Question

The oath of office to the Vice President is administered by whom?
A. Chief Justice of India
B. Prime Minister
C. President
D. None of the above

Answer 1

Hint:The oath of office to the Vice President is administered by someone who is considered as the nominal head of the country. He/she holds the highest office in the country. He/she is also the commander in chief of the armed forces, that is army, navy and air force.

Complete answer:
The Vice President of India is selected by an electoral college just like the President. The electoral college comprises members of both Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha and members of legislative assemblies from all the states. The Vice President is the ex-officio chairman of the Rajya Sabha, which means that one of his duties also includes presiding over Rajya Sabha. Another duty of the Vice President includes assuming the seat of the President during his/her absence, the reason for this absence could be death, resignation, sickness etc.

The election for the office of Vice President by using a proportional representation electoral system with single transferable vote through open ballot. Candidates are ranked by the voters on the basis of preference.The number of votes required by a candidate to secure the election is calculated by dividing the total number of valid cast votes by two, and adding one to the quotient by disregarding any remainder. The candidate with the fewest first few preferences gets eliminated when he/she fails to obtain the enough number of first preference votes. After that his/her choice votes get transferred. Until a candidate gets the required amount of votes, this process gets repeated again and again.The result is declared by the Returning Officer to the electoral college. After that the result gets reported to the Ministry of Law and Justice and the name of the candidate elected gets published in the Official Gazette. Oath of office and secrecy to the Vice President is administered by the President of India.

Hence, the correct answer is option (C).

Note: Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was the first Vice President of India. Also Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan and Mohammad Hamid Ansari are the only Vice Presidents that have been elected for two continuous terms.