Question (129/232)
In the Presidential election in India, every elected member of the Legislative Assembly of a State shall have as many votes as there are multiples of one thousands in the quotient obtained by dividing the population of the State by the total number of the elected members of the Assembly. As at present (1997) the expression “population” here means the population as ascertained by the:
(A) 1991 Census
(B) 1981 Census
(C) 1971 Census
(D) 1961 Census
Question (130/232)
Given below are two statements, one labelled asAssertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R).
Assertion (A) : Reservation of thirty-three percent of seats for women in Parliament and State Legislature does not require any Constitutional amendment.
Reason (R) : Political parties contesting elections can allocate thirty-three percent of seats they contest to women candidates without any Constitutional amendment.
In the context of the above two statements which one of the following is correct?
(A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(B) BothA and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
(C) A is true but R is false
(D) A is false but R is true