Explanation
- A
Only 1 is correct
Statement 1 is correct: Article 76(1) requires a person qualified to be a Supreme Court judge. Statement 2 is false: Article 76(4) leaves remuneration to the President, not to a parliamentary determination. Only 1 is the official key.
- B
Only 2 is correct
Only 2 would require Parliament to fix the AG’s pay. The text gives that task to the President.
- C
Both 1 and 2 are correct
Both cannot stand while statement 2 misstates Article 76(4).
- D
Neither 1 nor 2 is correct
Neither would deny the qualification rule in Article 76(1), which is correct.
Summary. Official key is (a) only 1. The Attorney-General must meet Supreme Court-judge qualifications (citizen, five years as High Court judge or ten years as advocate, or a distinguished jurist in the President’s opinion). Pay is a presidential matter. Honour the stored letter (a).
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