Questions for: The Council of Ministers

• Q: Assertion (A): To be eligible for Vice-President, must be qualified for Upper House election. Reason (R): VP is chairperson of Rajya Sabha. Which is correct?
  
  A) Both true, R explains A

  B) Both true, R does not explain A

  C) A true, R false

  D) A false, R true
  Answer:
  Explanation:
• Q: Which statements about VP are NOT correct? 1. Must be qualified for Lok Sabha 2. State Legislature member can be candidate 3. Term same as President 4. Removed through impeachment
  
  A) 1 and 2

  B) 2 and 3

  C) 1 and 4

  D) 3 and 4
  Answer:
  Explanation:
• Q: Who elects the VP? 1. Lok Sabha members 2. Rajya Sabha members 3. Legislative Assembly members 4. Legislative Council members
  
  A) Only 1 and 2

  B) Only 1 and 3

  C) Only 1, 2 and 3

  D) 1, 2, 3 and 4
  Answer:
  Explanation:
• Q: VP of India: 1. Second highest dignitary 2. No formal function 3. Acts during President's absence 4. Acts if President resigns/dies
  
  A) 1 and 2

  B) 1, 2 and 3

  C) 1, 3 and 4

  D) All four
  Answer:
  Explanation:
• Q: Who among following held VP office? 1. Hidayatullah 2. Fakhruddin Ali Ahmad 3. Neelam Sanjiva Reddy 4. Shankar Dayal Sharma
  
  A) 1, 2, 3 and 4

  B) 1 and 4

  C) 2 and 3

  D) 3 and 4
  Answer:
  Explanation:
• Q: Which of the following is NOT true?
  
  A) President/Governor immune from legal action for official acts

  B) No court can compel Governor to perform any duty

  C) Two months’ notice required to bring civil proceedings for Governor’s personal acts

  D) Courts can enquire advice tendered by Ministers to President/Governor
  Answer: D
  Explanation:
• Q: The Prime Minister of India is the head of the
  
  A) State Government

  B) Central Government

  C) Both State and Central Governments

  D) None of the above
  Answer: B
  Explanation:
• Q: Which statement is correct about Prime Minister of India?
  
  A) PM is nominal head of Council of Ministers

  B) He is not responsible to Parliament

  C) He cannot dismiss any ministers

  D) PM is real head of Council of Ministers
  Answer: D
  Explanation:
• Q: Prime Minister of India is
  
  A) Elected

  B) Selected

  C) Nominated

  D) Appointed
  Answer: D
  Explanation:
• Q: Article 78 of the Constitution lays down duties of
  
  A) Speaker of Lok Sabha

  B) Chairman of Rajya Sabha

  C) Comptroller and Auditor General

  D) Prime Minister
  Answer: D
  Explanation:
• Q: Cabinet includes
  
  A) Ministers with Cabinet-rank

  B) Minister of State level

  C) Cabinet Minister and State Minister

  D) Cabinet Minister, Minister of State with independent charge and Minister of State
  Answer: A
  Explanation:
• Q: Who exercises actual/executive power under parliamentary government?
  
  A) Parliament

  B) Prime Minister

  C) President

  D) Bureaucracy
  Answer: B
  Explanation:
• Q: If PM belongs to Upper House
  
  A) Cannot vote in no-confidence motion

  B) Cannot speak on budget in Lower House

  C) Can make statements only in Upper House

  D) Must become member of Lower House within 6 months of swearing-in
  Answer: A
  Explanation:
• Q: Which Article describes appointment & disqualification of Council of Ministers?
  
  A) Article 70

  B) Article 72

  C) Article 74

  D) Article 75
  Answer: D
  Explanation:
• Q: Prime Minister of India is generally
  
  A) Not a member of Parliament

  B) Member of Lok Sabha

  C) Member of Rajya Sabha

  D) Member of both Houses
  Answer: B
  Explanation:
• Q: Who is President of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research?
  
  A) President of India

  B) Vice-President of India

  C) Prime Minister of India

  D) Union Minister of Science & Technology
  Answer: C
  Explanation:
• Q: Who is head of National Defence Committee?
  
  A) Home Minister

  B) Prime Minister

  C) President

  D) Vice-President
  Answer: B
  Explanation:
• Q: At appointment, PM
  
  A) Need not be member but must become member of either House within 6 months

  B) Must become member of Lok Sabha within 6 months

  C) Must be member of either House

  D) Must be member of Lok Sabha
  Answer: A
  Explanation:
• Q: Minimum age to become PM?
  
