At least how many days of prior notice is required for the impeachment to the President of India ?

The correct answer is B) 14 days. Under Article 61(1), a charge against the President can be preferred only after at least 14 days' notice in writing, signed by not less than one-fourth of the total membership of the House that initiates the charge. This notice is the first procedural step, before the charge is actually moved.

The other options do not match any impeachment provision in the Constitution. 7, 21 and 30 days are simply not the prescribed period, so the question is really testing whether you remember the exact Article.

• Article 61 sets out the whole process: notice, charge in one House, investigation by the other House with the President's right to appear, and a final resolution passed by a two-thirds majority of the total membership of the House.
• Impeachment has never been successfully completed against a President of India.

This links to the Mains theme of constitutional accountability and the design of removal procedures. Compare it with the removal of Supreme Court and High Court judges under Article 124(4) and 218, where the process is also a two-thirds vote of each House but the rules and thresholds differ.

Trap: Candidates often mix up the notice period with the voting threshold, or assume the one-fourth signatures are the final requirement. The notice is only the opening step.