Question

The electoral college of the Vice President consists of ____________________.
(A) Members of Lok Sabha
(B) Elected members of the Rajya Sabha, Lok Sabha and Legislative members of the states
(C) Members of Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha
(D) Members of Legislative Assemblies of states

Answer 1

Hint: If an Indian citizen is thirty-five years old or older, he is qualified for the position of Vice President. Then another main requirement for a candidate to run for vice president is that he or she be qualified to be elected to the Rajya Sabha. An electoral college is a group of electors chosen to vote for a candidate for a specific office. The Vice President is chosen by an electoral college made up of members belonging to certain specific categories. As a result, the method followed for the election is known as "indirect election”.

Complete answer:
Let us understand that the Vice President is chosen by an electoral college made up of members from some specific sectors. As a result, the method of election is known as "indirect election."
Remember that a main requirement for a candidate to run for vice president is that he or she be qualified to be elected to the Rajya Sabha. States have no position in the election of a Vice President, like that of election of Presidents, where the representatives belonging to the Electoral College are those elected by the state legislative assemblies.

Now let us look into the given options:
We see that option (A) is incorrect; because even the members of Rajya sabha are involved within the electoral college.
We see that option (B) is incorrect; because all the legislative members of the states cannot stand for the role of vice-presidency.
We see that option (C) is correct; to be specific, the members of an electoral college composed of members of both Houses of Parliament elect the Vice-President of India by the principle of a single transferable..
We see that option (D) is incorrect; since the members of the legislative assembly do not include members of Lok sabha or Rajya Sabha, without confusion, this option can be omitted.

Therefore the correct answer is option (C) members of the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha.

Note: The members who are elected within the states make up the Legislative members of a state. This Legislative Assembly is responsible for electing the members of the Rajya Sabha. The members of the Lok Sabha are directly elected by the people. So keep in mind that none of the aforementioned categories have mutual members.