  A) 21 years

  B) 25 years

  C) 30 years

  D) 35 years
  Answer: B
  Explanation:
• Q: Office of Deputy Prime Minister
  
  A) Created under original Constitution

  B) Extra-Constitutional growth

  C) Created by 44th Amendment

  D) Created by 85th Amendment
  Answer: B
  Explanation:
• Q: Manmohan Singh is
  
  A) Member of Lok Sabha from Punjab

  B) Member of Rajya Sabha from Punjab

  C) Member of Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan

  D) Member of Rajya Sabha from Assam
  Answer: D
  Explanation:
• Q: PM is
  
  A) Elected by Lok Sabha

  B) Elected by Parliament

  C) Appointed by President

  D) Nominated by majority party in Lok Sabha
  Answer: C
  Explanation:
• Q: Correct about PM
  
  A) Free to choose ministers only from Parliament members

  B) Chooses cabinet after counseling by President

  C) Has full discretion in choice of ministers

  D) Limited power due to President's discretionary powers
  Answer: C
  Explanation:
• Q: Minister not member of Parliament ceases after
  
  A) 6 months

  B) 1 year

  C) 2 years

  D) 3 years
  Answer: A
  Explanation:
• Q: Not true regarding Parliament of India
  
  A) Constitution provides Parliamentary government

  B) Function is to provide Cabinet

  C) Cabinet membership restricted to Lower House

  D) Cabinet enjoys confidence of popular chamber
  Answer: C
  Explanation:
• Q: Council of Ministers responsible to
  
  A) Parliament

  B) President

  C) Speaker of Lok Sabha

  D) Speaker of Lok Sabha & Chairman of Rajya Sabha
  Answer: A
  Explanation:
• Q: Council of Ministers collectively responsible to
  
  A) Prime Minister

  B) President

  C) Rajya Sabha

  D) Lok Sabha
  Answer: D
  Explanation:
• Q: Not correct situation after resignation of Council of Ministers
  
  A) President’s Rule imposed

  B) President asks to continue till alternative arrangement

  C) Alternative means earliest General Election

  D) Outgoing Council holds charge till new Government forms
  Answer: A
  Explanation:
• Q: Union Council of Ministers collectively responsible to
  
  A) Prime Minister

  B) President

  C) Parliament

  D) Only to Lok Sabha
  Answer: D
  Explanation:
• Q: Not explicitly stated in Constitution but followed as convention
  
  A) Finance Minister to be member of Lower House

  B) PM resigns if loses majority in Lower House

  C) All parts of India represented in Council of Ministers

  D) Speaker officiates as President if both President and VP resign simultaneously
  Answer: B
  Explanation:
• Q: Which motion can Council of Ministers move?
  
  A) No-Confidence Motion

  B) Censure Motion

  C) Adjournment Motion

  D) Confidence Motion
  Answer: D
  Explanation:
• Q: Council of Ministers must resign if no-confidence passed by?
  
  A) Lok Sabha

  B) Rajya Sabha

  C) Both Houses separately

  D) Both Houses in Joint Sitting
  Answer: A
  Explanation:
• Q: After resigning, whose permission to give statement in Lok Sabha?
  
  A) Prime Minister

  B) Speaker

  C) President

  D) Supreme Court
  Answer: B
  Explanation:
• Q: Minimum members to table No-Confidence Motion in Lok Sabha?
  
  A) 20

  B) 30

  C) 40

  D) 50
  Answer: D
  Explanation:
• Q: Who decides the Office of Profit?
  
  A) President and Governor

  B) Union Parliament

  C) Supreme Court

  D) UPSC
  Answer: B
  Explanation:
• Q: Executive is subordinate to?
  
  A) Judiciary

  B) Legislature

  C) Election Commission

  D) UPSC
  Answer: B
  Explanation:
• Q: MP leader first Defence then Home Minister in Nehru’s Cabinet?
  
  A) Prakash Chandra Sethi

  B) Ravi Shankar Shukla

  C) Kailash Nath Katju

  D) Dwarka Nath Mishra
  Answer: C
  Explanation:
• Q: First Finance Minister of Independent India?
  
  A) Gulzari Lal Nanda

  B) R. K. Shanmukha Chetty

  C) Krishnamachari

  D) Sarojini Naidu
  Answer: D
  Explanation:
• Q: Law Minister in first post-independence Cabinet?
  
  A) K.M. Munshi

  B) S.P. Mukherjee

  C) Baldev Singh

  D) B.R. Ambedkar
  Answer: C
  Explanation:
• Q: Term NOT in Constitution?
  
  A) Annual Financial Statement

  B) Appropriation Bill

  C) Budget

  D) Consolidated Fund of India
  Answer: B
  Explanation:
• Q: 12th Prime Minister of India?
  
  A) Chandra Shekhar

  B) Deve Gowda

  C) I.K. Gujral

  D) A.B. Vajpayee
  Answer: C
  Explanation:
• Q: PM who died outside India?
  
  A) Jawaharlal Nehru

  B) Morarji Desai

  C) Lal Bahadur Shastri

  D) Charan Singh
  Answer: D
  Explanation:
• Q: Not Chief Minister before PM?
  
