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Consider the following statements in reference to the President of India. 1. Article 53 of the Constitution of India mentions that the executive power of the Union shall be vested in the President. 2. The President shall hold office for a term of five years from the date on which he enters his office. 3. Article 60 of the Constitution of India mentions the procedure for the impeachment of the President. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements in reference to the President of India. 1. Article 53 of the Constitution of India mentions that the executive power of the Union shall be vested in the President. 2. The President shall hold office for a term of five years from the date on which he enters his office. 3. Article 60 of the Constitution of India mentions the procedure for the impeachment of the President. Which of the statements given above is/are correct? Correct Answer 1 and 2 only

The correct answer is 1 and 2 only.

Key Points

  • President of India.
    • Article 53 of the Constitution of India mentions that the executive power of the Union shall be vested in the President. Hence statement 1 is correct.
    • The President shall hold office for a term of five years from the date on which he enters upon his office. Hence statement 2 is correct.
    • Article 61 of the Constitution of India mentions the procedure for the impeachment of the President. Hence statement 3 is not correct.

Additional Information

  • PRESIDENT
    • The President of India is elected by indirect election, As far as practicable, there shall be uniformity of representation of the different States at the election, according to the population and the total number of elected members of the Legislative Assembly of each State, and parity shall also be maintained between the States as a whole and the Union .
    • This second condition seeks to ensure that the votes of the States, in the aggregate, in the electoral college for the election of the President, shall be equal to that of the people of the country as a whole.
    • In this way, the President shall be a representative of the nation as wen as a representative of the people In the different States.
      • It also gives recognition to the status of the States in the federal system.
    • The system of indirect election was criticized by some as falling short of the democratic ideal underlying universal franchise, but indirect election was supported by the framers of the Constitution, on the following grounds.

Related Questions

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2. The President may resign, by writing under his hand addressed to the Chief Justice of India.
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The analysis of the Article 73 of the Constitution of India which deals with the extent of executive power of the Union, discloses that:
1. The executive power of the Union extends to all matters with respect to which the Parliament has the power to make laws
2. For the exercise of the said executive power it is not necessary that the Parliamentary law must be in existence
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1. The President of India may be removed from his office before expiry of his term for violation of the Constitution.
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