Question

A person Ajith is elected as a member of Rajya Sabha in 2009 and his tenure lasts till_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
a. 2015
b.2014
c. 2013
d. 2016

Answer 1

Hint: Under the Constitution, the Parliament of India consists of three parts and they are: the President, the Council of States, and the House of the People. The Council of States or the Rajya Sabha is rightfully known as the Upper House.

Complete answer:
The Rajya Sabha, which was first constituted in the year1952 is a continuing chamber. This means that Rajya Sabha is a permanent body and the House is not subject to dissolution. However, on the other hand, about one-third of its members retire every second year.
The Constitution did not fix any specific term of office for the members of the Rajya Sabha and has left it to the Parliament. Consequently, the Parliament in the Representation of the People Act (1951) decided that the term of office of a member of a Rajya Sabha shall be 6 years.
The Act has empowered the President of India to curtail the term of members chosen in the first Rajya Sabha. In the first batch, it was decided through a lottery system as to who should retire. Later, the act also authorized the President to make provisions to govern the order of retirement of the members of the Rajya Sabha.
So, the correct answer is Option A.:

Note: The seat and vacancies of the Rajya Sabha are filled up by fresh elections and presidential nominations at the beginning of every third. The retiring members of the Rajya Sabha have the ability to get re-elected and re-nomination any number of times.