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MPSC Rajyaseva 2017 GS Paper 1 — Question 77

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खालील विधाने विचारात घ्या : वरीलपैकी कोणते विधान/विधाने बरोबर नाहीत ? Consider the following statements : Which of the above statements is/are not correct?

(a)जर एखादी व्यक्ती संसदेच्या दोन्ही सभागृहांसाठी निवडून आली असेल, तर तिने कोणत्या सभागृहात सेवा देवू इच्छिते ते 10 दिवसांच्या आत कळविलेच पाहिजे, अन्यथा दोन्हीही जागा रिक्त होतात. / If a person is elected to both the Houses of Parliament, he must intimate within 10 days in which House he desires to serve, otherwise both seats become vacant.

(b)जर एखादी व्यक्ती एखाद्या सभागृहातील दोन जागेवर निवडून आली, तर तिने एका जागेसाठी पर्याय दिला पाहिजे अन्यथा दोन्हीही जागा रिक्त होतात. / If a person is elected to two seats in a House he should exercise his option for one, otherwise both seats become vacant.

(c)जर एका सभागृहाचा सदस्य असलेला दुसऱ्या सभागृहासाठी देखील निवडून आला, तर त्याची पहिल्या सभागृहातील जागा रिक्त होते. / If a sitting member of one House is also elected to the other House, his seat in the first House becomes vacant.

1)फक्त अ आणि ब / Only a and b
2)फक्त ब आणि क / Only b and c
3)फक्त अ / Only a✓ Correct
4)फक्त क / Only c

Under Article 101 of the Indian Constitution, if a person is elected to both Houses of Parliament, they must intimate within 10 days in which House they desire to serve, making statement 'a' correct. Thus, statement 'a' is not incorrect, making option 3 the right choice for 'not correct'.

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