The Parliament is formed by which of the following?

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Correct — C, Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and President. 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).' Although the President is not a member of either House (Article 59(1)), the President is constitutionally an integral part of Parliament — summoning, proroguing and (for the Lok Sabha) dissolving the Houses, addressing Parliament, and giving assent before a bill passed by both Houses can become law.

Why the other options are wrong — (a) Incomplete — this is the everyday, colloquial sense of 'Parliament,' but Article 79 makes the President a constitutional part of Parliament too.  (b) Wrong — this leaves out the Rajya Sabha, one of the two Houses Article 79 names.  (d) Wrong — the Prime Minister is a member of one House but is not, by Article 79's definition, a constituent part of 'Parliament'; the President is.

Concept: Article 79 defines 'Parliament' as the President plus two Houses — the Rajya Sabha (Council of States) and the Lok Sabha (House of the People). The President, while not sitting as a member of either House (Article 59(1)), performs constitutive parliamentary functions: summoning and proroguing sessions, dissolving the Lok Sabha, addressing both Houses (Article 87), and giving assent to bills (Article 111) — without which a bill cannot become law.

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