Correct Answer:
B. 5 years
The verification confirms that the term of the National Assembly under the 1962 Constitution of Pakistan was officially 5 years (option2), confirming a discrepancy in your quiz's designated answer key ("6 years").
🟢 Definitive Constitutional Proof
- Article 21(1) of the 1962 Constitution explicitly states that the duration of the National Assembly is five years, beginning from the day of its first meeting unless it is dissolved earlier by the President.
🔴 Breakdown of the Quiz Options
- option2: 5 years – This is the historically accurate and textually correct answer under the 1962 system.
- option3: 6 years – This is legally incorrect for the 1962 assembly. The 6-year term only applies to members of the modern upper house (the Senate) under the later 1973 Constitution.
- option1 & option4 (4 or 7 years) – Neither of these durations was ever enacted as a standard legislative assembly term in Pakistan's constitutional history.
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