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The Prime Minister MCQ

16 MCQ questions with answers and explanations

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Q1. Who was the first woman to become the Prime Minister of a country?

  1. AGolda Meir
  2. BMargaret Thatcher
  3. CIndira Gandhi
  4. DSirimavo Bhandharnaike
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Answer: D) Sirimavo Bhandharnaike

Q2. In India, the Prime Minister remains in office so long as he enjoys the____

  1. ASupport of armed forces
  2. BConfidence of Rajya Sabha
  3. CConfidence of Lok Sabha
  4. DSupport of the people
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Answer: C) Confidence of Lok Sabha

Q3. Which party provided two Prime Ministers in two year's time?

  1. AB.J.P
  2. BJanata Party
  3. CJanata Dal
  4. DSamajwadi Janata Party
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Answer: C) Janata Dal

Q4. What is the tenure of the Prime Minister of India?

  1. AConterminous with the tenure of the Lok Sabha
  2. BConterminous with the tenure of the President
  3. CAs long as he enjoys the support of a majority in the Lok Sabha
  4. DFive Years
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Answer: C) As long as he enjoys the support of a majority in the Lok Sabha

Q5. Who among the following is the Chairman of the National Integration Council?

  1. AThe President
  2. BThe Vice-President
  3. CThe Prime Minister
  4. DThe Chief Justice of India
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Answer: C) The Prime Minister

Q6. Who of the following became Prime Minister of India without becoming a Union Cabinet Minister?

  1. AChaudhary Charan Singh
  2. BH.D. Deve Gowda
  3. CMorarji Desai
  4. DI.K. Gujral
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Answer: B) H.D. Deve Gowda

Q7. Who was the Prime Minister of India when the Anti-Defection Bill was passed?

  1. AIndira Gandhi
  2. BRajiv Gandhi
  3. CV.P. Singh
  4. DH.D. Deve Gowda
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Answer: B) Rajiv Gandhi

Q8. Who among the following Prime Ministers resigned before facing a vote of no-confidence in the Lok Sabha?

  1. AChandra Sekhar
  2. BMorajji Desai
  3. CChaudhary Charan Singh
  4. DV. P. Singh
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Answer: C) Chaudhary Charan Singh

Q9. Shakti-Sthal' is related to whom?

  1. ASmt. Indira Gandhi
  2. BRajiv Gandhi
  3. CMahatma Gandhi
  4. DPt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
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Answer: A) Smt. Indira Gandhi

Q10. It was withdrawal of support by the Congress (I) which was responsible for the resignation of____

  1. ACharan Singh
  2. BChandra Shekhar
  3. CH. D. Deve Gowda
  4. DAll of these
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Answer: D) All of these

Q11. Which one of the following Prime Minister never faced the Parliament during the tenure?

  1. AChandra Sekhar
  2. BV. P. Singh
  3. CChaudhary Charan Singh
  4. DAtal Behari Vajpayee
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Answer: C) Chaudhary Charan Singh

Q12. The office of the Deputy Prime Minister____

  1. AWas created under the original Constitution
  2. BIs an extra-constitutional growth
  3. CWas created by 44th Amendment
  4. DWas created by 85th Amendment
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Answer: B) Is an extra-constitutional growth

Q13. Who exercises the actual executive power the Parliamentary form of Government?

  1. AParliament
  2. BPrime Minister
  3. CPresident
  4. DBureaucracy
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Answer: B) Prime Minister

Q14. The Union Ministers hold office during the pleasure of _____

  1. AThe President
  2. BThe Prime Minister
  3. CThe Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India
  4. DThe Speaker of the Lok Sabha
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Answer: A) The President

Q15. Who was the first Deputy Prime Minister of India?

  1. AL. K. Advani
  2. BMorajji Desai
  3. CCharan Singh
  4. DSardar Ballabhbhai Patel
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Answer: D) Sardar Ballabhbhai Patel

Q16. The Prime Minister of India, at the time of his/her appointment

  1. ANeed not necessarily be a member of one of the Houses of the Parliament but must become a member of one of the Houses within six months
  2. BNeed not necessarily be a member of one of the Houses of the Parliament but must become a member of the Lok Sabha within six months
  3. CMust be a member of one of the Houses of the Parliament
  4. DMust be a member of the Lok Sabha
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Answer: A) Need not necessarily be a member of one of the Houses of the Parliament but must become a member of one of the Houses within six months

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