Multiple choice

Which of the following is not explicitly stated in the Constitution of India but followed as a convention?

  1. The Finance Minister is to be a member of the Lower House.

  2. The Prime Minister has to resign if he loses the majority in the Lower House.

  3. All sections of India are to be represented in the Council of Ministers.

  4. If both the President and the Vice-President demit office simultaneously before the end of the tenure, Speaker of the Lower House of the Parliament will officiate as the President.
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Explanation

PM resigns if he loses the majority in the house. It is a convention and not mentioned in the Constitution. Conventions are unwritten practices which are binding on the three organs of the state.

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