Which of the following conditions is NOT required by a candidate to become the President of India?

Correct option is C

President of India:

·        A person to be eligible for election as President should fulfil the following qualifications:

o   He should be a citizen of India.

o   He should have completed 35 years of age.

o   He should be qualified for election as a member of the Lok Sabha.

o   He should not hold any office of profit under the Union government or any state government or any local authority or any other public authority.

·        A sitting President or Vice-President of the Union, the Governor of any state and a minister of the Union or any state is not deemed to hold any office of profit and hence qualified as a presidential candidate.

·        Further, the nomination of a candidate for election to the office of President must be subscribed by at least 50 electors as proposers and 50 electors as seconders.

·        Every candidate has to make a security deposit of ₹15,000 in the Reserve Bank of India.

·        The security deposit is liable to be forfeited in case the candidate fails to secure one-sixth of the votes polled.

·        Before 1997, number of proposers and seconders was ten each and the amount of security deposit was ₹2,500.