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MCQ ON PRIME MINISTER AND COUNCIL OF MINISTERS
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1.”If any functionary under our constitution is to be compared with the US President, he is the Prime Minister and not the President of the Union”. This statement is attributed to:
a) B.R Ambedkar
b) Jawaharlal Nehru
c) Rajendra Prasad
d) K.M.Munshi
2) Who among the following called the Prime Minister as “the captain of the ship of the state”?
a) Ramsay Muir
b) Munro
c) H.J. Laski
d) Lord Morley
3) Consider the following statements:
The Prime Minister as the head of the Council of Ministers:
1) Can reshuffle the ministers and ask any minister to resign
2) Has a free hand in the distribution of port folios
3) Is bound by the advice of the ministers
4) Advises the ministers in day to day administration of ministries
Which of the statement given above are correct?
a) 1 and 2
b) 2 and 3
c) 1, 2 and 4
d) 3 and 4
4) Which of the following are included in Article 78 of the Indian Constitution, defining the duties of Prime Minister?
1) To communicate to the President all decisions of the Council of Ministers relating to the administration of the affairs of the Union and proposals for the legislation
2) To take prior Presidential sanction for the budget before submitting it in the parliament
3) To furnish the information called for by the president regarding administration of affairs of the Union
4)If the president so requires ,to submit for consideration of the Council of Ministers a matter on which a minister has taken a decision without submitting the same for consideration by the council beforehand
Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:
a) 1 and 3
b) 2 and 4
c) 1 and 2
d) 1, 3 and 4
5) According to the article 74 of the constitution which of the following statements relating to the advice tendered by Ministers to the President would be correct?
a) It can be inquired into in the Supreme Court
b) It can be inquired into in all the courts
c) It cannot be inquired into the High Courts
d) It shall not be inquired into in any court
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6) How are the salaries and allowances of the Union Ministers determined?
a) By the Cabinet Secretariat
b) By the Ministries of Parliamentary Affairs
c) By the Ministry of Finance
d) By the Parliament
7) The accountability or responsibility of the Prime Minister and cabinet to the Lok Sabha is:
a) Intermittent
b) At the time of elections
c) Direct, continuous and collective
d) Indirect
8) In which of the following provisions of the Constitution of India is the principle of collective responsibility of the Council of Ministers enshrined?
a) Article74
b) Article78
c) Article75
d) Article77
9)”There shall be a Council of Ministers with the Prime Minister at the head to aid and advice the President who shall in the exercise of his functions act in accordance with such advice” .This provision in the Constitution has been laid down by which one of the following Constitutional Amendment Acts?
a) 41st amendment
b) 42nd amendment
c) 72nd amendment
d) 43rd amendment
10) The executive power of the Union is vested in the:
a) Union Council of Ministers
b) President of India
c) Prime minister
d) Union cabinet
Answer:
- a
- b
- a
- d
- d
- d
- c
- c
- b
- b