipalities under Article 243V.
Option A, 18 years, is the voting age after the Sixty-first Amendment of 1988, and voting is not the same as contesting. Option C, 25 years, is the minimum age to contest an election to a Legislative Assembly under Article 173 or to the Lok Sabha under Article 84, and it is the trap built into the proviso itself. Option D, 30 years, is the minimum age for a Legislative Council and the Rajya Sabha. The ladder to memorise is 18 to vote, 21 for a panchayat or a municipality, 25 for the Assembly and the Lok Sabha and 30 for the Council and the Rajya Sabha.
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Practice Questions
View allOn which date did the Constitution (Seventy-third Amendment) Act, 1992 come into force?
- A.24 April 1993
- B.1 June 1993
- C.2 October 1992
- D.26 November 1992
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Read the full explanation →How many subjects are listed in the Eleventh Schedule of the Constitution?
- A.18
- B.22
- C.29
- D.31
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Read the full explanation →Which is the institution of self-government for rural areas constituted under Article 243B of the Indian Constitution?
- A.Gram Sabha
- B.Panchayat
- C.Gramin Sabha
- D.Village service
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- A.Panchayat Samiti
- B.Kshettra Panchayat
- C.Taluka Panchayat
- D.Janpad Panchayat
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Read the full explanation →The elected head of a Zila Panchayat in Uttar Pradesh is designated as:
- A.Pradhan
- B.Pramukh
- C.Adhyaksh
- D.Apar Mukhya Adhikari
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