Consider the following statements: The Constitution of India provides that 1. the Legislative Assembly of each State shall consist of not more than 450 members chosen by direct election from territorial constituencies in the State. 2. a person shall not be qualified to be chosen to fill a seat in the Legislative Assembly of a State if he/she is less than 25 years of age. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Statement 1 is incorrect. The Constitution (Article 170) and standard constitutional texts indicate that the maximum strength of a State Legislative Assembly is fixed at 500 (with a prescribed minimum), not 450; Article 170 lays down principles for maximum numbers while leaving actual allocation to law [2]. Statement 2 is correct: the minimum age qualification for election to a State Legislative Assembly is 25 years (a candidate must be at least 25 to be chosen). Therefore only statement 2 is correct. Because the provided excerpts do not explicitly state the age qualification, this answer integrates standard constitutional provisions alongside the cited book excerpts for the assembly strength [2].

Sources

1. [1] Indian Polity, M. Laxmikanth(7th ed.) > Chapter 81: Election Laws > REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT, 1950 > p. 579
2. [2] Indian Polity, M. Laxmikanth(7th ed.) > Chapter 33: State Legislature > Composition of Assembly > p. 335