Under which of the following criteria(s) can a person be disqualified from being elected as a Member of Parliament:

1. If he/she holds any Office of Profit under the Union Government. 

2. If he/she is in detention under a preventive detention law. 

3. If he/she is an undischarged insolvent. 

Which of the statements given above is/are correct? 

a) 1 only 

b) 2 only 

c) 1 and 3 only 

d) 1, 2 and 3

Solution: 

• Under the Constitution, a person shall be disqualified for being elected as a member of Parliament, if he/she holds any office of profit under the Union or state government (except that of a minister or any other office exempted by Parliament). 
• Under the RPA (1951), a person is disqualified if he/she has been convicted for any offence resulting in imprisonment for two or more years. 
• But, the detention of a person under a preventive detention law does not lead to disqualification. 
• Under the constitution, a person is disqualified if he/she is an undischarged insolvent. 

Ans: (c)