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The Council of Ministers MCQ

24 MCQ questions with answers and explanations

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Q1. The Council of Ministers does NOT include____

  1. ACabinet Ministers
  2. BMinisters of State
  3. CMinisters without Portfolio
  4. DCabiner Secretary
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Answer: D) Cabiner Secretary

Q2. The Union Cabinet is personally responsible to____

  1. AThe Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha
  2. BThe President of India
  3. CThe Lok Sabha only
  4. DThe Electorate
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Answer: B) The President of India

Q3. The Union Executive of India consists of ____

  1. AThe President, Vice-President and the Council of Ministers only
  2. BThe President and the Council of Ministers only
  3. CThe President, the Vice-Presiddent, the Council of Ministers and Lok Sabha Speaker
  4. DThe President, The Prime Minister, Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha, Lok Sabha Speaker
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Answer: A) The President, Vice-President and the Council of Ministers only

Q4. Who was the first Foreign Minister of free India?

  1. AJawahar Lal Nehru
  2. BGulzari Lal Nanda
  3. CLal Bahadur Shastri
  4. DJohn Mathai
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Answer: A) Jawahar Lal Nehru

Q5. If the Finance Minister fails to get the Annual Budget passed in the Lok Sabha, the Prime Minister is expected to____

  1. ACompel the Finance Minister to resign
  2. BSubmit the resignation of his/her cabinet
  3. CRefer it to the Joint Session of both the Houses of Parliament
  4. DFrom another cabinet with different members
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Answer: B) Submit the resignation of his/her cabinet

Q6. The Council of Ministers of Indian Union of collectively responsible to the___

  1. APresident
  2. BPrime Minister
  3. CRajya Sabha
  4. DLok Sabha
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Answer: D) Lok Sabha

Q7. Who was the Defence Minister of India during the Indo-China war of 1962?

  1. AR. N. Thapar
  2. BGovind Ballabh Pant
  3. CV. K. Krishna Menon
  4. DJagjivan Ram
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Answer: C) V. K. Krishna Menon

Q8. In which one of the following Ministries, the Census Organisation has been functioning on a permanent footing since 1961?

  1. AHome Affairs
  2. BHealth and Family Welfare
  3. CHuman Resource Development
  4. DSocial Justice and Empowerment
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Answer: A) Home Affairs

Q9. Who is called the Father of Indian economic reform?

  1. AJawahar Lal Nehru
  2. BIndira Gandhi
  3. CManmohan Singh
  4. DNone of these
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Answer: C) Manmohan Singh

Q10. Which one of the following provisions of the Indian Constitution deals with the appointment and dismissal of the Couuncil of Ministers?

  1. AArticle 70
  2. BArticle 72
  3. CArticle 74
  4. DArticle 75
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Answer: D) Article 75

Q11. Which of the following amendments of the Indian Constitution restricts the size of the Union Ministry?

  1. A78th Amendment
  2. B88th Amendment
  3. C90th Amendment
  4. D91st Amendment
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Answer: D) 91st Amendment

Q12. Which one of the following is NOT a department in the Ministry of Human Resource Development?

  1. ADepartment of Elementary Dducation and Literacy
  2. BDepartment of Secondary Education and Higher Education
  3. CDepartment of Technical Education
  4. DDepartment of Woman and Child Development
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Answer: C) Department of Technical Education

Q13. Which one of the following motions can the Council of Ministers of India move?

  1. ANo Confidence Motion
  2. BCensure Motion
  3. CAdjournment Motion
  4. DConfidence Motion
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Answer: D) Confidence Motion

Q14. The member of Lok Sabha members who can table a 'No Confidence Motion' against the Council of Ministers is____

  1. A30
  2. B40
  3. C50
  4. D60
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Answer: C) 50

Q15. The first Law Minister of Independent India was____

  1. AM. C. Sitalwar
  2. BB. R. Ambedkar
  3. CKailashnath Katju
  4. DRafi Ahmad Kidwai
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Answer: B) B. R. Ambedkar

Q16. Cabinet' means___

  1. AAll Ministers in the Governance
  2. BMinisters with Cabinet Rank
  3. CCabinet Ministers and their Secretaries
  4. DMinister of State
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Answer: B) Ministers with Cabinet Rank

Q17. To whom is the Council of Ministers responsible?

  1. AParliament
  2. BPresident
  3. CSpeaker of Lok Sabha
  4. DSpeaker of Lok Sabha and Chairman of Rajya Sabha
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Answer: B) President

Q18. According to Indian Constitution, the Union Ministers hold office during the pleasure of ____

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

Q19. Survey of India is under the Ministry of ____

  1. ADefence
  2. BEnvironment and Forests
  3. CHome Affairs
  4. DScience and Technology
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Answer: D) Science and Technology

Q20. Archaeological Survey of India is an attached office of the Department/Ministry of____

  1. ACulture
  2. BTourism
  3. CScience and Technology
  4. DHuman Resource Development
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Answer: A) Culture

Q21. Under which one of the Ministries of the Government of India does the Food and Nutrition Board work?

  1. AMinistry of Agriculture
  2. BMinistry of Health and Family Welfare
  3. CMinistry of Human Resource Development
  4. DMinistry of Rural Development
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Answer: C) Ministry of Human Resource Development

Q22. Which of the following Constitution Amendment Acts seeks that the size of the Council of Ministers at the Centre and in a State must not exceed 15% of the total number of members in the Lok Sabha and the total number of members of the Legislative Assembly of that state respectively?

  1. A91st
  2. B93rd
  3. C95th
  4. D97th
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Answer: A) 91st

Q23. Which of the following Constitutional Amendments state that the total number of Ministers, including the Prime Minister in the Council of Ministers shall not exceed 15% of the total numbers of the house of the people?

  1. A90th
  2. B91st
  3. C92nd
  4. D93rd
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Answer: B) 91st

Q24. Under the administration of which one of the following is the Department of Atomic Energy?

  1. APrime Minister's Office
  2. BCabinet Secretary
  3. CMinistry of Power
  4. DMinistry of Science and Technology
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Answer: A) Prime Minister's Office

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