  A) Morarji Desai

  B) P.V. Narasimha Rao

  C) Charan Singh

  D) Chandra Shekhar
  Answer: C
  Explanation:
• Q: PM member of Lok Sabha during term?
  
  A) Deve Gowda

  B) I.K. Gujral

  C) Chandra Shekhar

  D) Dr. Manmohan Singh
  Answer: D
  Explanation:
• Q: PM who never attended Parliament?
  
  A) Atal Bihari Vajpayee

  B) V.P. Singh

  C) Chandra Shekhar

  D) Chaudhari Charan Singh
  Answer: A
  Explanation:
• Q: ‘Mantrimandal’ mentioned only once in Constitution?
  
  A) Article 352

  B) Article 74

  C) Article 356

  D) Article 76
  Answer: C
  Explanation:
• Q: Liberalisation policy announced by?
  
  A) Rajeev Gandhi

  B) Vishwanath Pratap Singh

  C) P.V. Narasimha Rao

  D) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
  Answer: C
  Explanation:
• Q: NOT true for Dr. Manmohan Singh?
  
  A) Former Finance Minister

  B) Former RBI Governor

  C) Former Finance Commission Chairman

  D) Former IMF Representative
  Answer: B
  Explanation:
• Q: Amendment limiting Ministers to 15% of Lok Sabha?
  
  A) 90th

  B) 91st

  C) 92nd

  D) 93rd
  Answer: B
  Explanation:
• Q: Official document related with India?
  
  A) Green paper

  B) White paper

  C) Yellow book

  D) Blue book
  Answer: A
  Explanation:
• Q: Article describing executive power of States?
  
  A) Article 257

  B) Article 258

  C) Article 355

  D) Article 356
  Answer: A
  Explanation:
• Q: Report on Reorganization of Union Cabinet?
  
  A) Gopalaswami Ayyangar

  B) K.M. Munshi

  C) T.T. Krishnamachari

  D) B.C. Roy
  Answer: A
  Explanation:
• Q: Incorrectly matched?
  
  A) J.L. Nehru - Shanti Van

  B) L.B. Shastri - Vijaya Ghat

  C) Indira Gandhi - Shakti Sthal

  D) Rajiv Gandhi - Karam Bhumi
  Answer: D
  Explanation:
• Q: Who gave slogan ‘Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan’?
  
  A) J.L. Nehru

  B) Lal Bahadur Shastri

  C) Chaudhari Charan Singh

  D) Indira Gandhi
  Answer: B
  Explanation:
• Q: Consider the following statements: 1. The President shall make rules for the more convenient transaction of business of the Union Government. 2. All executive actions of the Government of India shall be taken in the name of the President.
  
  A) Only 1

  B) Only 2

  C) Both 1 and 2

  D) Neither 1 nor 2
  Answer: A
  Explanation:
• Q: Consider the following statements: 1. Oath of office to the President is administered by the Speaker of Lok Sabha. 2. The President can appoint a person who is not a member of either House of Parliament as Prime Minister. 3. The Prime Minister can recommend dissolution of the Lok Sabha to the President at any time.
  
  A) 1 and 2

  B) 2 and 3

  C) 1 and 3

  D) 1, 2 and 3
  Answer: B
  Explanation:
• Q: Which of the following are the discretionary powers given to the Governor of a State? 1. Sending a report to the President of India for imposing President’s rule 2. Appointing the Ministers 3. Reserving certain bills for the President 4. Making the rules to conduct the business of the State Government
  
  A) 1 and 2

  B) 1 and 3

  C) 2 and 4

  D) 3 and 4
  Answer: B
  Explanation:
• Q: 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. 3. There is no minimum number of days that the Parliament is required to meet in a year.
  
  A) 1 and 2

  B) 2 and 3

  C) 1 and 3

  D) 1, 2 and 3
  Answer: D
  Explanation:
• Q: Consider the following statements regarding Indian President: 1. There is no mention of the impeachment of the President in the Constitution of India. 2. The President can resign by addressing the resignation letter to the Vice-President.
  
  A) Only 1

  B) Only 2

  C) Both 1 and 2

  D) Neither 1 nor 2
  Answer: B
  Explanation:
• Q: Consider the following statements: Assertion (A): The President of India can summon a joint session of the Parliament. Reason (R): The joint session of Parliament can be summoned only for the purpose of deliberating and passing an ordinary bill on which the two Houses disagree.
  
  A) A and R true, R is correct explanation

  B) A and R true, R not correct explanation

  C) A is true, R is false

  D) A is false, R is true
  Answer: A
  Explanation:
• Q: Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
  
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  D)
  Answer:
  Explanation:
• Q: Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
  
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  Answer:
  Explanation: