The Indian Parliament consists of

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Correct — C, President, Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha. Article 79 states: 'There shall be a Parliament for the Union which shall consist of the President and two Houses to be known respectively as the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) and the House of the People (Lok Sabha).' The President is thus a constitutional part of Parliament, not an authority outside it — no Bill becomes law without Presidential assent, and the President summons, prorogues, and can dissolve the Lok Sabha.

Why the other options are wrong — (a) Incomplete — the President is only one of Parliament's three constituent parts; the two Houses are missing.  (b) Incomplete — the most common trap: naming only the two Houses and forgetting that Article 79 makes the President a formal part of Parliament too.  (d) Wrong — Option C states Parliament's composition correctly.

Concept: Article 79 defines 'Parliament' to include the President plus the two Houses — Rajya Sabha (Council of States) and Lok Sabha (House of the People). This differs from a presidential system such as the United States', where the President sits outside the legislature. In India, no Bill becomes an Act without Presidential assent (Article 111), and the President summons and prorogues both Houses and can dissolve the Lok Sabha (Article 85) — powers that only make sense because the President is legally part of Parliament, not external to it.

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