President of India should be 35 years of age or above and qualified to become a member of

the Lok Sabha.

Whenever the office becomes vacant, the new resident is chosen by an electoral college
consisting of the elected members of both houses of arliament !"..#, the elected
members of the State Legislative $ssemblies !%idhan Sabha# of all States and the elected
members of the legislative assemblies !".L.$.# of two &nion 'erritories i.e., (ational )a*ital
'erritory !()'# of +elhi and &nion 'erritory of uducherry.
'he resident of India will give his resignation letter to the )hief ,ustice of Su*reme )ourt.
'he resident may be removed before the e-*iry of the term through im*eachment. $
resident can be removed for violation of the )onstitution of India.
'he *rocess may start in either of the two houses of the arliament. 'he house initiates the
*rocess by levelling the charges against the resident. 'he charges are contained in a
notice that has to be signed by at least one quarter of the total members of that house. 'he
notice is sent u* to the resident and ./ days later, it is taken u* for consideration.
%arahagiri %enkata 0iri remains the only *erson to have held office both as a *resident and
acting *resident. 1e became $cting resident of India in .232 following the death of 4akir
1ussain, who died in office. 5a6endra rasad, the first resident of India, is the only *erson
to have held office for two terms.
'he %ice resident must be qualified for election as a member of the 5a6ya Sabha !)ouncil
of States#. 'he %ice resident of India is also ex officio )hair*erson of the 5a6ya Sabha. 'he
%ice resident is elected indirectly, by an electoral college consisting of members of both
houses of the arliament.
+r. Sarve*alli 5adhakrishnan !7irst %ice resident of India# and "ohammad 1amid $nsari
have served for 8 terms as the %ice resident of India.
'he %ice resident does not formally im*eached, unlike the resident of India. 'he
)onstitution states that the %ice resident can be removed by a resolution of the 5a6ya
Sabha *assed by an effective ma6ority !more than 59: of effective membershi* !total
membershi*;vacancies## and agreed to by a sim*le ma6ority !59: of voting members# of the
Lok Sabha.
Rajya Sabha
Council of States
Type
Type
&**er 1ouse of the arliament of
India
Leadership
Chairman
"ohammad 1amid $nsari, Ind
since .. $ugust 899<
Deputy Chairman
. ,. =urien, I()
since 8. $ugust 89.8
Leader of the $run ,aitley, >,
House since "ay 89./
?3@
Leader of the
Opposition
0hulam (abi $Aad, I()
since "ay 89./
Structure
Seats
)urrently 8/5 !833 elected B .8
nominated#
$ ma-imum of 859 allowed in the
constitution
7irst +e*uty )hairman of 5a6ya Sabha is Shri S.%.=rishnamoorthy 5ao
7irst woman nominated member of the 5a6ya Sabha is Smt. 5ukmini +evi $rundale
Who is currently the youngest member in 5a6ya SabhaC
$nsD Shri +ili* =umar 'irkey
Who is currently the oldest member in 5a6ya SabhaC
$nsD Shri 5ishang =eishing.
Who is currently the longest serving member in 5a6ya SabhaC
$nsD +r. (a6ma $. 1e*tulla
Lok Sabha
House of the People
.3th Lok Sabha
Type
Type
Lower house of the arliament of
India
Leadership
Speaker Sumitra "aha6an, >,
Deputy Speaker '>+
Leader of the
House
(arendra "odi, >,
Leader of
Opposition
'>+
Structure
Seats 5/5 !5/3 elected B 8 a**ointed#
Who was the first S*eaker of Lok SabhaC
$nswer. Shri 0.%. "avalankar
Who was the first +e*uty S*eaker of Lok SabhaC
$nswer. Shri ". $nanthasayanam $yyangar
'he Su*reme )ourt of India consists of )hief ,ustice of India and 39 other ,udges. Su*reme
)ourt 6udges retire at the age of 35 which is 3 years more than the retirement age of a 6udge
of the 1igh )ourt. 'he resident is required to a**oint 6udges who have been chosen by the
Su*reme )ourtEs collegium F a closed grou* consisting of the )hief ,ustice of India and the
four most senior associate 6udges of the court.
$ 6udge of Su*reme )ourt can be removed by the *rocedure of the )onstitution of India on
ground of *roved misconduct or inca*acity or 6udge resigning from his office addressed to
the *resident of India.
,ustice =. 0. >alakrishnan became the first 6udge from the dalit community. In 899< he also
became the first dalit )hief ,ustice of India. In 89.9, ,ustice S1 =a*adia coming from a
arsi minority community became the )hief ,ustice of India.
Justice ! "athima #ee$i was the first female 6udge to be a**ointed to the Su*reme )ourt
of India !.2G2# and the first "uslim woman to be a**ointed to any higher 6udiciary and $sia
too.
Since the birth of the 5e*ublic of India on 83 ,anuary .259, /9 *eo*le have served as the
)hief ,ustice of India !),I#. While 1. ,. =ania is the inaugural ),I, the current incumbent is
5a6endra "al Lodha who was a**ointed as )hief ,ustice of India on 8<.9/.89./. ,ustice H.
%. )handrachud is the longest serving )hief ,ustice !7ebruary .2<G ; ,uly .2G5#. If the 83
other sitting 6udges, one is womanF 5an6ana rakash +esai. 'here are currently 8< sitting
6udges.
'here are 8/ 1igh )ourts at the state and union territory level of India. Sir Thiru$arur
uthus%amy &yer =)IJ !,anuary 8G, .G38 K ,anuary 85, .G25# was an Indian lawyer who,
in .G<<, became the first native Indian to be a**ointed as 6udge of the "adras 1igh )ourt.
Justice ' Rohini was on "onday sworn in as the first woman )hief ,ustice of the +elhi
1igh )ourt
Justice (nna Chandy was the first woman ,udge of India. She became the first woman
6udge in India in a district court in .23<. She was the first woman in India, and *robably the
second in the world to reach a high court 6udgeshi* !.252#.
'here are total 399 +istrict courts in India.
Warren 1astingsD 'he .st 0overnor;0eneral of India
C! Raja)opalachari became the only Indian 0overnor;0eneral.
5>ID ) + +eshmukh was the first Indian governor. 'he bankEs .5th governor, "anmohan
Singh, would go on to become IndiaEs .3th *rime minister. 'he *osition is currently held by
Ra)huram Rajan, who took over from D! Subbarao on / Se*tember 89.3.
Sir Isborne Smith was first governor of 5>I. Sir ,ames 'aylor was second and last foreign
national governor of 5>I.
.3
th
7inance )ommission is going on with o*erational *eriod as 89.9;.5 and +r %i6ay L
=elkar as chairman. =. ). (eogy was first finance commission chairman with
o*erational *eriod as .258;5<. H. %enugo*al 5eddy is the )hairman of the ./th 7inance
)ommission of India since 3 ,anuary 89.3.
.8
th
7ive year lan is going on by *lanning commission.