What is the term of office of a member of a State Public Service Commission?
- A.Six years or until the age of 62 years, whichever is earlier
- B.Six years or until the age of 65 years, whichever is earlier
- C.Five years or until the age of 60 years, whichever is earlier
- D.Three years or until the age of 65 years, whichever is earlier
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, six years or until the age of 62 years, whichever is earlier. Article 316(2) provides that a member of a Public Service Commission shall hold office for a term of six years from the date on which he enters upon his office, but a member of a State Public Service Commission or a Joint Commission shall vacate office on attaining the age of sixty-two years.
Option B states the rule for the Union Public Service Commission, where the upper age is sixty-five years, and it is the commonest trap in this question because the six-year term is the same for both. Option C has no basis in the article; five years and sixty years are figures borrowed from other offices. Option D, three years with an age of sixty-five, is the position of an Information Commissioner after the amendment of 2019 and of a State Human Rights Commission member in respect of the three-year term, not of a Public Service Commission member. Learn the pair as a unit: six and sixty-two for a state commission, six and sixty-five for the Union commission.
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Practice Questions
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- A.Calcutta High Court
- B.Bombay High Court
- C.Allahabad High Court
- D.Madras High Court
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It was inaugurated on 17 March 1866 as the High Court for the North-Western Provinces at Agra, and it is the oldest High Court in the country in continuous existence under that description.
Read the full explanation →In which year was the Allahabad High Court inaugurated?
- A.1861
- B.1866
- C.1869
- D.1919
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The court was inaugurated on 17 March 1866 at Agra as the High Court for the North-Western Provinces, under the authority of the Indian High Courts Act, 1861.
Read the full explanation →The Chief Court of Oudh at Lucknow was amalgamated with the Allahabad High Court in which year?
- A.1935
- B.1948
- C.1950
- D.2000
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Read the full explanation →What is the age of retirement of a judge of a High Court in India?
- A.60 years
- B.62 years
- C.65 years
- D.70 years
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Read the full explanation →Before whom does a judge of a High Court take the oath of office?
- A.The President of India
- B.The Chief Justice of India
- C.The Governor of the state
- D.The Chief Justice of that High Court
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