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Q1With reference to ministerial aid and advice to the President, consider the following statements: 1. Article 74(2) prevents a court from inquiring into whether ministerial advice was tendered or what that advice was. 2. Article 74(2) consequently places every final executive order beyond judicial review. 3. The President may require the Council of Ministers to reconsider its advice once. 4. The President may disregard the advice tendered after reconsideration. Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Statements 1 and 3 are correct. Article 74(2) protects the existence and content of ministerial advice from judicial inquiry, but a final order may still be reviewed for constitutional or statutory illegality. The President can seek reconsideration once and must act on the advice tendered thereafter.
Q2Consider the following statements: 1. Dissolution of the Lok Sabha automatically terminates the Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers. 2. Constitutional continuity requires a Council of Ministers to aid and advise the President even during dissolution of the Lok Sabha. Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Statement 1 is incorrect and Statement 2 is correct. U.N.R. Rao v. Indira Gandhi held that dissolution of the Lok Sabha does not automatically end the Council of Ministers because Article 74 requires ministerial aid and advice and constitutional government cannot be left without continuity.
Q3With reference to the Attorney General for India, consider the following statements: 1. The Attorney General must be qualified to be appointed a judge of the Supreme Court. 2. The Attorney General has a right of audience in all courts in the territory of India. 3. The Attorney General takes the ministerial oaths of office and secrecy under the Third Schedule. 4. The Attorney General is collectively responsible to the Lok Sabha. Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Statements 1 and 2 are correct. Article 76 requires Supreme Court judge-level qualification and grants the right of audience in all courts in India. The Attorney General is a constitutional law officer, not a minister; therefore the ministerial oath and collective responsibility to the Lok Sabha do not apply.
Q4Arrange the following events relating to a newly formed Union ministry in their proper sequence: 1. Portfolios are allocated on the Prime Minister's advice. 2. The President appoints the Prime Minister. 3. Ministers take the oaths of office and secrecy under the Third Schedule before entering office. 4. Other ministers are appointed by the President on the Prime Minister's advice. Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Option B gives the proper sequence. The President first appoints the Prime Minister. The President then appoints other ministers on the Prime Minister's advice. Before entering office, ministers take the prescribed oaths, after which portfolios are allocated on the Prime Minister's advice.
Q5Match List I with List II: List I (Constitutional provision) 1. Article 75(4) 2. Article 75(6) 3. Article 76(3) 4. Article 77(3) List II (Subject) a. Rules for convenient transaction and allocation of Government of India business b. Oaths of office and secrecy for Union ministers c. Salaries and allowances of ministers d. Attorney General's right of audience in all courts in India Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Option C is correct. Article 75(4) concerns ministerial oaths; Article 75(6) concerns salaries and allowances; Article 76(3) grants the Attorney General the right of audience; and Article 77(3) authorises rules for transacting and allocating government business.
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6Under Article 78, arrange the following events in their proper sequence when a minister has taken a decision that has not been considered by the Council of Ministers: 1. The Prime Minister submits the matter for consideration of the Council of Ministers. 2. A minister takes a decision on a matter. 3. The Council of Ministers considers the matter. 4. The President requires that the matter be placed before the Council of Ministers. Select the correct answer using the code given below.
7Consider the following statements: 1. A person who is not a member of either House may be appointed Prime Minister, provided that the person becomes a member of either House within six consecutive months. 2. A Prime Minister who is already a Rajya Sabha member must obtain Lok Sabha membership within six consecutive months. Select the correct answer using the code given below.
8With reference to the Council of Ministers and Parliament, consider the following statements: 1. Article 75(3) makes the Council of Ministers collectively responsible to the Lok Sabha. 2. A Rajya Sabha member serving as a minister may speak in the Lok Sabha, but cannot vote there merely by virtue of being a minister. 3. The Rajya Sabha can remove the Council of Ministers by passing a no-confidence motion. 4. Every defeat of an ordinary government bill necessarily proves loss of confidence. Select the correct answer using the code given below.
9Match List I with List II: List I (Office or body) 1. Council of Ministers 2. Cabinet 3. Minister of State with independent charge 4. Attorney General for India List II (Feature) a. Runs a ministry or department without a Cabinet Minister above b. Wider constitutional body that includes all categories of ministers c. Constitutional law officer who is not a minister d. Smaller senior core that takes major policy decisions Select the correct answer using the code given below.
10With reference to the Union Council of Ministers, consider the following statements: 1. Article 75(1A) includes the Prime Minister while limiting the total number of Union ministers. 2. The ceiling is 15 percent of the total strength of the Lok Sabha. 3. The ceiling was inserted by the 44th Constitutional Amendment. 4. Article 75(1B) links a bar on ministerial appointment to disqualification under paragraph 2 of the Tenth Schedule. Select the correct answer using the code given below.