Ans: (b)

4. Membership of Parliament

4.1. Qualifications

In order to be chosen as a Member of Parliament, a person:

a. must be a citizen of India;

b. must not be less than 30 years of age in the case of Rajya Sabha and not less than 25 years of age in the case of Lok Sabha; and

c. must make and subscribe before some person authorized in that behalf by the Election Commission an oath or affirmation according to the form set out for the purpose in the Third Schedule.

Additional qualifications may be prescribed by Parliament by law. Consequently, the Parliament has laid down the following additional qualifications in the Representation of People Act, 1951:

a. He must be registered as an elector for a parliamentary constituency.

b. He must be a member of a scheduled caste or a scheduled tribe in any State or Union Territory, if he wants to contest a seat reserved for them.