Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Polity and Constitution

Which one of the following correctly describes universal adult franchise under the Indian constitutional system?

  1. Every citizen aged twenty-one or above may vote, but literacy qualifications may be imposed by law
  2. Every citizen aged eighteen or above may vote without discrimination on grounds such as caste, race, religion, sex, literacy or wealth
  3. Only citizens who pay tax or possess property may vote in elections to State Legislative Assemblies
  4. The original voting age of eighteen years was raised to twenty-one years by the Sixty-first Constitutional Amendment
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