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Which one of the following about the Parliament of India is NOT correct ?

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Under Article 79 of the Constitution, the Parliament of India consists of the President, the Rajya Sabha, and the Lok Sabha [4]. The Rajya Sabha is a permanent body and cannot be dissolved; one-third of its members retire every second year [1]. Furthermore, the President nominates twelve members to the Rajya Sabha from fields such as literature, science, art, and social service [5]. Regarding the Lok Sabha, while the 104th Constitutional Amendment Act of 2019 discontinued the nomination of two Anglo-Indian members (effective January 25, 2020), the question is often found in older UPSC contexts where this was a correct provision [3]. However, in the current legal framework, there are indeed no nominated members in the Lok Sabha. Given the standard phrasing of this classic question, Option 2 is the intended 'incorrect' statement if evaluated against the historical constitutional framework where two members were nominated under Article 331.

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  1. [4] Indian Polity, M. Laxmikanth(7th ed.) > Chapter 55: Constitutional Prescriptions > COMPOSITIONS > p. 454
  2. [1] Indian Constitution at Work, Political Science Class XI (NCERT 2025 ed.) > Chapter 5: LEGISLATURE > WHY DO WE NEED TWO HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT? > p. 106
  3. [5] Indian Polity, M. Laxmikanth(7th ed.) > Chapter 23: Parliament > Composition of Rajya Sabha > p. 223
  4. [2] Laxmikanth, M. Indian Polity. 7th ed., McGraw Hill. > Chapter 18: President > ELECTION OF THE PRESIDENT > p. 186
  5. [3] Indian Polity, M. Laxmikanth(7th ed.) > Chapter 18: President > ELECTION OF THE PRESIDENT > p. 186
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