MCQ On Council of Ministers Set 2

Question 1: In Indian Polity, the executive is subordinate to the __________.

(A) Judiciary

(B) Legislature

(C) Election Commission

(D) Union Public Service Commission

Question 2: Who gave the slogan ‘Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan’?

(A) J.L. Nehru

(B) Lal Bahadur Shastri

(C) Chaudhari Charan Singh

(D) Indira Gandhi

Question 3: Which leader of Madhya Pradesh became the Defence Minister first and later Home Minister in Nehru’s Cabinet?

(A) Prakash Chandra Sethi

(B) Ravi Shankar Shukla

(C) Kailash Nath Katju

(D) Dwarka Nath Mishra

Question 4: 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) Only 1

(B) Only 2

(C) Both 1 and 2

(D) Neither 1 nor 2

Question 5: Who was the First Finance Minister of Independent India?

(A) Gulzari Lal Nanda

(B) R. K. Shanmukha Chetty

(C) Krishnamachari

(D) Sarojini Naidu

Question 6: The Council of Ministers is collectively responsible

1. To the House of the People
   
2. Under a Constitutional Obligation
   
3. As per Article 75(3)
   
4. As per Article 74(3)

Which of the above statements are correct? 

(A) Only 1 and 2

(B) Only 1, 2 and 3

(C) Only 1, 3 and 4

(D) 1, 2, 3 and 4

Question 7: Who was the Law Minister in the first Cabinet of post-independence India?

(A) K.M. Munshi

(B) S.P. Mukherjee

(C) Baldev Singh

(D) B.R. Ambedkar

Question 8: Consider the following statements in the context of Indian Constitution.

1. The Union Council of Ministers shall be collectively responsible to the Lok Sabha.
   
2. Union Ministers shall hold office during the pleasure of the Prime Minister. Of these

(A) Only 1 is correct

(B) Both 1 and 2 are correct

(C) Neither 1 nor 2 is correct

(D) Only 2 is correct

Question 9: Which one of the following terms does not appear in the Constitution of India?

(A) Annual Financial Statement

(B) Appropriation Bill

(C) Budget

(D) Consolidated Fund of India

Question 10: Consider the following statements.

1. The Council of Ministers in the Centre shall be collectively responsible to the Parliament.
   
2. The Union Ministers shall hold the office during the pleasure of the President of India.
   
3. The Prime Minister shall communicate to the President about the proposals for Legislation.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(A) Only 1

(B) 2 and 3

(C) 1 and 3

(D) All of these

Question 11: Who was the 12th Prime Minister of India?

(A) Chandra Shekhar

(B) Deve Gowda

(C) I.K. Gujral

(D) A.B. Vajpayee

Question 12: Consider the following statements regarding a ‘No-Confidence Motion’ in India.

1. There is no mention of a ‘NoConfidence Motion’ in the Constitution of India.
   
2. A Motion of No-Confidence can be introduced in the Lok Sabha only.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

(A) Only 1

(B) Only 2

(C) Both 1 and 2

(D) Neither 1 nor 2

Question 13: Which Prime Minister died outside India?

(A) Jawaharlal Nehru

(B) Morarji Desai

(C) Lal Bahadur Shastri

(D) Charan Singh

Question 14: Match the Prime Ministers with their tenure.

Question 15: Which of the following person was not a Chief Minister of any state before holding the office of Prime Minister?

(A) Morarji Desai

(B) P.V. Narasimha Rao

(C) Charan Singh

(D) Chandra Shekhar

Question 16: Who among the following held the office of the Prime Minister of India more than once?

1. Jawaharlal Nehru
   
2. Indira Gandhi
   
3. Gulzari Lal Nanda
   
4. Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Choose the correct order.

(A) 1 and 2

(B) 1 and 3

(C) 1, 2 and 4

(D) All of these

Question 17: Who among the following was the member of Lok Sabha during his Prime Ministership?

(A) Deve Gowda

(B) I.K. Gujral

(C) Chandra Shekhar

(D) Dr. Manmohan Singh

Question 18: Who among the following occupied the office of the Prime Minister of India more than once with gaps in
between their political career?

