Since which year has India been a member of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)?

Explanation

The verified IPU PARLINE entry for India, under the Lok Sabha or House of the People, records India's affiliation to the Inter-Parliamentary Union as "Yes" and lists the affiliation date as "1949 -". India has therefore been a member of the Inter-Parliamentary Union since 1949. The start year of India's IPU membership is 1949, not the first Lok Sabha election cycle or any later constitutional milestone. The controlling fact is the membership date recorded in the IPU's own parliamentary database.

Why the other options are wrong

• (A) 1952 is later than the affiliation period shown by the IPU PARLINE entry, which starts in 1949.
• (C) 1950 does not match the IPU's recorded affiliation date for India, which is 1949.
• (D) 1947 is earlier than the official IPU PARLINE affiliation date, so it cannot be the membership start year.

Concept

This tests international parliamentary institutions within Indian Constitution and Governance. It recurs in RAS because such questions often turn on exact institutional memberships and dates rather than broad constitutional narrative.

Source

• IPU PARLINE database, Inter-Parliamentary Union

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