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Consider the following statements about the outcome and acceptance of India' election and choose the correct answer.
1. In the USA, the sitting members in the legislature rarely lose elections.
2. In India, nearly half of the sitting members lose elections.

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Only 1 is correct
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Only 2 is correct
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Both 1 and 2 is correct
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Both 1 and 2 are Incorrect.
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Solution

The correct option is A Both 1 and 2 is correct
The ruling parties routinely lose elections in India both at the national and state level. In fact in every two out of the three elections held in the last fifteen years, the ruling party lost.In the US, an incumbent or ‘sitting’ elected representative rarely loses an election. In India, about half of the sitting MPs or MLAs lose elections.

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