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Q: When was the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) first used in India?
  • A. 1982
  • B. 1986
  • C. 1999
  • D. 2008
Correct Answer: Option A - e EVMs were first used in 1982 in the by-election to North Paravur Assembly Constituency in Kerala. • Electronic voting machines have been used in all general elections of India since 2014. The EVM’s were used first time in the general election to the assembly of Goa in 1999. The industrial designers of the EVM’s were faculty members at the Industrial Design Centre, IIT Bombay. EVMs were commissioned in 1989 by the Election Commission of India in collaboration with Bharat Electronics and Electronics Corporation of India Limited.
A. e EVMs were first used in 1982 in the by-election to North Paravur Assembly Constituency in Kerala. • Electronic voting machines have been used in all general elections of India since 2014. The EVM’s were used first time in the general election to the assembly of Goa in 1999. The industrial designers of the EVM’s were faculty members at the Industrial Design Centre, IIT Bombay. EVMs were commissioned in 1989 by the Election Commission of India in collaboration with Bharat Electronics and Electronics Corporation of India Limited.

Explanations:

e EVMs were first used in 1982 in the by-election to North Paravur Assembly Constituency in Kerala. • Electronic voting machines have been used in all general elections of India since 2014. The EVM’s were used first time in the general election to the assembly of Goa in 1999. The industrial designers of the EVM’s were faculty members at the Industrial Design Centre, IIT Bombay. EVMs were commissioned in 1989 by the Election Commission of India in collaboration with Bharat Electronics and Electronics Corporation of India Limited.