Indian Polity MCQ’s: The Council of Minsters

Q61.Consider the following statements and choose the correct answer from the code given below
Assertion (A): Describing a person as Deputy Prime Minister is a political decision.
Reason (R): It does not confer on him any power of the Prime Minister.
Code:
(a) Both (A) and (R) are true, and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(b) Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not a correct explanation of (A).
(c) (A) is true but, (R) is false.
(d) (A) is false but, (R) is true.

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Answer – B
U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2004

Q62.Consider the following statements:
1. The Executive Power of the Union of India is vested in the Prime Minister.
2. The Prime Minister is the ex-officio Chairman of the Civil Services Board. 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 – D
I.A.S. (Pre) 2015

Q63.With reference to Union Government, consider the following statements:
1. The Constitution of India provides that all Cabinet Ministers shall be compulsorily the sitting members of Lok Sabha only.
2. The Union Cabinet Secretariat operates under the direction of the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2

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Answer – D
I.A.S. (Pre) 2009

Q64.Which one of the following Constitutional Amendments states that the total number of Ministers, including the Prime Minister in the Council of Ministers, shall not exceed fifteen percent of the total number of members of the House of the People?
(a) 90th
(b) 91st
(c) 92nd
(d) 93rd

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Answer – B
I.A.S. (Pre) 2009

Q65. Which Constitutional Amendment has limited the number of Central Ministers to 15% of the total numbers of Lok Sabha?
(a) 90th
(b) 91st
(c) 92nd
(d) None of the above

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Answer – B
U.P. P.C.S. (Mains) 2017

Q66.With reference to Union Government, consider the following statements:
1. The number of Ministries at the Centre on 15 August, 1947 was 18.
2. The number of Ministries at the Centre at present is 36.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2

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Answer – A
I.A.S. (Pre) 2009 (*)

Q67.Which of the following official documents is related with India?
(a) Green Paper
(b) White Paper
(c) Yellow Book
(d) Blue Book

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Answer – B
U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2008

Q68.Which Article of the Indian Constitution describes “The Executive power of every State shall be so exercised as not to impede or prejudice the exercise of the Executive power of the Union.”
(a) Article 257
(b) Article 258
(c) Article 355
(d) Article 356

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

Q69.The Reorganization of Union Cabinet is based on the Report of
(a) Gopalaswami Ayyangar
(b) K.M. Munshi
(c) T.T. Krishnamachari
(d) B.C. Roy

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Answer – A
U.P.P.C.S. (GIC) 2010

Q70.Which of the following is/are the function/functions of the Cabinet Secretariat?
1. Preparation of agenda for Cabinet Meetings
2. Secretariat assistance to Cabinet Committees
3. Allocation of financial resources to the Ministries
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 2 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3

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

Q71.Which one of the following is NOT correctly matched?
(a) J.L.Nehru
(b) L.B. Shastri
(c) Indira Gandhi
(d) Rajiv Gandhi

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Answer – D
U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1996

Q72.Who gave the slogan ‘Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan?”
(a) J. L. Nehru
(b) Lal Bahadur Shastri
(c) Chaudhari Charan Singh
(d) Indira Gandhi

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Answer – B
M.P. P.C.S. (Pre) 1998