Consider the following statements: 1. The minimum age prescribed for any person to be a member of Panchayat is 25 years. 2. A Panchayat reconstituted after premature dissolution continues only for the remainder period. Which of the statements given above

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Q: 75 (IAS/2016)
Consider the following statements:
1. The minimum age prescribed for any person to be a member of Panchayat is 25 years.
2. A Panchayat reconstituted after premature dissolution continues only for the remainder period.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

question_subject: 

Polity

question_exam: 

IAS

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0,181,87,16,181,39,32

keywords: 

{'panchayat': [0, 0, 1, 5], 'minimum age': [7, 0, 0, 1], 'remainder period': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'premature dissolution': [0, 0, 0, 1]}

Option 1 states that the minimum age for any person to be a member of Panchayat is 25 years. This is incorrect. As per the Indian Constitution (73rd Amendment Act, 1992), the minimum age to become a member of Panchayat is 21 years, not 25 years.

Option 2 states that a Panchayat reconstituted after premature dissolution continues only for the remainder period. This is correct. For instance, if a Panchayat were originally supposed to be in place for five years, but it dissolved two years into the term, a new Panchayat would only serve for the remaining three years—not a full five-year term.

Option 3 states that both statements are correct, this option is incorrect since only statement 2 is correct.

Option 4 states that neither of the statements is correct, this is incorrect as statement 2 is correct.

Therefore, the correct answer is `2 only`.