Under Article 84 of the Constitution of India, which of the following is NOT a…
2026
Under Article 84 of the Constitution of India, which of the following is NOT a qualification for being chosen as a member of Parliament?
Answer: D. The person must hold a degree from a university recognized by the University Grants Commission (UGC). — CONCEPTArticle 84 of the Constitution sets the basic qualifications for being chosen to Parliament. It requires citizenship with a prescribed oath or…
- A.
The person must possess any other qualifications prescribed by or under a law made by Parliament.
- B.
The person must be an Indian citizen and make and subscribe the oath or affirmation prescribed in the Third Schedule.
- C.
The person must have attained the age of 30 years for the Rajya Sabha and 25 years for the Lok Sabha.
- D.
The person must hold a degree from a university recognized by the University Grants Commission (UGC).
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Correct answer: D
CONCEPT
Article 84 of the Constitution sets the basic qualifications for being chosen to Parliament.
It requires citizenship with a prescribed oath or affirmation, the applicable minimum age, and any further qualifications prescribed by parliamentary law.
APPLICATION
Compare each statement with the three clauses of Article 84:
Citizenship and the Third Schedule oath or affirmation correspond to clause (a).
Thirty years for the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) and twenty-five years for the House of the People (Lok Sabha) correspond to clause (b).
Other qualifications prescribed by or under a law made by Parliament correspond to clause (c).
A degree from a UGC-recognized university is not included in these constitutional qualifications.
CONTRAST
The citizenship-and-oath statement reproduces the substance of clause (a).
The age statement reproduces the thresholds in clause (b).
The additional-qualifications statement reproduces the substance of clause (c).
The university-degree statement adds an educational credential that Article 84 does not prescribe.
CROSS-CHECK
Reading clauses (a), (b), and (c) exhaustively accounts for citizenship and oath, age, and additional statutory qualifications, but yields no university-degree condition.
Therefore, holding a degree from a UGC-recognized university is NOT a qualification stated in Article 84.