As per Article 76 of the Indian Constitution, the President shall appoint a person to be Attorney General for India:

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Correct — C, who is qualified to be appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court. Article 76(1) says the President shall appoint as Attorney General for India a person qualified, under Article 124(3), to be a Supreme Court Judge — i.e., a citizen of India who has been a High Court Judge for five years, or a High Court advocate for ten years, or is in the President's opinion a distinguished jurist.

Why the other options are wrong — (a) This is a lower, different threshold (Article 217(2)) — it is the qualification for the Advocate General of a STATE (Article 165), not for the Union's Attorney General.  (b) There is no such 'seven-year Supreme Court advocate' criterion anywhere in Article 76 or Article 124(3) — this option does not describe a real qualification route.  (d) This resembles one real route within the Supreme Court Judge qualification (a High Court advocate), but the actual required duration is ten years, not seven, and it is only one of three alternative routes under Article 124(3).

Concept: The Attorney General for India (Article 76) is the Union's highest law officer, appointed by the President, and required to have the SAME qualifications as a Supreme Court Judge (Article 124(3)) — not a separately defined, lower-tier qualification of his own.

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