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(a) Mention one advantage of the Lok Sabha.(b) What is meant by the term Universal Adult Franchise ?(c) What is the term of office of a Rajya Sabha member ?(d) What is meant by a constituency ?(e) Who administers the oath of office to the President of India ?(f) How many members can the Governor nominate to the Legislative Assembly and the Legislative Council ?(g) Mention one difference in the election of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha members as far as the electorate is concerned.(h) Mr. Dakaria, the Governor of Nagaland, wants to implement some administrative reforms in the tribal areas of his State. Can he do so ? If so, which constitutional power will allow him to implement the reforms ?(i) Under what circumstances can the salaries and allowances of the Judges of the Supreme Court be reduced ?(j) Name the writ issued by the High Court which provides a remedy for a person who has been unlawfully detained in prison.

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(a) Members of the Lok Sabha are directly elected by the people therefore it is the Lok Sabha that becomes the mirror and voice of the nation. 

(b) Universal adult franchise means that every person who has attained the age of 18 years is entitled to vote if he is not otherwise disqualified. 

(c) The members of the Rajya Sabha have a six years term. 

(d) A parliamentary constituency is a well defined territorial area which is called upon to elect someone to represent it in the Lok Sabha. At present numbers of the Lok Sabha are elected by 543 single member constituencies. 

(e) The Chief Justice of India. 

(f) Answer has not given due to out of present syllabus. 

(g) Representatives of each state in the Rajya Sabha are elected by the elected members of the Legislative Assembly of the each state while in Lok Sabha, the House is constituted by direct election on the basis of Universal Adult Franchise. 

(h) Answer has not given due to out of present syllabus. 

(i) The salaries and allowances of the judges of the Supreme Court can be reduced only when there is Financial Emergency in the country. 

(j) Habeas Corpus.



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