Indian Polity MCQ’s: The Council of Minsters

Q1.Which of the following statements is correct about Prime Minister of India?
(a) Prime Minister is the nominal head of the Council of Ministers.
(b) He is not responsible to the Parliament.
(c) He cannot dismiss any of his ministers.
(d) Prime Minister is the real head of the Council of Ministers.

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Answer – D
U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2013

Q2. Prime Minister of India is
(a) Elected
(b) Selected
(c) Nominated
(d) Appointed
(e) None of these

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Answer – B
Chhattisgarh P.C.S. (Pre) 2013

Q3.Which of the following is not true?
(a) The President or Governor is immune from legal action for officials acts.
(b) No Court can compel a Governor to perform any duty.
(c) A two months’ notice in writing must be delivered to a Governor for bringing civil proceedings in respect of their personal acts.
(d) Courts are empowered to enquire the advice tendered by the Ministers to the President or Governor.

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Answer – D
U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2016

Q4.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 them

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Answer – B
47th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2005

Q5.Article 78 of the Constitution of India lays down the duties of the
(a) Speaker of Lok Sabha
(b) Chairman of Rajya Sabha
(c) Comptroller and Auditor General of India
(d) Prime Minister

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Answer – D
U.P.P.S.C. (R.I.) 2014

Q6.With reference to Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) which one of the statements is/are correct?
1. It came into existence in 1977.
2. It is headed by the Cabinet Secretary. Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Codes:
(a) Only 2
(b) Both 1 and 2
(c) Only 1
(d) Neither 1 nor 2

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Answer – C
U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2019

Q7.Cabinet means
(a) All Ministers in the Government
(b) Ministers with Cabinet Rank
(c) Cabinet Ministers and their Secretaries
(d) Ministers of State

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Answer – B
Uttarakhand P.C.S. (Mains) 2006

Q8.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

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Answer – A
U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1992

Q9.Who exercises the actual/executive power under the parliamentary form of Government?
(a) Parliament
(c) President
(b) Prime Minister
(d) Bureaucracy

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Answer – B
M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2006

Q10.Consider the following statements:
1. The President shall make rules for more convenient transaction of the business of the Government of India, and for the allocation among Ministers of the said business.
2. All executive actions of the Government of India shall be expressed to be taken in the name of the Prime Minister.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
(a) I only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2

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Answer – A
I.A.S. (Pre) 2014

Q11.If the Prime Minister of India belongs to the Upper House of Parliament:
(a) He will not be able to vote in his favour in the event of a no-confidence motion
(b) He will not be able to speak on the budget in the Lower House
(c) He can make statements only in the Upper House
(d) He will have to become a member of the Lower House within six months after being sworn in as the Prime Minister

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Answer – A
I.A.S. (Pre) 1997

Q12.Which Article of the Indian Constitution describes the appointment and disqualification of the Council of Ministers.
(a) Article 70
(b) Article 72
(c) Article 74
(d) Article 75

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Answer – D

U.P.U.D.A/L.D.A. (Pre) 2001

Q13.Prime Minister of India is generally
(a) Not a member of Parliament
(b) Member of Lok Sabha
(c) Member of Rajya Sabhal
(d) Member of both the Houses

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Answer – B
47th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2005

Q14. Who is the President of the 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 and Technology

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Answer – C
Uttarakhand Lower Sub. (Pre) 2010

Q15.Who is the head of the National Defence Committee?
(a) Home Minister
(b) Prime Minister
(c) President
(d) Vice-President

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Answer – B
53rd to 55th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2011

Q16.The Prime Minister of India, at the time of his/her appointment
(a) Need not necessarily be a member of one of the Houses
(b) Need not necessarily be a member of one of the Houses of the Parliament but must become a member of the Lok Sabha within six months.
(c) Must be a member of one of the Houses of theParliament.
(d) Must be a member of the Lok Sabha.

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Answer – A
I.A.S. (Pre) 2012

Q17.What is the minimum age requirement to become the Prime Minister of India?
(a) 21 years
(b) 25 years
(c) 30 years
(d) 35 years

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Answer – B
Uttarakhand U.D.A/L.D.A. (Pre) 2007

Q18.The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
(a) Was created under the original Constitution.
(b) Is an extra-Constitutional growth.
(c) Was created by 44th Amendment.
(d) Was created by the 85th Amendment.

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Answer – B
U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2009

Q19.Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is a
(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

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Answer – D
M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2010

Q20.The Prime Minister is
(a) Elected by the Lok Sabha
(b) Elected by the Parliament
(c) Appointed by the President
(d) Nominated by the Party in Majority of Lok Sabha.

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Answer – C
Jharkhand P.C.S. (Pre) 2011