Prime Minister, Council of Ministers & Cabinet Committees Quiz — 7 Free Questions

Question 1

What does the advisory role of the Cabinet towards the President amount to?

Question 2

What must a Minister do if he cannot agree with a decision of the Cabinet?

Question 3

Which of the following describes the Deputy Ministers in the Union Council of Ministers?

Question 4

What is meant by the 'political homogeneity' of the Cabinet?

Question 5

Which statement about the Council of Ministers as a body is correct?

Question 6

Who described the Cabinet as 'a hyphen that joins, a buckle that fastens' the legislative and executive parts of the State?

Question 7

Within six months of appointment, a Union Minister must become a member of which body?

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About Prime Minister, Council of Ministers & Cabinet Committees

This quiz is meant for students preparing for the IAS examination and other competitive tests, and for anyone who wants to understand who really runs the Government of India. It deals with the real executive: the Prime Minister, the Council of Ministers, the Cabinet, and the Cabinet Committees through which most big decisions are actually taken. When complete it will have one hundred and twenty carefully checked questions, arranged in five packs of twenty-four.

Every question has four options, and the correct option can be in any position. After each question there is a detailed explanation of more than five lines, in simple Indian English that a school student can follow. The explanation gives the relevant Article of the Constitution, the key numbers such as the six-month rule and the fifteen per cent ceiling, and the fine points that examiners like to test, such as the difference between the Council of Ministers and the Cabinet.

The questions cover the appointment of the Prime Minister under Article 75, the duty to keep the President informed under Article 78, the binding nature of ministerial advice under Article 74 after the 42nd and 44th Amendments, collective and individual responsibility under Article 75, the oath of office and the oath of secrecy, the three ranks of Ministers, the 91st Amendment ceiling on the size of the Council, the Kitchen Cabinet, the powers and role of the Prime Minister, and the working of the Cabinet Committees such as the Cabinet Committee on Security, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs and the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, along with Groups of Ministers and the Government of India (Transaction of Business) Rules.

A few questions carry a photograph of a building such as the Parliament House, only to set the scene; the picture never gives away the answer. Every fact has been checked against the bare text of the Constitution of India and standard reference books on Indian polity.