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The Union Executive

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Who is the Head of the State in India?

  1. The President

  2. The Prime Minister

  3. The Parliament

  4. The Supreme Court

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Correct Option: A

The functions of Comptroller and Auditor General of India are defined under Articles

  1. 148-150

  2. 148-155

  3. 149-150

  4. 148-151

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Correct Option: D

Which Constitutional Article authorizes the President to consult the Supreme Court?

  1. Article 145

  2. Article 143

  3. Article 144

  4. Article 146

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Correct Option: B

Who appoints the members of the Council of Ministers?

  1. The President on the advice of the Prime Minister

  2. The President

  3. The Prime Minister on the advice of the Cabinet Ministers

  4. The President on the advice of the Election Commission

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Correct Option: A

The President of India does not appoint

  1. the Chief Election Commissioner

  2. the Chief Minister in a State

  3. the Chief Justice of India

  4. the Prime Minister

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Correct Option: B

Who among the following presides over the Joint Session of Parliament?

  1. Prime Minister of India

  2. Speaker of the House of the People

  3. Vice President of India

  4. President of India

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Correct Option: B

Who all are entitled to attend meetings of the Union Cabinet?

  1. President

  2. Ministers of State

  3. Cabinet Ministers

  4. All Ministers and the President

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Correct Option: C

Who participate in the election of the Vice President?

  1. The members of Lok Sabha

  2. The members of both the Houses of Parliament

  3. The members of Rajya Sabha

  4. The elected members of both Houses of Parliament

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Correct Option: B

The Prime Minister in India will have to resign when

  1. the Rajya Sabha passes a vote of no confidence against him

  2. the Cabinet is dissatisfied with some of his policies

  3. the President loses his faith in him

  4. the Lok Sabha turns down his budget proposals

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Correct Option: D

Which of the following is not a legislative power of the President of India?

  1. No bill passed by the two houses of the Parliament can become a law without his assent.

  2. He can dissolve the Parliament.

  3. No money bill can be introduced in the Parliament without his consent.

  4. No law of a municipal board can be enforced without his assent.

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Correct Answer: No law of a municipal board can be enforced without his assent.

In a particular case, the advice tendered by the Council of Ministers is sent back by the President for reconsideration. If the Council of Ministers adheres to its earlier advice, what is the option before the President?

  1. He can ask for reconsideration of the advice once more.

  2. He can ask for reconsideration of the advice any number of times.

  3. He can reject the advice.

  4. He has no option but to accept such advice.

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Correct Option: D

Name the first Prime Minister of India who was not a member of the Lok Sabha throughout his/her term.

  1. Jawaharlal Nehru

  2. Indira Gandhi

  3. Morarji Desai

  4. Lal Bahadur Shastri

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Correct Option: B

Who among the following appoints the Chief Justice and other judges of the High Court of a state?

  1. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

  2. The Governor of the concerned state

  3. The Prime Minister of India

  4. The President of India

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Correct Option: D

Who among the following Indians was the President of the International Court of Justice at Hague?

  1. R. S. Pathak

  2. P. N. Bhagwati

  3. A. N. Mullah

  4. Shree Nagendra Singh

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Correct Option: D

The Indian constitution is ‘Republican’ because it provides for

  1. an elected parliament

  2. a federal form of government

  3. an elected Prime Minister

  4. an elected President

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Correct Answer: an elected President In a republic form of government, the head of the state is an elected person and not a heredity monarch. This word denotes a government where no one holds a public power as proprietary right. As opposed to a monarchy, in which the head of state is appointed on hereditary basis for a lifetime or until he abdicates from the throne, a democratic republic is an entity in which the head of state is elected, directly or indirectly, for a fixed tenure. The President of India is elected by an electoral college for a term of five years. The post of the President of India is not hereditary. Every citizen of India is eligible to become the President of the country. The leader of the state is elected by the people.

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