Question

How many States went to polls along with the 2019 Lok Sabha elections?

• A. Three
• B. Four
• C. Five
• D. Two

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

The correct option is (B): Four.

Answer 2

The question asks how many state legislative assembly elections were held simultaneously with the 2019 Lok Sabha general election. Let's look at each option:

1. Three: Only three states would understate the actual count; the Election Commission clubbed a larger number of assembly polls with the general election that year.
2. Four: In 2019, along with the Lok Sabha election, assembly elections were also held in four states: Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Sikkim, and Arunachal Pradesh. Conducting these together allowed the Commission to use the same security and administrative machinery for both sets of polls.
3. Five: Five states is one more than the actual number; no fifth state assembly went to polls alongside the general election that year.
4. Two: Two states is fewer than what actually happened; more than two state legislatures were due for renewal and were clubbed with the Lok Sabha exercise.

The states of Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Sikkim, and Arunachal Pradesh held their assembly elections together with the Lok Sabha polls, which makes the total four.

Therefore, the correct answer is Four.

Answer 3

The question is about how many state legislative assemblies were up for election alongside the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. Instead of just repeating the states, it's useful to check each option against the actual list of assemblies renewed that year.

1. Three: Naming only three states would mean leaving one of the four assemblies that actually went to the polls that year uncounted, which understates the figure.
2. Four: Four state assemblies, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Sikkim, and Arunachal Pradesh, completed their five-year terms around the same time as the Lok Sabha, so the Commission scheduled all four alongside the general election to save on administrative and security overheads.
3. Five: Counting five states would require an additional assembly beyond these four to have gone to polls simultaneously, which did not happen in 2019.
4. Two: Two states would miss two of the four assemblies that were actually renewed alongside the Lok Sabha election that year.

Cross-checking against the actual list, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Sikkim, and Arunachal Pradesh together make four states.

Therefore, the correct answer is Four.