Question

The Rajya Sabha members are elected for a term of years
A.Five
B.Six
C.Four
D.Three

Answer 1

Hint: We have two sets of governments, One for the center and the other the first state. Powers of both the governments have been defined in the constitution. We have a federal form of government.

Complete answer:
There is a distribution of legislative, executive and financial powers between union and states. The government of the whole country is called the Union government and the government of components units called state government.Rajya sabha has a federal character and acts as a representative of States.
Rajya sabha is composed of representatives of states and union territories. Neither house by itself constitutes parliament Rajya Sabha does not have a Council of MinistersThe Rajya Sabha consists of not more than two hundred fifty members. Members fall into two categories nominated and elected. nominated members are twelve in number and they are nominated by the president from a person having special knowledge of practical experiments in matters such as literature, science, art and social service. Rajya Sabha also known as the Upper house or Council of States. It has a maximum of two hundred fifty members. The tenure of Rajya Sabha is six years where one third of the total members retire every two years unlike Lok sabha it is a permanent house and not subjected to dissolution.

Hence, the correct answer is option (B).

Note:Vice president is the ex officio Chairman of Rajya Sabha but he's not the member of either House of Parliament in Rajya Sabha. He has no right to vote except to make a tie. When he acts as a president he does not perform duties of office of a chairman.