Consider the following statements : 1. The President of India can summon a session of the Parliament at such place as he/she thinks fit. 2. The Constitution of India provides for three sessions of the Parliament in a year, but it is not mandatory to conduct all three sessions. 3. There is no minimum number of days that the Parliament is required to meet in a year. Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?

Option (c) is correct because Article 85(1) of the Constitution empowers the President to summon Parliament at any place they deem fit, and there is no constitutional or legal provision prescribing a minimum number of sitting days per year. Statement 2 is the most tempting error because while the Budget, Monsoon, and Winter sessions are standard practice, they are established by convention; the Constitution only mandates that the gap between two sessions must not exceed six months. The core concept tested is the distinction between explicit constitutional mandates under Article 85 and parliamentary conventions regarding legislative sessions.