1. Jawaharlal Nehru
   
2. Lal Bahadur Shastri
   
3. Gulzari Lal Nanda
   
4. Indira Gandhi
   
5. Atal Bihari Vajpayee

(A) Only 1, 2 and 3

(B) Only 1, 3 and 4

(C) Only 3, 4 and 5

(D) Only 1, 2, 4 and 5

Question 19: Which one of the following Prime Ministers of India, never attended the Parliament during his tenure?

(A) Atal Bihari Vajpayee

(B) V.P. Singh

(C) Chandra Shekhar

(D) Chaudhari Charan Singh

Question 20: Who among the following have been the Union Finance Ministers of India?

1. V.P. Singh
2. R. Venkataraman
   
3. Y.B. Chavan
   
4. Pranab Mukherjee

Select the correct answer by using the code given below.

(A) 1, 2 and 3

(B) 1, 3 and 4

(C) 2 and 4

(D) 1, 2, 3 and 4

Question 21: The word ‘Mantri Mandal’ (cabinet) is mentioned only once in Constitution and that is in ________.

(A) Article 352

(B) Article 74

(C) Article 356

(D) Article 76

Question 22:

• Assertion (A): Ministers make policy and civil servants adhere to that policy.
  
• Reason (R): Parliamentary form of government works on the

Principle of ‘Cabinet Collective Responsibility.

(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 the correct explanation of (A)

(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false

(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true

Question 23: The Policy of Liberalisation, Privatisation and Globalisation was announced as New Economic Policy by Prime Minister _________.

(A) Rajeev Gandhi

(B) Vishwanath Pratap Singh

(C) P.V. Narsimha Rao

(D) Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Question 24:

• Assertion (A): The Council of Ministers in the Union of India is collectively responsible both to the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha.
  
• Reason (R): The members of both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha are eligible to be the Ministers of the Union Government.

(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 the correct explanation of (A)

(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false

(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true

Question 25: Which of the following statements is not true for Dr Manmohan Singh?

(A) Former Finance Minister of India

(B) Former Governor of Reserve Bank of India

(C) Former Chairman of Finance Commission

(D) Former Representative of India at the IMF

Question 26: 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.

(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 the correct explanation of (A)

(C) (A) is true, but (R) is false

(D) (A) is false, but (R) is true

Question 27: 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) 91th

(C) 92th

(D) 93th

Question 28: Consider the following statements.

1. The Executive Power of the Union of India is vested in the President.
   
2. The Cabinet Secretary is the ex-officio Chairman of the Civil Services Board.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

(A) Only 1

(B) Only 2

(C) Both 1 and 2

(D) Neither 1 nor 2

Question 29: Which of the following official documents is related with India?

(A) Green paper

(B) White paper

(C) Yellow book

(D) Blue book

Question 30: 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) Only 1

(B) Only 2

(C) Both 1 and 2

(D) Neither 1 nor 2

Question 31: Which Article of the Indian Constitution describes “The Executive power of every State shall be so exercised as not impede or prejudice the exercise of the Executive power of the Union”?

(A) Article 257

(B) Article 258

(C) Article 355

(D) Article 356

Question 32: With reference to Union Government, consider the following statements.

1. The number of Ministries at the Centre on 15th 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) Only 1

(B) Only 2

(C) Both 1 and 2

(D) Neither 1 nor 2

Question 33: 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

Question 34: Which of the following is/are the function/functions of the Cabinet Secretariat?

1. Preparation of agenda for Cabinet Meetings
2. Secretarial assistance to Cabinet Committees
3. Allocation of financial resources to the Ministries

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

(A) Only 1

(B) Only 2 and 3

(C) Only 1 and 2

(D) 1, 2 and 3

Question 35: Which one of the following is not correctly matched?

(A) J.L. Nehru – Shanti Van

(B) L.B. Shastri – Vijaya Ghat

(C) Indira Gandhi – Shakti Sthal

(D) Rajiv Gandhi – Karam Bhumi