MCQ: The Prime Minister & council of Ministers of India

1. In India the Prime Minister remains in office so long as he/she enjoys the____

A) Support of armed forces
B) Confidence of Rajya Sabha
C) Confidence of Lok Sabha
D) Support of the people

... Answer is C)

2. What is the tenure of the Prime Minister of India?

A) Conterminous with the tenure of the Lok Sabha
B) Conterminous with the tenure of the President
C) As long as he/she enjoys the support of a majority in the Lok Sabha
D) Five Years.

... Answer is C)

3. Who among the following Indian Prime Minister resigned before facing a vote of no-confidence in the Lok Sabha?

A) Chandra Sekhar
B) Morarji Desai
C) Choudhary Charan Singh
D) V.P.Singh

... Answer is C)

4. 'Shakti- Sthal' is related to whom?

A) Smt. Indira Gandhi
B) Rajiv Gandhi
C) Mahatma Gandhi
D) Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru

... Answer is A)

5. Which one of the following Prime Minister never faced the Parliament during the tenure?

A) Chandra Sekhar
B) V.P. Singh
C) Chaudhary Charan Singh
D) Atal Bihari Vajpayee

... Answer is C)

6. 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 85th Amendment

... Answer is B)

7. Who excercise the actual executive power under the Parliamentary form of Government?

A) Parliament
B) Prime Minister
C) President
D) Bureaucracy

... Answer is B)

8. The Union minister hold office during the pleasure of ______

A) The President
B) The Prime Minister
C) The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India
D) The Speaker of the Lok Sabha.

... Answer is A)

9. Who was the first Deputy Prime Minister of India?

A) L.K. Advani
B) Morarji Desai
C) Charan Singh
D) Sardar Ballabhbhai patel

... Answer is D)

10. Who was the Prime Minister of India when the Anti-Defection bill was passed?

A) Indira Gandhi
B) Rajiv Gandhi
C) V.P.Singh
D) H.D.Deve Gowda

... Answer is B)

11. The Council of Ministers does not include______

A) Cabinet Minister
B) Minister of State
C) Ministers without Portfolio
D) Cabinet Secretary

... Answer is D)

12. The Union Cabinet is personally responsible to______

A) The Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha
B) The President of India
C) The Lok Sabha only
D) the Electorate

... Answer is B)

13. The Union Executive of India consists of________

A) The President, Vice-President and Council of Ministers only
B) The President and the council of Ministers only
C) The President, the Vice-President, the Council of Ministers and Lok Sabha Speaker.
D) The President, the Prime Minister, Deputy chairman of Rajya Sabha, Lok Sabha Speaker.

... Answer is A)

14. Who was the first Foreign Minister of free India?

A) Jawahar Lal Nehru
B) Gulzari Lal Nanda
C) Lal Bahadur Shastri
D) John Mathai

... Answer is A)

15. The member of Lok Sabha members who can table a 'No Confidence Motion' against the Council of Ministers is

A) 30
B) 40
C) 50
D) 60

... Answer is C)

16. 'Cabinet means____

A) All Ministers in the Governance
B) Ministers with Cabinet Rank
C) Cabinet Ministers and their Secretaries
D) minister of State

... Answer is B)

17. To whom is the council of Ministers responsible?

A) Parliament
B) Prersident
C) Speaker of Lok Sabha
D) speaker of Lok Sabha and chairman of Rajya Sabha.

... Answer is B)

18. WhO is called the Father of Indian economic reforms?

A) Jawahar Lal Nehru
B) Indira Gandhi
C) Manmohan Singh
D) Arun Jitle

... Answer is C)

19. Which of the following amendments of the Indian Constitution restricts the size of the Union Minister?

A) 78th Amendment
B) 88th Amendment
C) 90th Amendment
D) 91st Amendment

... Answer is D)

20. Survey of India is under the Ministry of_______

A) Defence
B) Environment and Forest
C) Home Affairs
D) Science and Technology

... Answer is D)