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Answer briefly each of the questions (a) to (j):
What is the normal term of office of the Lok Sabha?
Topic: Term of the Lok Sabha
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The normal term of office of the Lok Sabha is FIVE YEARS from the date of its first sitting. It may be dissolved earlier by the President, or its term extended by one year at a time during a National Emergency.
Explanation
Five years. The examiners’ report notes that some candidates confused this with the SIX-YEAR term of a Rajya Sabha member. Fix the contrast permanently: the LOK SABHA sits for five years and is DISSOLVED as a whole; the RAJYA SABHA is never dissolved, its members serving six years with one-third retiring every two years.
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