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UPSC 2008: Consider the following statements: The Constitution of India provides that 1. the Legislative Assembly of each State shall consist of not more than 450 members chosen by direct election from territorial constituencies in the State 2. a person shall not be qualified to be chosen to fill a seat in the Legislative Assembly of a State if he/she is less than 25 years of age Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a)1 only
(b)2 only
(c)Both 1 and 2
(d)Neither 1 nor 2
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Not attemptedCorrect Answer: (b) 2 only
Article 170 fixes the strength of a State Legislative Assembly at ‘not more than 500 and not less than 60’ members, so the cap of 450 in Statement 1 is wrong. Article 173 (b) requires a Legislative-Assembly candidate to be ‘not less than 25 years of age’, therefore anyone below 25 is disqualified, making Statement 2 correct. Hence only Statement 2 is right. ([constitutionofindia.net](https://www.constitutionofindia.net/articles/article-170-composition-of-the-legislative-assemblies/?utm_source=openai))
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